IB Diploma Programme: Sports, exercise and health science - Theme B: Biomechanics
Physical Education
Diploma
Level 3
4 chapters
52 Lessons
2 Free lessons
Welcome to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Sports, health and exercise sciences (SEHS) - Theme B: Biomechanics. This course should be studied alongside Theme A: Exercise physiology and nutrition of the human body and Theme C: Sports psychology and motor learning. This course is designed to develop knowledge, understanding and skills of the IB Sports, health and exercise sciences specification. This course is Standard Level (SL) content with the final chapter covering the additional Higher Level (HL) content only.
Generating movement
Human skeleton
Lesson (1/0) 1
Structure and functions of the skeleton
Lesson (2/0) 2
Positional terminology
Movements
Connective tissues and joints
Muscular function
Levers in movement
Forces, motion and movement
Newton's laws of motion
Lesson (1/0) 1
Introduction to Newton's laws of motion
Lesson (2/0) 2
Stability
Lesson (3/0) 3
Net Forces: Vertical
Lesson (4/0) 4
Net Forces: Horizontal
Lesson (5/0) 5
Linear motion
Lesson (6/0) 6
Impulse
Lesson (7/0) 7
Angular motion and angular momentum
Injury
Causes of injury
Interventions related to injury
Higher Level (HL) only content
Anthropometry and body segments (HL)
Lesson (1/0) 1
Anthropometry and anthropometric databases (HL)
Sliding filament theory (HL)
Collisions (HL)
Fluid mechanics (HL)
