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IB Diploma Programme: Sports, exercise and health science - Theme B: Biomechanics

Physical Education

Diploma

Level 3

3 chapters

41 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 specifically. The course is aimed at HL learning but SL candidates can also study the relevant parts of the course.

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Generating movement

Human skeleton

Lesson (1/0) 1

Structure and functions of the skeleton

Lesson (2/0) 2

Positional terminology

Movements

Lesson (1/0) 1

Planes

Lesson (2/0) 2

Axes

Lesson (3/0) 3

Movement patterns

Anthropometry and body segments

Lesson (1/0) 1

Anthropometry and anthropometric databases

Connective tissues and joints

Lesson (1/0) 1

Connective tissues

Lesson (2/0) 2

Types of joints

Muscular function

Lesson (1/0) 1

Motor units

Lesson (2/0) 2

Role of ATP

Lesson (3/0) 3

Muscle fibre types

Lesson (4/0) 4

Hypertrophy and atrophy

Lesson (5/0) 5

Types of muscular contraction

Lesson (6/0) 6

Antagonistic pairs

Sliding filament theory

Lesson (1/0) 1

Sliding filament theory 1

Lesson (2/0) 2

Sliding filament theory 2

Levers in movement

Lesson (1/0) 1

Levers inside the body

Lesson (2/0) 2

Levers outside the body

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

Collisions

Lesson (1/0) 1

Coefficient of restitution

Lesson (2/0) 2

Friction

Work done

Lesson (1/0) 1

Work, power and energy

Fluid mechanics

Lesson (1/0) 1

Factors affecting the motion of projectiles

Lesson (2/0) 2

Effect of environmental conditions

Lesson (3/0) 3

Buoyancy, lift and drag

Lesson (4/0) 4

Bernoulli principle

Lesson (5/0) 5

Magnus effect

Movement analysis

Lesson (1/0) 1

Phases of movement

Injury

Causes of injury

Lesson (1/0) 1

Intrinsic factors

Lesson (2/0) 2

Extrinsic factors

Lesson (3/0) 3

Acute trauma

Lesson (4/0) 4

Chronic injuries

Interventions related to injury

Lesson (1/0) 1

Methods of reducing the risk of injury

Lesson (2/0) 2

Injury treatment

Lesson (3/0) 3

Concussion treatment

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