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Chemistry (New Syllabus)
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Stockholm, Sweden, 12 - 14 May 2023
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Chemistry (New Syllabus)
IB DP Category 2
Online (IB Approved), 25 - 27 August 2023
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Practice Paper 1 exams 3 August 2022
As you learn over the two year course you should gain plenty of practice at answering multiple choice questions from the many 20-question example multiple choice tests on each main topic. These will also... more
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NOS & Critical Thinking27 July 2022
In order to think critically in chemistry a knowledge of both chemistry and the nature of science is required. This page gives a simple example of this then provides a full worked example you can work... more
How the elements were named 27 July 2022
This page is really a book review but it is very relevant to the Nature of Science with particular reference to chemistry. The book, Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter’s Wolf written by Peter Wothers provides... more
The Nature of ScienceFree26 July 2022
1. What is science and what is the scientific endeavour?2. The understanding of science3. The objectivity of science4. The human face of science5. Scientific literacy and the public understanding of science more
Reflections on planning and progress 26 July 2022
You should record and reflect on the whole of your research process in your Researchers Reflection space. This page details exactly what is required for the reflection process including the three mandatory... more
Self-management skills26 July 2022
Self-management skills can be broken down into two distinct types:andBoth are important, both can be modelled and both are to a large extent learnable. Possessing and practising good self-management skills... more
Examples of teacher-marked IA reports Free24 July 2022
I have already included two exemplar IA reports on this site. The first, IA example & marking exercise, is a report that was added before any students had submitted genuine IA reports (the first of these... more
Marked IA reports with teacher comments & marksFree24 July 2022
This page gives the five IA reports A − E on Examples of teacher-marked IA reports together with the teacher's marks and comments so you can compare them with your own assessment.The marked IA report... more
Genuine examples of moderated IA reportsFree23 July 2022
This page explains in great detail through a webcast how three different genuine IAs (two databased and one hands-on) are marked and moderated. The IAs are supplied so, if you wish, you can mark them... more
Exploration15 July 2022
Exploration refers to the establishment of a clear and focused research question that is set in a scientific context and which uses appropriate concepts, techniques and methodology. This criterion also... more
