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How to review/revise
Review/revision
How to review/revise Free

Suggestions are given to help you devise and carry out your review/revise programme to prepare you for the final written assessment. Just before you start it might be helpful to explain why the top heading...

27 September 2026
Printable versions of written tasks
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Printable versions of written tasks

This page is for those who either do not wish to use to student access or who are unable to use it. It gives you direct links to pdf versions of all the short-answer questions on all the sub-topics in...

21 September 2026
Short cut to set an in page task
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Short cut to set an in page task

This shows how you can quickly set a task contained in any page to students in one (or more) of your teaching groups. It is particularly useful for quizzes, tests and questions or to simply make sure...

11 September 2026
Setting tasks
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Setting tasks

This page shows you how to set up different types of task within the student access of the InThinking Chemistry website. Once you have given your students access and they have signed themselves up, not...

11 September 2026
Using student access
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Using student access Free

This page explains why all subscribing schools should sign their students up to student access (at no extra cost). This will give them access to the "Student access pages" which contains a huge range...

11 September 2026
The importance of using clear English in IB chemistry
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The importance of using clear English in IB chemistry Free

Why using clear English is important when communicating in chemistry. This blog gives examples of two past IB questions where the language used to phrase the questions can lead to different interpretations...

11 September 2026
Using qBank
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Using qBank

This page explains how you can make up your own multiple choice tests (which come together with their answers explained) using the questions stored in the qBank on this site. There are currently more...

08 September 2026
Creating student accounts
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Creating student accounts Free

This page takes you step-wise through creating accounts for all your students in separate teaching groups. Log in, open the drop down ‘Waffle’ menu on the left of the top headings (next to the ‘home’...

04 September 2026
Identifying functional groups in natural products (1)
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Identifying functional groups in natural products (1)

This exercise gives you practice at identifying the functional groups present in some of the complex substances contained in natural products together with background material on their discovery and how...

03 September 2026
Practice questions: R3.1 (AHL) Buffer solutions
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Practice questions: R3.1 (AHL) Buffer solutions

only: Ten multiple choice questions, all with worked answers, on R3.1 (AHL) Buffer solutions for you to test yourself on how well you understand this sub-topic. Use the following practice questions to...

03 September 2026
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