Assessment
S1 Nature of matter, molar amounts and ideal gases (1)
This first multiple choice test on S1 Nature of matter, molar amounts and ideal gases contains 20 questions. There are no questions on the AHL content. Explanations as to why A, B, C or D is the best...
Delivering the programme
Flame retardants and IB chemistry
This page looks at a particular chemical used as a fire retardant. It considers concerns over its safety to human health, particularly to firefighters, and uses it to illustrate and make links to many...
Delivering the programme
Hydroxychloroquine & IB chemistry
Hydroxychloroquine has been very much in the news in the past few years as it is a medicine that was controversially taken by some people both as a preventative and as a treatment against Covid-19. After...
Delivering the programme
Ammonium nitrate & IB chemistry
Ammonium nitrate was very much in the news at the beginning of this decade after 2750 tonnes of the salt which were being stored in the port area of Beirut caused a massive explosion on 4 August 2020...
eBook
Flame retardants and IB chemistry
This page looks at a particular chemical used as a fire retardant. It considers concerns over its safety to human health, particularly to firefighters, and uses it to illustrate and make links to many...
DP Core
Theory of Knowledge
This section explains exactly what Theory of Knowledge is, how the course is structured and how it is assessed. It focuses on the 12 TOK concepts and then looks in particular at how TOK relates to chemistry...
Delivering the programme
Relating Topic S2 to all the other topics
This page uses topic Structure 2 (Models of bonding and structure) as an example of one of the six topics on the syllabus to show how it can link to the chemistry in each of the other five topics and...
Delivering the programme
Linking the topics to benzene
This worksheet, for both SL and HL students, applies the knowledge and understanding gained from studying all the Structure, Reactivity and Skills topics to an unfamiliar situation in order to learn about...
eBook
Linking the topics to benzene
This worksheet applies the knowledge and understanding you have from studying all the Structure, Reactivity and Skills topics to an unfamiliar situation in order to learn about the chemistry of one particular...
Experimental programme & IA
Genuine examples of marked & moderated IA reports
This section contains genuine student IA reports written for the 2023 criteria and examined for the May 2025 examination session. A clean copy of the reports are given for you to make your own assessment....