Review/revision
S2 SL Bonding and structure
This is the SL revision page for the topics in Structure 2 covering ‘The ionic model’, ‘The covalent model’, ‘The metallic model’ and ‘From models to materials’; topics S2.1 to S2.4. Revision cards S2...
Review/revision
S1 SL Atomic strcture
This is the SL revision page for the topics in Structure 1 covering 'Introduction to the particulate nature of matter', 'The nuclear atom', and 'Electron configurations'; topics S1.1 to S1.3. Revision...
Review/revision
S3 & R3 SL Organic chemistry
This is the HL revision page for the topics in Structure 3 and Reactivity 3 covering, S3.2 Functional groups: Classification of organic compounds; R3.2 Electron transfer reactions; R3.3 Electron sharing...
Review/revision
How to review/revise
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...
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The 2026 Nobel Prize for Chemistry Free
The Nobel prize for Chemistry this year celebrates the pioneering work of Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai on homochirality - the synthesis of just the required enantiomer of chiral compounds and not the mirror...
Fast track to tests & questions
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...