Experimental programme & IA
Common chemical reactions
This practical familiarises students with working in the laboratory. It helps them learn the English names for common apparatus and gives them 'hands on' experience of some basic reactions so that they...
Delivering the programme
HL Multiple Choice questions by topic
only: This section contains multiple choice tests on the main topics. Each test contains approximately half the questions on the SL/HL content of syllabus and half the questions on the AHL syllabus content....
Delivering the programme
SL Multiple Choice questions by topic
This section contains multiple choice tests only on the SL/HL syllabus content covered by all IB Chemistry Diploma students for each topic. There are no questions on the AHL content. Each test contains...
Experimental programme & IA
Gaining full marks for a databased IA Free
I've made this a free page so that any IB chemistry teacher can access it for educational purposes. The page has two very different functions. You can use it to show your students how to write their IA...
Delivering the programme
Teaching each topic & sub-topic
This section takes all the topics listed under the two strands, Structure and Reactivity. It breaks them down into sub-topics and gives advice and examples for teaching each of the sub-topics. Each page...
Delivering the programme
Is IB Diploma chemistry truly international?
This page challenges teachers and their students to question whether IB Diploma chemistry is truly International or whether in reality the syllabus in the 2023 guide is unwittingly promoting a Western...
Experimental programme & IA
Internal Assessment
This page introduces the section on Internal Assessment. It explains what the Scientific Investigation is, what methodologies can be used and how it is assessed. It then provides direct links to separate...
DP Core
Extended Essays (First assessment 2027)
This whole section looks at Extended Essays in general and then specifically on EEs that are either focused solely on chemistry or interdisciplinary EEs involving chemistry and one other subject. It covers...
Experimental programme & IA
Choosing the research question
This page gives advice on how to help your students come up with a suitable and carefully focused research question for their IA. The key to the Scientific Investigation is the research question. Without...
Delivering the programme
Dimethyl sulfide & IB chemistry
Dimethyl sulfide, (CH3)2S is an unfamiliar compound to most IB students. It has recently been in the headlines since it was detected in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b as some scientists are claiming...