I recently visited Bern Natural History Museum to attend an exhibition about the Insect Armageddon. It was my husband's idea and I hadn't been keen due to the risk of my...
We have now released all the textbook sections for the Foundation Topics and HL Lenses. For each subtopic, we have one or two new activities to showcase some of the new thinking....
The new guide for ESS, first assessment in 2026, was released on Tuesday 6th February on the IB Programme Resource Centre. With that, we can start to share our new material...
Season's Greetings from Switzerland. We had our first big low level snow fall last month and my bird feeding station has been very popular. It's good to be reminded about...
Dear friends, colleagues, subscribers and followers,This summer in the Northern Hemisphere has been hot. In the photo, one of my (Zoe) cats, Pi, is enjoying the heat in Switzerland...
Hello everyone and greetings from my summer travels. Earlier this month I spent some time in Scotland talking and learning about rewilding there. The UK is one of the...
We are just two weeks away from the start of the IB exams and so many of us are looking for the best ways to prepare our students. Meanwhile my students were thinking about...
Dear Colleagues,I'm sure that like us, your holidays are ESS opportunities at every turn. This picture was taken in the Süd Tyrol region of Italy. We were enjoying cooler...
This last month I helped organise the local Repair Cafe and our students helped run the cafe, welcoming guests into the space, checking covid certificates etc. It was a...
Dear Colleagues,Laura and I are both based in Switzerland where this summer we were exposed to some "unseasonal" weather. In my area of Switzerland there were some...