Teaching resources & guidance
Start-of-Course Assessment
I believe it is important to design some lessons at the start of the first year to gather information and insights as to whether the students arriving in your class(es) are sufficiently prepared to have...
Teaching resources & guidance
Semicircle chord cut (applet)
Use the interactive Geogebra applet lower on this page to solve the following problem: The graph of a semicircle with a radius of 2 units is shown in the diagram. A chord parallel to the x-axis divides...
Teaching resources & guidance
Start of Maths-AA course (year 1)
Below are some activities, assessments, materials and ideas that I have found useful at the start of teaching the 1st year of IB Maths-Analysis & Approaches. I've included notes about ways of modifying...
Teaching resources & guidance
Units - content details
Analysis SL and HL Teaching Units Content go to HL teaching units 1. Algebra & Function Basics SL(1.1) Equations & formulae (1.2) Definition of a function (1.3) Composite functions (1.4) Inverse functions...
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Navigating the site
This page provides a brief and simple guide to navigating around the site. As with all InThinking IBDP subject sites, the Maths-AA site is divided into two separate sets of pages: Teacher only pages and...
Internal assessment
Exploration overview
Each student in IBDP mathematics (in either course) must complete a written paper (12-20 pages) formally referred to as the Mathematical Exploration, or simply "the Exploration", to satisfy the Internal...
Internal assessment
Exploration Ideas
Some ideas for a student Exploration (IA): Idea #1: Building parabolasIdea #2: Triangle dissectionIdea #3: Choosing with replacementIdea #4: Pentagonal tessellationsIdea #5: Area of a parabolic segmentIdea...
Internal assessment
Sample Explorations
Included on this page are six samples of student Explorations (two SL students and four HL students) that are not part of the Exploration examples provided by the IB in the 'Assessed student work' section...
Internal assessment
Math Articles for Students
Below is a list of links to 33 thought-provoking articles on mathematics. Clicking on an article will open a downloadable PDF in a new window. The articles are typically short, primarily written by university...
Internal assessment
Exploration Student Guide
go to the Managing Exploration page to download a more comprehensive 12-page Student Guide (version 15) as a PDF 1. What is the Internal Assessment (IA) in IB Mathematics ? Internal Assessment in the...