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CAS Ideas
A quick note about CAS. As a teacher and a parent of IB students I think, on balance, that CAS is a terrific thing and am glad it is part of the whole picture. There are some downsides though and these...
Activities
SL Investment Intuition - Compounding
Sometimes our intuition/gut feeling for numbers can lead us astray. What's the best way your parents could help to make your life easier? I'm sure you can think of many ways. . ! One way would be to invest...
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SL Investment Intuition - Simulations
Investment 1Use "ZOOM" options in your internet browser if you can't see the whole applet (top of y-axes to the bottom) on one screen. Click on the "PLAY" button , BOTTOM LEFT, to start the animation...
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Visual Sequences
This task is all about building physical representations of otherwise abstrat sequences. The idea is that by physically representing the numbers we can explore how thay can be manipulated to help us make...
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This Years projects 2018 Free
I did this last year because I think that the more we hear about and share the 'ideas' behind internal assessments, the better we get at understanding the scope of possibility. At workshops I often challenge...
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Final Report to teachers Free
This is just a quick post to try and spread the word about the latest curriculm review report which has been published on MyIB. You will need your MyIB log in details to access this, but here is a link...
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Problems with surveys Free
Like many of you I hope, I have completed the G2 form which is a review of the exam that students did this year in May. I think it is excellent to have the opportunity to do that and understand that the...
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2019 Free
At my school, we will have an evening for propsective IB students and their parents in late October or early November 2018, which means we need to have answers to some key questions before then. That...
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May TZ2 exams Free
I got my first look at the May 2018 TZ2 papers today and I thought I would write a quick reflection. Clealry it is important for us, as teachers, to have a good look through the papers so that we can...
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Subject report and IA Free
This post is about some points to consider before people submit their May 2018 Internal assessment marks and samples. It is always a good idea to pay careful attention to the subject report from the last...