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Death to Dropbox!
A ‘security issue’ with Dropbox has led them to disable, without asking, every users’ links to documents that they have sh [...]
Selamat Pagi!
Welcome to my IB Chemistry (plus a bit of TOK) teaching blog! If you browse the menu above, you will find resources for each unit, [...]
10 Top Study Skills
Many students work very hard at home, but not so many of you work very smart, which means that a lot of your precious time is wasted, not be [...]
Organic Chemistry
Organic chemistry is the study of carbon-containing compounds. It is called ‘organic’ because it used to be thought that carbon [...]
Topic 7: Equilibrium
Equilibrium is one of the core features of many – if not most – chemical processes, and describes the way that reactions tend to [...]
Option D: Medicines and Drugs
Without the advances of medicinal chemistry, much of the good health that we take for granted simply would not be possible. In this unit you [...]
Saturday Chemistry Revision
Over the next few weeks I will be running revision sessions for HL Chemistry, each Saturday from 8.00-10.00 in the morning. Roughly half of [...]
Protected: Chemistry Revision Question Packs
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Uncertainty Calculations
In mathematics, when you do a sum, the answer is the answer and that is the end of the story. In science however this is different because t [...]
Topic 6: Kinetics
Kinetics is all about the rate at which chemical reactions happen and the factors that govern this. At SL, this means consolidating the unde [...]
Calculations for IB Chemistry
To do well in IB Chemistry you need to master about 50 different types of calculation, so I have gathered them all together here in one plac [...]
Sleep
What does sleep have to do with learning? This seems to be a strange thing to put on a post categorised under Learning Skills, but bear wit [...]
IB Chemistry Topic Review Form
Your feedback is very important to me, so that I know how I can improve and teach you better. Please be as honest as possible with your answ [...]
Energetics: Student-made resources
Please find below the resources produced by the groups for the student-taught lessons on the use of enthalpies of formation and combustion. [...]
10 Ideas for Using Past Exam Papers
Get the most out of your past-papers with these handy tips….this is really aimed at giving teachers ideas to use in class, but a lot o [...]
10 Active Revision Techniques
Check this out for some great tips on how to revise effectively. This is really aimed at teachers for use in class, but most of it will work [...]
Topic 5: Energetics
Energetics (aka thermodynamics) is the study of energy in chemical reactions, and is central to giving us a deeper understanding of the way [...]
Bond Enthalpy Experiment Calculations
The calculations below show you how to determine the expected temperature rise. Step 1: calculate molar concentration of H2O2 Step 2: [...]
Common Problems With Internal Assessments
This post lists some of the common mistakes students make on IB Internal Assessments and what you can do about them. If you can think of any [...]
Year 12 Homework (2013-14)
This post will be regularly updated with homework. Where no specific deadline is given, assume it should be ready for the next lesson.   [...]