IB Chemistry Help

Exam Info

• Date of 2006-2007 exams
  • Paper 1 and 2: Afternoon, Thursday, May 10;
  • Paper 3: Morning, Friday, May 11
• Standard Level Exam Info
  • IB Exam consists of three parts
    • Paper 1: 30 multiple choice questions (no calculator, should have periodic table available), 45 minutes
      • Questions follow curriculum very closely (in order from topic 1 to topic 11).
      • Questions: (4-5, stoichiometry)(3-4 atomic structure)(2-3 periodic trends)(3-4 bonding)(1 gas laws)(3-5 thermo)(1-2 kinetics)(1-2 equilibrium)(2-3 acid/base)(2-3 redox)(3-6 organic)
    • Paper 2: Short answer/multi-part essay questions involving mostly calculations covering the core and higher level material. (Calculator required, will be able to use data booklet), 1 hour 15 minutes
      • Paper 2 has two parts
        • Part A: Answer all questions
        • Part B: You choose 1 of 3 questions to answer
      • My predictions: one question each for equilibrium, bonding, and organic
      • Other likely possibilities: thermodynamics, atomic structure
    • Paper 3: Short answer/multi-part essay questions covering the options, 1 hour
      • You choose 2 options to answer. There will be one from each of the options
      • The options we cover in IBS Chemistry are:
        • Option A: Higher Physical Chemistry (this option will be integrated with other topics throughout the year)
        • Option B: Human Biochemistry
• Higher Level Exam Info
  • IB Exam consists of three parts
    • Paper 1: 40 multiple choice questions (no calculator, should have periodic table available), 1 hour
      • Questions follow curriculum very closely (in order from topic 1 to topic 20 or from topic 1 to 11 with HL topics 12-20 mixed in with core topics).
      • Questions: (1-4, stoichiometry)(2-4 atomic structure)(1-3 periodic trends)(4-8 bonding)(1-3 gas laws)(4-5 thermo)(2-3 kinetics)(2-3 equilibrium)(4-5 acid/base)(3-5 redox)(6-8 organic)
    • Paper 2: Short answer/multi-part essay questions involving mostly calculations covering the core and higher level material. (Calculator required, will be able to use data booklet), 2 hours 15 minutes
      • Paper 2 has two parts
        • Part A: Answer all questions. There is also data based question which requires you to analyze a set of data.
          • I predict at least one question on stoichiometry and one on kinetics
        • Part B: You choose 2 of four questions to answer
          • I predict the choices will cover bonding, organic, redox
          • Other possibilities: acids, periodic trends
    • Paper 3: Short answer/multi-part essay questions covering the options, 1 hour 15 minutes
      • You choose 2 options to answer. There will be one from each of the options
      • The options we cover in IBS Chemistry are:
        • Option B: Human Biochemistry
        • Class Choice

Resources

• Minh Le's Science Page (Good for Vocab)
• Glossary of Technical Terms
• IB Chemistry Web There are notes on the various syllabus areas, both standard level and higher level, example exam questions, multiple choice test questions, animations, live help, etc, etc.
• Chemguide. This site is designed for British A-levels but also follows the IB syllabus.
• Practice IB exams
• Revision Notes

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