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Thanks man. I'll be honest I was originally supposed to do HL maths so I didn't really revise much/ make notes for studies. I found this book somewhat useful though, I'd highly recommend it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mathematical-Studies-Standard-Diploma-Preparation/dp/110763184X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=maths+studies+ib+revision+guide&qid=1562416399&s=gateway&sprefix=maths+studies+&sr=8-1

https://www.notion.so/IB-BIO-NOTES-d4d23e5128734b07969c7c75f22fda7d

Here are my notes that i made for my prep. It has notes from bioninja, the textbook and class. There is everything except DNA translation. Hope this helps anyone who needs it! :)

Note: I have split apart some of the topics and combined them such as cell respiration is both 2.8 and 8.2 together cause it flowed better for me.

I highly recomend Freepik for your presentation images https://www.freepik.com/

If you have a software that allows you to edit vectors (such as adobe illustrator) you can edit the images in freepik.

• Start with your RLS (Real Life Situation)
• Derive your KQ (Knowledge Question) from your RLS
• Connect your KQ to 2-4 different areas
• Explore each of those from a TOK perspective
• Conclude
• Link the conclusion to the RLS
• Generalise this conclusion to other RLS
• Make sure your KQ can connect to other RLS involving other AOKs (Areas Of Knowledge) and WOKs (Ways Of Knowing)
• Make sure to include counterclaims
• Have a good balance between shared and personal knowledge

Three days is more than enough to put together something worth a B

All that I said and more at this link

AA HL is highly recommended for students who has any intention of doing anything maths-related after high school (including physics and other sciences/engineering, but also finance, economics, architecture, etc).

I suggest people to do some Khan Academy exercises. You can start with the course Getting Ready for Algebra 2. Move up or down depending on your progress.

AA HL is a demanding subject even if you are very good at maths. If it's important to you to do well, you can learn ahead on Khan Academy, or Brilliant.org (the separate, paid, independent, GUCCI version of KA).

Remember Maths is more or less an acquired skill. I highly doubt any so-called prodigy can perform at the same level without any guidance. The question is then how well and how fast you acquire and build this skill.

They used Myriad Pro before (as they use on everything else like the website and logo), but they now use a modified Arial typeface (altered capital I and lowercase l glyphs to prevent ambiguity in chemical contexts).

You can use wine bottler: http://winebottler.kronenberg.org

It allows you to open most .exe files (Windows programs) on Mac, including Questionbanks straight from your Mac without having to install Windows through BootCamp or some virtual machine. Only downside is that you need to reinstall the qbank every time you want to open it, but that's only an extra 10 second hassle. Just use the same qbank program for Windows and open it using Wine.

personally i used harvard bc our school does, which has in-text citations but ib doesn't care. also: there's a program called zotero out there which makes referencing so much easier - it was a godsend for anything that needed referencing. it can handle all the different referencing formats, and all you have to do is dump the info about the source in and it'll spit out a reference/footnote and a bibliography at the end. it's a stand-alone program, but has extensions for chrome + word as well!! gl :)

For those of you who are UK-based, I can offer some good/bad news (depending on your view).

Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister, confirmed in Parliament today that it was "no longer viable" for IB exams to go ahead and students should be subject to "a similar approach" as to GCSEs and A Levels.

You can watch the statement here starting at 40:22. In other words, he confirmed that the approach outlined in the consultation will be carried forward by the govt.

I'm not sure what this means for exams internationally. I think it's becoming increasingly likely that we have an N20 scenario.

I've been having to push back development on this app for a long time which I haven't been at all happy about but I've been working on it for the past few weeks, and a major update is coming next month. If you already have it, join the Beta channel to get more frequent updates, but note that it will be a bit buggy.

If you guys want updates about the development of this app, and want to talk to me about bugs and features directly, I can make a slack channel, but let me know. Stay tuned!

I and a friend used notion( Notion ) which is pretty cool. It is basically an education management software and very easy to use. I suggest use the browser version not the desktop version as that is extremely slow.

Helped me as I could set a reminder and it had show up in email like hey your IA is due. I could also make question banks for questions/concepts I found tough. Overall multifunctional and really great.

Always incorporate the business in the question in your answers and explain why those things would affect that business. Remember to use all of the buzzwords you can (that includes concepts like the 4 P's or Maslow's heirarchy of needs).

Read through the command terms.

Sketching diagrams like the Boston matrix or the product life cycle would be useful in proving your point.

Read this document for Paper 1:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/svhgngykuyv0jnb/tutor2u_LadyA_IB2015toolkit%20(2).pdf?dl=0

Read this for both:

https://www.scribd.com/collections/2502106/Business-Managementv

>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemistry-Diploma-Coursebook-Steve-Owen/dp/1107622700/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=cambridge+ib+chemistry&qid=1622973395&sr=8-1

My school use this one and I'd say it's really good. It has HL and SL content together though so juse make sure you read the title to see whether it says HL or not.

The Oxford study guide is amazing as well. I would defo get that.

Edit just to say: a beautiful thing about the IB is that you can find PDFs of literally any textbook or study guide if you search on the reddit. Paper textbooks are quite expensive, so if you know your school will give you physical copies (and you really want physical copies), then save youself the money.

Okay I just checked the prices and I realize it's not that expensive. It's just above a $100 on Amazon which is a pretty good deal (considering you buy refurbished and not new.)

I bought "Thinking, Fast and Slow" like a year ago, but didn't have time to read it haha, so now I'll finally get to it. For any biology enthusiasts I'd recommend "Your inner fish" by Neil Shubin, which is really intriguing.

I did my IA on the Gibbs Phenomenon (sorry it's in Spanish), which is related to binary signals. I'm not very knowledgeable on the topic though, so I don't know of possible connections with Taylor. Hope this helped.

I already finished CAS, but there's a lot of online 'service' websites you could try. A past student at our school used a website that was dedicated to volunteers narrating books to increase access to the books and I have no idea what the website was called but I'm sure you could find it with some internet digging. There's also a website called 7 cups which is like a therapy website and one of the free services is a 24/7 chat where you're just matched up with 'listeners' to kind of talk about your problems. That sounds like super sketchy but it's actually a really professional and pretty well-known website in terms of the online mental health community. You can offer to volunteer as a listener and that could basically be a huge part of your service component. Don't know ways to fill the action and creativity one, but I'm sure with some digging you could probably find some way to fulfill it during quarantine. I mean you could make posters for creativity about handwashing techniques or proper coughing etiquette and stick it around your community?? I'm just making stuff up at this point but a lot of CAS is just bsing through, so hopefully some of this helped! Good luck :)

Edit: Link to the 7 cups website - https://www.7cups.com/

First you need to install UnRarX to extract the files, and then you can use a windows-application converter like WineBottler to open the .exe files (instructional video).

I made this a while ago: https://www.memrise.com/course/1411801/ib-spanish-ab-initio/

But I stopped cause of other reasons. But it still has enough vocab I think

I found this for vocal: https://www.memrise.com/course/475712/ib-chinese-b-sl/

I don't take chinese so I don't even know if that would help but good luck!

Thank you!!

With HL Maths, it's honestly just practice. The IB practically asks the same types of questions every year in varying forms - take all the past paper questions on topics you struggle with and just force yourself to do them all and I promise you that that topic will seem a lot easier afterwards! Question banks are the best to help with this bc they divide the questions into topics - you should be able to find said question banks online.

Ab initio Spanish seems a lot harder than it actually is. I have terrible Spanish but I figured out how to score well in the exams. Coursework should be alright for you given that you get a lot of time to prepare and you have your teacher there to help you.

Vocab is probably the thing that helped me the most with Paper 1 and Paper 2! I found duolingo and this memrise vocab thing I found online (https://www.memrise.com/course/135820/ib-spanish-ab-initio-wordlist/) super useful in building up my vocab knowledge, because you'll need it to decipher Paper 1 texts and to write your Paper 2 mini-essays!

For Paper 1, just do a lot of practice papers and try and read some simple Spanish every now and then so you kind of get a feel for the language. Read the questions for each paragraph before you read the paragraph so you're faster at finding the information you need. In the end, it's just a lot of induction from your grammar and vocab knowledge.

For Paper 2, just make sure you have a good grasp of the basic tenses, and this combined with knowing a decent amount of vocab should be enough to get you a high 6 or 7!

Hope this helped and good luck with the IB!

https://anonfiles.com/qaYcn1mdn6/Case_Study_Pack_-_May_2019_-_Paul_Hoang_pdf (uploaded by the lovely TemplarKnight98)

u/cacatod12 u/Milliame

I'm with you on that; thinking of the same ones. For the first one you should consider bringing up the example of lawyers and how they tend to lead with bias questions when cross-examining a witness, and I'd say it's probably pretty open to AoKs and WoKs. Here's some good evidence to use for that question:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/blog/en/blog/2013/07/24/a-little-bias-is-a-big-problem/

Hmmm... maybe use language as a way of knowing. The phrasing of a question can really lend itself to bias as well, like e.g. 'Do you agree that John is a good painter?' vs 'What do you think of John's painting ability?'

Have you thought of anything for 4?

My Business teacher informed my class of this, and as a result we had to do case studies on CUEGIS.

Change, Culture, Ethics, Globalization, Innovation, Strategy.

I'm not sure about your class but she made us do a different essay on each over the course of the two years, which are all related to the business IB curriculum to prepare us for that section.

Check these out

Definitions

Case Studies

I'm not sure about the others (forgot) but remember vividly for Economics. Ellie Tragakes (Author) IB Economics by Cambridge Publications. Also recommend getting the notes version of that which is very useful for the exams. It's called Economics in a Nutshell by the same author Ellie Tragakes.

https://www.amazon.com/Economics-Diploma-CD-ROM-Ellie-Tragakes/dp/0521186404

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Economics-Nutshell-Exam-study-guide/dp/9609359310

Long story short, me and my friends started looking for apps that would help us plan our studies and found one that helped significantly reduce our stress and got us on track. I would recommend giving it a try, and hope this helps :)

Apple version

Android Version

http://www.amazon.com/CHEMISTRY-Pearson-International-Baccalaureate-Diploma/dp/1447959752/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454441832&sr=1-2&keywords=pearson+baccalaureate+higher+level+chemistry

Buy this and study it religiously every night. Go over every chapter whenever you have time, read it over and over again, take notes, solve exercises.

If you do all of this, work hard on your labs, and keep on paying attention in class, you can definitely get a 7, especially at standard level.

P.S., I know the book I linked is for Higher Level, but it's by far the best and most understandable I.B. Chem book I've seen, and all the standard level material is there and separated from the HL stuff.

Good luck!

Good luck with the Mocks!

This is a study guide for HL Chem

http://isite.lps.org/sputnam/LHS_IB/IBChemistry/StuGuides/HLChemSGs.htm

This is a Chemistry App for Android. It's not complete but it's a good read during daily commutes

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ibochemistry.titomo.timetoolay.google.com.ibchemistry&hl=en

Accompanying doing past papers, I've found some pretty helpful apps that goes with Physics and Economics. Felt like they're worth a share!

Physics: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.gonative.android.qnjjl&hl=en

Econ: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=economics.ib

The notes are concise yet extremely comprehensive at the same time. The developer organized notes by subtopics corresponding to the syllabus so it makes sure you learn everything you will need for the exams (at least on the basics). Worth checking out!

I studied 10 hours for final prep for the exams, but during the first year of the IB i did study quite a bit, so I was already used to the material and knew some stuff, but I used the revision guide by Paul Hoang (https://www.amazon.com.br/Business-Management-Diploma-Study-Revision/dp/1471868427), as well as his textbook (https://www.amazon.com/Business-Management-Paul-Hoang-Press/dp/1921917903).

The textbook is very detailed and it has everything you need really. For me it helps writing things down, so I’d read the books and then write it out.

Math AI is basically just about using the calculator. However, choosing it as SL might not be the right choice if you want to study something related to mathematics. Additionally, I heard from many that AI HL is already bad seen by many university programs which tend to subclass Math AA over AI. I can give you my personal opinion, I would still do math AI because it’s a very funny and engaging math which is mostly correlated to the use of the calculator which in your case seems to be the percent scenario for you. I can give you some advices such as to purchase this following calculator,

https://www.amazon.de/Texas-Instruments-Grafikrechner-NSCX2-6E8/dp/B09DSS2TGP/ref=asc_df_B09DSS2TGP/?tag=googshopde-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=546449760879&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7097003286247021291&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqm...

Additionally as soon as you get a feel of what does math AI mean ( after 1-2 month of school), buy immediately revision village the full version. It will literally boost your grade and confidence about the subject and if you start using it early in the program you can easily score a 7.

Best luck tho

Going in blind is not a great idea, Id suggest go through some basic stuff first to get an elementary understanding.

Go through the IGCSE syllabus perhaps: Complete Chemistry for Cambridge IGCSE®: Third Edition

This textbook is what I used in g9 /10 and it gave me a really strong understanding of the underlying concepts.

i got an offer from kings, nottingham, leeds and queen mary (rejected from ucl), from which all but leeds and queen mary needed an lnat score.

1. the lnat is quite challenging, i scored a 23, and the global average was 20. since i got into kings i’m assuming that scoring above the average is a good thing, however ucl mentioned that my score was (understandably) too low.

2. you should DEFINITELY practice lnat papers as much as possible, i’d recommend buying a book online that contains possible past paper questions, here’s the link for the one i used: https://www.amazon.in/Ultimate-Lnat-Collection-Questions-Uniadmissions/dp/1912557304

3. i kind of slacked off towards the end in terms of lnat prep, but whatever i did got me to a 23 from a mere score of 13 on my first try. ngl i migjt have even guessed some of the answers on the actual exam because the lnat is intense and requires heaps of concentration to finish.

4. practice practice practice as many papers and questions as you can, but don’t ignore the essay, you’ve a good chance there to grab some recognition by the universities you’ve applied to

for reference, my exam was in december and i started prep a few months before, but i only effectively prepped for a month

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-IB-Study-Guides-Chemistry/dp/0198393539/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=0198393539&psc=1
i just found it on Amazon I’m sure you can find it somewhere else cheaper tho 😅

Which is why physics HL imo needs to include calculus, and perhaps further than that.

MIT OpenCourseWare 8.01 + 8.02 is what a revamped physics HL could look like.

https://www.amazon.com/University-Physics-Modern-15th/dp/0135159555 could also be a strong reference.

>The problem is that this is true, but like whats the point if they dont explain it.

Then they should actually explain it so it doesn't sound like coming out of nothing.

https://www.amazon.com/University-Physics-Modern-15th/dp/0135159555 should be a strong book for that. It's even a recommended book for Imperial College London for 1st year physics, apparently.

>They cant chz the math behind it is uni level.

Well, not exactly, you could explain it in IB if you put a few things in.

>Why not have more advanced thermal dynamics or fluid dynamics which have simpler math behind them and can actually be understood.

Understanding the math is a prerequisite for understanding physics. Otherwise you don't understand physics, merely know it.

>Plus most people actually will use this stuff unlike particle physics.

Unless you wanna be a particle physicist/theoretical/quantum physicist, which is not that rare.

https://www.slideshare.net/LaurelAyuyao/ib-math-sl-ia-probability-in-guess-who

check out this IA girl... I would send mine which is about probability, but I am reluctant to lol since it hasn't been submitted to the IB yet

Other Universities in other countries may have different requirements! I would recommend doing some extensive research and collating them in an accessible database. To help with that, I have created a Notion template that would help you along this process, and I'm sure it would help boost motivation! Hope this helps!

Congratulations to everyone no matter what the result is! Uni applications is real right now and for those who want to organize their life and make uni applications a little easier and organised, I have created a "University Applications" Notion template that would help you plan out you university applications! Hope it helps

Yup, it's a hard course. I recommend practicing as many sample IB-style problems as possible to prep for your EA. I really like Tsokosfor that.

For the IA, I really like 7 Steps to a 7. It will literally take you step-by-step on how to write it, what not to miss, etc.

You can definitely use a simulator. Just make sure that you have a thorough analysis. Part of your mark is personal engagement. If you conduct your own experiment or write your own simulation program, that can be part of your personal engagement mark. I used 7 Steps to a 7 for my IA.

Do as many sample problems as possible. I like Tsokos for the EA prep, and 7 Steps to a 7 for the IA. Good luck!

Yup. IB Teachers are actually not allowed to give specific feedback to their students on their IA. It is supposed to be a self-guided investigation. I used 7 Steps to a 7, and it was super helpful.

To be successful on the EA, I recommend practicing as many IB-style questions as possible. I really liked Tsokos.

For the IA, you have to know how they want it submitted. There are a lot of intricacies. I highly recommend 7 Steps to a 7,

For IB Physics (SL, HL)
I recommend Tsokos for content and EA prep
I recommend 7 Steps to a 7 for the IA

For IB Physics (SL, HL)

I recommend Tsokos for content and EA prep

I recommend 7 Steps to a 7 for the IA

Tsokos is amazing for content, and 7 Steps to a 7 is amazing for the IA. Good luck!

There is no "official" page count as per the IB. That being said, you need to consider two things:

1. quality over quantity
2. your teacher marks it first, before it gets to the IB. If they put a page limit, then you have to stick to it.

I'm using 7 Steps to a 7 right now to help me write my IA, and it is amazing. Hope this helps!

Haven't done Rayleigh Criterion, I am doing an IA on transformers. But, give 7 Steps to a 7 a try. I'm using it to write my IA and it is amazing. Hope this helps.

Yup, I agree with you. Tsokos is awesome for exam prep. For IA prep, I highly recommend 7 Steps to a 7. Hope this helps!

I highly recommend Tsokos for content preparation. It makes understanding the content easier than the other books I've found. There are also a ton of sample problems. Right now, I am using 7 Steps to a 7 for my IB Physics IA, and it is incredible. Literally takes you step by step on how to get a 7 on your IA.

I'm going through the same thing right now. Use online tutorials through YouTube, those really help. For content preparation (and exam), use that and Tsokos. For Internal Assessment preparation, use7 Steps to a 7

I personally like Tsokos for a textbook. Helped me prepare for the content and exam. For the Internal Assessment, I used 7 Steps to a 7 IB Physics IA. You can get both on Amazon.

Jeeze, I don’t know. If you don’t have your own computer and everything on the only computer you have is all locked down then you might be out of luck.
The very first sticky post in this sub is a “new to the IB start here” that links to IBdocuments.com if you try to see their books they will say you need to get the torrent file. Follow through some links and you land here (https://app.blackhole.run/#R6okPoepJT1MoRv7TVNUYmuFA6sFGxMvK41uUedKgh52) that is a link to the torrent file. You’ll need a client. If you have access to a windows machine I recommend going to https://ninite.com/qbittorrent/ and getting that client. It’s free, open source and ad free (also light weight). Then double click the torrent file and use qbittorrent to open the torrent file. From there (under the contents tab at the bottom) you can pick what you want to download.
Without a real computer I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe use your parents or a friends. The torrent file also has tons of great revision books and documents.

Also, it’s 2021. You should get un-useless when it comes to technology if you don’t want to get totally left in the dust of history.

Sketch the graph y = |f(x)| first, and orient a ruler horizontally to simulate y = h (coz y = h represents a general horizontal line). Move the ruler up and down to simulate different h values. Look for the h-value(s) which result in the ruler cutting the graph only once. The answers should be just h = 0 and h = 3.

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/q8d7vv3q79

I never implied I was any way, shape, or form. You, on the other hand, reek of it. Imagine the proportion you take it to when your best response to FAIR grading is a conceited hissy fit to your buddies online. But go ahead, preach to thine choir! Shout in your echo chamber. Or, right your wrongs and pig up the damn books.

Let me give you a gentle nudge in the right direction though:

https://later.com/blog/how-to-use-tiktok/

This is a TOK guide for beginners. Happy reading!

Choose any topic from the part of the syllabus you're doing the IA on (micro, macro or international), and search it on Google News. Choose an article that's no older than a month and about 1-2 pages long.

If there are any interesting patterns which can be drawn from this (literally), that might be worth exploring. Any modular movement? Also, have a look at this: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/4wxefbkqzu?fbclid=IwAR0u0LQXXCfQClM-bZk3nTRRyOl7wAfl9DPbb7L6i1VmF4OWRzH4L_7tTBY

Get some math questions to practice when taking breaks.

Refer to this: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-score-a-7-in-IB-HL-math-Im-going-for-IB-from-CBSE-and-the-trend-is-that-a-7-IB-HL-Math-is-almost-impossible

So just practice practice practice.

That's maths.

Also get some past year IB papers and maybe you will find your school is setting much harder questions, which can help you through realising that you aren't exactly bad at maths. But you still need to keep practicing.

The title says math studies but it gives standard level grade boundaries for the May 2013 TZ1 exams

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4QIkN6GFAUiRVlyV25XWjNIazQ/preview?pli=1

Edit: Here's the actual 2013 math sl subject report, although I'm not sure why the headings in the math studies subject report reads "standard level" as well

http://www.dpcdsb.org/NR/rdonlyres/FE43C622-9FA0-4385-8E19-0C539513295E/133121/Subjectreport2013.pdf

I am not really familiar with the EE but what I can tell for sure is to go to your new school and tell them that you need a lab and some help. If they reject your request, visit this website below in which you can find researchers on your topic to help you: https://www.academia.edu. Also buy the book of Extended Essay from Oxford and you will be fine! They explain everything!

I hope my answer was helpful! Sorry but I haven't started IB yet!

It's a time tracking app that lets you plant virtual trees the more productive you are! And it's available on a multitude of platforms.

Here's the link to the website -

https://www.forestapp.cc/

Imath ia

So my math ia data collection is due in 2 days and I was wondering if you guys could take this survey real quick to help me ;-; <3

My apologies, perhaps I am not very familiar with libgen.is, but I had no luck in sourcing the pdf from there. I shall try examsnap again. Also, do worked solutions for the exercises exist for the pearson textbook?

http://issuu.com/cupeducation/docs/biology_for_the_ib_diploma__second__bcbef8d7fe43bc

This contains the first two topics I think. Will keep looking for a full version! Hope this helps in the meantime :)

What I recommend doing is getting your hands on all sorts of past papers/questionbanks/practice questions and start doing them (when you get more comfortable with a topic, do timed practice similar to what you would do in an exam). The more you practice (particularly under timed conditions), the better you'd get at comprehending the questions and answering them.

Remember, it's just your first year of IB and things can get overwhelming at times. Don't worry, you've got this!

I got a 7 in Math AA HL (M21) and I'd be glad to help. PM for details :) Good luck!

p.s here are some general tips if you're interested: https://padlet.com/vbibgrad/x38w3giuamjgsks7

UAE STUDENTS:

Alright guys, we just got an email from our school about the exams... and well, time to sit ur ass down and study

Dear Grade 12 Students and Parents,

We trust you are keeping well and that you have enjoyed the Spring break.

There has been some speculation around whether our final IB exams will go-ahead as scheduled over the past few days. We know this has not been easy for students or families and it has been challenging for us also, with Mr ..... working right through the break to answer emails and to get clarity from the IB. Following work from Mr ....., the IB Global Team Leader confirmed the following yesterday with us and many other schools across the world: "...a student cannot opt for the non-examination route – to move a student as an individual is a question of necessity, rather than preference. As you will have seen from our FAQs, a request to move to the non- examination route is only made as a last resort in cases such as student illness, quarantine or travel restrictions, when all other mitigations (emergency rescheduling, alternative invigilation or the use of an alternative venue) have been thoroughly explored and found to be non-viable". Mr Andy has already provided you with the differences of the assessment model for both routes, but here is the link once more to the video provided. https://prezi.com/v/1_pst0g02ldr/

Notwithstanding any IB decision, we firmly believe that we have prepared our students and they are capable of sitting the exams in May and it is the exam route that gives them the best chance of success. However, if you wish to defer until the next exam session in November, it is possible to do so. Based on the clarification above we are proceeding on the basis that all of our students will be sitting the exams beginning 29th April. However, if you have mitigating circumstances within the description provided by the IB above, please email Mr.... outlining your individual circumstances by Monday 12 April at 3pm.

Alright guys, we just got an email from our school about the exams... and well, time to sit ur ass down and study

Dear Grade 12 Students and Parents,

We trust you are keeping well and that you have enjoyed the Spring break.

There has been some speculation around whether our final IB exams will go-ahead as scheduled over the past few days. We know this has not been easy for students or families and it has been challenging for us also, with Mr Andy working right through the break to answer emails and to get clarity from the IB. Following work from Mr Andy, the IB Global Team Leader confirmed the following yesterday with us and many other schools across the world: "...a student cannot opt for the non-examination route – to move a student as an individual is a question of necessity, rather than preference. As you will have seen from our FAQs, a request to move to the non- examination route is only made as a last resort in cases such as student illness, quarantine or travel restrictions, when all other mitigations (emergency rescheduling, alternative invigilation or the use of an alternative venue) have been thoroughly explored and found to be non-viable". Mr Andy has already provided you with the differences of the assessment model for both routes, but here is the link once more to the video provided. https://prezi.com/v/1_pst0g02ldr/

Notwithstanding any IB decision, we firmly believe that we have prepared our students and they are capable of sitting the exams in May and it is the exam route that gives them the best chance of success. However, if you wish to defer until the next exam session in November, it is possible to do so. Based on the clarification above we are proceeding on the basis that all of our students will be sitting the exams beginning 29th April. However, if you have mitigating circumstances within the description provided by the IB above, please email Mr Andy outlining your individual circumstances by Monday 12 April at 3pm.

https://www.amazon.com/IB-Psychology-Study-Guide-Programme/dp/019839817

For psychology, one of my classmates uses this, it has good summaries for studies and theories. Not sure if this only covers the core or does this have stuff for the options as well.

TI-84 Plus is what I would recommend. Or a TI-Nspire CX

Since you linked an Indian page, here is what I found: https://www.flipkart.com/texas-ti-84-plus-ce-ti-84-graphical-calculator/p/itmehw4zfyhes5ab?pid=CALEHW4Z4DVFX4N8&amp;lid=LSTCALEHW4Z4DVFX4N8SFLSQC&amp;marketplace=FLIPKART&amp;srno=s_1_3&amp;otracker=search&amp;fm=SEARCH&amp;iid=283cba8a-a10c-4ad9-...

I also recommend getting a revision guide (my teacher likes this one).

Also, bioninja is pretty good, but sometimes they go into unnecessary detail (for answering extended response questions). There's already a lot to revise for IB bio, you don't want to have to memorise even more stuff!

I did my physics IA, math IA and EE in LaTeX. This website allows you to save online versions of LaTeX documents, and has great documentation on how to use the language. Alternatively, Microsoft Word allows you to insert math equations through LaTeX code.

You should probably ask your math teacher for an extension, since a math IA requires some planning, and cannot be written in just two evenings.

GNU Plot and Matlab worked very well for me. They'll easily handle what you you have to do. GNU Plot is FOSS and much quicker to install than Matlab, if you just need to make some graphs I'd go with GNU Plot.

I'm no longer an IB student but I'm currently learning Japanese. Have you heard of WaniKani? It teaches you around 2000 kanji and 6000 vocabulary items. I’ve been using it for about three months now and so far I’ve learned over 300 kanji and almost 1000 vocabulary items. It starts off a bit slow but then really picks up after that. I was also struggling to memorise vocabulary and wasn’t planning on learning any kanji until way later. As it turns out, learning vocabulary through kanji has been super helpful. Learning kanji is actually turning out to be the easiest and most fun part of learning Japanese.

Your college or university will have referencing guidlines that you can follow. Failing that just use MyBib to create your citations https://www.mybib.com/#/projects/vBmOzV/citations

Helloo, I also have ESS tomorrow and have barely revised but remember it weighs less than paper 2 and consists of the case study questions based on the case study they provide you so how much can you revise for it really? As for paper 2 which is more content heavy, these are some great sites http://www.cram.com/flashcards/ib-ess-definitions-1953307

Mr g science is also great if you scroll to the bottom and look at how to answer questions with command terms, it covers definitions and key points and also goes into detail.

For videos niche science on YouTube is really good for units 1-4

Thanks for the advice. You're assumption is right; I'm interested in going into a STEM field (Physics). I already watch the two channels you mentioned, and I'm starting to study advanced science topics through Brilliant.org. Based on the responses I'm getting, it seems like it would be pointless to start studying IB textbooks at this point. Do you think that such preparation would be sufficient?

Past Papers have good pseudocode questions, but some may be hard and some being easy. Do the easy ones like tracing or the 3 marker ones. Refer to the marking scheme if doesn't make sense.

You can try another method of learning that is Brilliant.org site. Go through the algorithms chapter as a starter pack.

Instead of googling 'pseudocode practise', try 'algorithms practise'. The logic is same just that most algorithms practise questions may be in some language while for our syllabus wants in pseudocodes.

Good Luck

https://www.memrise.com/course/135820/ib-spanish-ab-initio-wordlist/

not mine, but a super good one that has pretty much everything :)

Copying my comment from this thread last week:

Learn grammar first - make sure you got all the tenses and shit, the subjunctive, etc. all nailed down.

Then get some vocab learnt. Here's a memrise link: https://www.memrise.com/course/135820/ib-spanish-ab-initio-wordlist/

Recently, I've been reading articles and stuff in Spanish just to pick some extra up. It really helps.

I have a list of useful verbs I can send you as well if you'd like - these help a ton in both the reading and the writing, they come up loads.

Source: Spanish ab student, almost certain 7

I use Memrise to help remember vocab. Even though I take spanish Ab Initio I think this will still help out a lot. There are some links you can check out below. All you have to do is sign up and start the course.

Here are some links you can look at https://www.memrise.com/course/382112/ib-french-vocabulary/ https://www.memrise.com/course/80936/french-ib-ab-initio-level/

If none of those look right you can always make your own memrise course.

Why don't you consider using MediaWiki? Or just host it on WikiBooks instead.

Edit: Also, how are we gonna contribute if you license the content under CC BY-NC-ND

Hey! I wrote my math EE in LaTeX (as well as many of my IAs) and really enjoyed it; I would highly recommend it as a tool, since it's used for most research journals and papers in university and beyond. However, I do understand that it is not for everyone, mainly the process of learning and deciphering code, so I suggest checking out LyX. LyX is based on LaTeX, but it's a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, which means that all of the equations and stuff are displayed visually without you needing to decipher the code. It also has a really helpful toolbar for common commands, which helps with cutting down time used to Google for those commands.

Authorea is another example of underrated writing software; it's kind of like a cross in between LaTeX, Word, and Markdown, and it allows you to add in elements of LaTeX and graphing software while still having a rich text editor (instead of code). My only gripe is that it's in beta, and some of the functionality does not work that well (such as exporting to a pdf, which looks ugly a lot of the time).

I personally wouldn't recommend Word or Google Docs (I tried Word's equation editor and IMO it's really, really ugly), although I am a formatting freak so if you don't need as much control over formatting it could work for you. In that case, you could try installing a LaTeX plugin for only math equations, so the math part of your essay could be properly formatted.

Keep in mind that formatting does play a role in your mark, both as a criterion and subconsciously; a well-formatted and pretty essay gives a really good impression on the examiner, regardless of the actual content of the essay. So whatever tool you choose to use, make sure that you check over every single part so that it precisely follows formatting standards; even small things such as non-italicized variable names or misaligned equations can throw off the reader as they read your essay.

Be careful if you’re using a template as you need to have some complex techniques in order to get full marks in Criterion E or D . If you have any more questions regarding ITGS, feel free to ask. ITGS IA Complex Techniques

Unicheck is great option. It's accurate, coherent and affordable. You get 5 free pages upon signing up, so it's a great opportunity to check it out for yourself. Not sure what you mean by "getting flagged for using one", but Unicheck doesn't keep your files, so they won't appear anywhere online!

I've got you for Authoritarian States: Mao: https://www.docdroid.net/1Bf8iry/maos-cultural-revolution-arguments-notes.pdf (arguments on Maos cultural revolution/100 flowers) I have more AS notes but I have to actually start studying. Message me if you still need stuff.

And Cold War: https://www.reddit.com/user/archosaurianastarte/comments/ if you look somewhere in here there's a link to all my cold war notes in a comment I made, as well as a documentary on Mao/Stalin.

You could always use parts you are referring to in your essay, by quoting them. My supervisors always told me to include the entirety of everything I use in the appendices, which is not included in the word count, so you could try that. This is cause the examiner might not be familiar with the speeches you are using and/or might want to go through it.

As far as the 14-page transcription goes, I used this app called otter.ai to transcribe a bunch of the interviews I did for my EE. It works pretty well, but you might need to go through the transcription and fix any small errors it makes in case the speaker isn't using an American or a British accent. Also, you'd need to have an offline copy of the speeches in an audio format (mp3, wma, etc).

Good luck with your EE! :D

You could install the LaTeX equation extension. I found learning how to write equations in LaTeX to be quite easy, and if not there's always someone who had the same question before you.

Especially if you are going into a STEM field LaTeX is incredibly useful. If you have the time, I would recommend learning it. But, this extension combines the power of LaTeX equations with the ease of use of Google Docs, so it is a win/win.

what would you recommend, making the IOP about Opposites and juxtaposition or about the historical and cultural context ? I would focus on False Propaganda and Brainwashing, Educational Binary, Familial History and Manipulation of information.

I want to base my IOP of this Prezi https://prezi.com/5ftxfz9veyij/persepolis-iop-educational-binary/ but I am not sure if it goes sufficiently in depth

Thanks so much for the detailed response. Do you also believe that talking about the historical and cultural context of the play is a good idea ? I would focus on False Propaganda and Brainwashing, Persepolis IOP - Educational Binary, Familial History and Manipulation of information.

I want to base my IOP of this Prezi https://prezi.com/5ftxfz9veyij/persepolis-iop-educational-binary/ but I am not sure if it goes sufficiently in depth

Do you mean the Musical Links Investigation? If that's the case, I would suggest you don't write an essay and instead use another media script type. I, for instance, made a Prezi. Feel free to use it as a reference for structure - https://prezi.com/3ody98sysj86/musical-links-investigation-hindustani-classical-modal-jazz/.

You are meant to identify two distinct musical cultures (e.g. Modal Jazz and Hindustani Classical Music) and two distinct musical features (e.g. Tonality and Harmonisation Technique). Find key similarities and differences between the two musical cultures in terms of both musical features.

NOTE: I was an SL student but I think the MLI is the same for both SLs and HLs. I scored 17/20, which is a 7.

Since you mentioned cost-effectiveness, https://www.amazon.com/Casio-fx-9750GIII-Black-Graphing-Calculator/dp/B086Z7Q7G7/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?dchild=1&amp;keywords=FX+cg50&amp;qid=1633492748&amp;sr=8-8 This is pretty much the same as the CG50 without the fancy graphics.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Become-Straight-Student-Unconventional/dp/0767922719

this book has some good ideas, in case you're looking for a more complete guide on how to time manage and stuff.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-IB-Diploma-Programme-Companion/dp/0198377762

My school is giving us these books, and I've been able to "comfortably" work with it without the help of my supervisor most of the time. Granted I have essentially the best supervisor in the grade so that helps but so far the book has been really helpful and easy to understand. Maybe it'll help you too :)

this is the one i used, i think its gotten more expensive but you could buy a used copy or the ebook to save some money. hope this helps!

I don’t know what your pre-DP course was but assume that you need to know it inside out. I mean if you were to sit a paper in it when you start the DP you’d be getting 90% at least. Also, you will need to be incredibly proficient with any sort of algebraic manipulation.

If you’re looking to do some extra work, to learn new material (which I don’t think you need to do for A&A SL) then look into the OCR Free Standing Maths Qualification. It’s a UK course designed to bridge the gap between GCSE (exams at age 16) and A-Levels (the course taken in the final two years of school). It is occasionally known as Additional Maths.

This textbook is very good: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Additional-Mathematics-OCR-Val-Hanrahan/dp/0340869607

But if you know your previous course and stay on top of the workload during the DP then you really shouldn’t need to do any preparation.

IB Economics in a Nutshell is one of the (if not the) best Economics revision guides. I would also recommend the Oxford study guide.

I would not recommend the 2nd one at all.

Its fine that you haven't started studying for the exams. However you should probably start to do so in the next weeks. Me and some of my friends are using an amazing app to plan our studies. I would recommend that you give it a try. Hope that helps :)

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I rememer I used this textbook.

The syllabus is here just scroll down a bit.

When it comes to pseudocode I acc never learned it. On all of my mocks I just wrote stuff in Python and my teacher said that it was completely fine. I would therefore recommend u take a while to learn some basics of Python and then just code a bit in it (e.g. some smaller projects such as building a calculator etc.). This way u will not only learn Python but u will get familiar with thinking the 'programming way'. I can guarantee that after that u will understand pseudocode.

for vocab - try using the apps LINE dictionary or Pleco if you aren't already using them. they've helped me brush up on my chinese vocab bank a lot and i found them really useful (especially for paper 1, unsurprisingly)