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IB May 2010 Exams Timetable – Countdown to IB Exams!

Jan 6

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Those of you in IB2, that’s the second year of your International Baccalaureate studies, have 118 days, as of this post, until exam season kicks off!

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Don’t let the IB exams scare you!! With revision and hard work, you’ll do great!

It’s time to make sure all your coursework is close to being done, and that you start revising! 118 days sounds like a huge amount of time, but it will fly! And every little bit of revision WILL HELP!

Do a little bit each night, don’t go crazy, but don’t be too relaxed about it, a bit of work in the evenings and you’ll help secure the best grade possible. Get a few revision guides if you think that will help, they are listed on this site here, many with reviews.

And most importantly, Good Luck! (I’ll be sure to wish you this as the time draws closer!)

You can download the latest timetable by clicking here

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IB Study Guides: Business & Management: For the IB Diploma – Lloyd Gutteridge

Jan 6

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Name: IB Study Guides: Business & Management: For the IB Diploma
Author: Lloyd Gutteridge
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 3 September 2009
Pages: 176
ISBN: 0199135312

My Review

I don’t take Business & Management as one of my subjects, but a friend does, and the following review is provided by them:

“The book is helpful for revision and trying to revise for exams, it was good for my mocks! All the information is clearly placed on the page and easy to understand (as long as you’ve got some background!!). This book is good to go along with the Business Course Companion, which I also quite like. Overall, I like the book and think it will be very useful for revision for the exams.”

The book is available for £15.32 and $49.05 in the USA.

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Chemistry for the IB Diploma – Chris Talbot

Jan 1

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Name: Chemistry for the IB Diploma
Author: Chris Talbot
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 30 April 2010
Pages: 688
ISBN: 0340985054

My Review

This is the book I’ve been waiting for since I discovered Biology for the IB Diploma by C.J Clegg last year. As per my review for the Biology book from the same publisher, I expect this book to be equally amazing. I’ve pre-ordered it and am counting down the days to its release!

The Biology book is everything one could want or need for their studies, and I expect this book to be exactly the same, if not better. I’ll provide a full review when I receive the book and have used it for a couple of weeks to get a good feel for it.

The book is available for a 25% discounted price of £24.38 in the UK, and for those of you not living in the UK, you can order for the same price.

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Chemistry Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)(Pearson Baccalaureate) – Catrina Brown & Mike Ford – Update December 2009

Dec 29

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Name: Chemistry Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Author: Catrina Brown & Mike Ford
Publisher: Heinemann Baccalaureate (Pearson Baccalaureate)
Published: 2008
Pages: 552
ISBN: 0435994255

My Review

I am also waiting for this book to be delivered! I will write up my review it when it gets here. Take a look at the Sample Chapters and you’ll see why I’ve ordered it! I really like the Heinemann IB Books! Feel free to submit a review yourself if you have the book!

I’ve had this book for a few months now and feel it’s time to submit a review for it! It’s a very good book, everything is very clearly laid out and easy to take in. There are diagrams, tables and also little boxes throughout the book that prompt thought in the areas of Theory of Knowledge (Very useful for the ToK essay and ToK presentation).

Overall, I think that Heinemann / Pearson have done it again, producing a very high quality book that will be sure to help you through your IB Chemistry studies!

You can download these two sample chapters from the book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper One
Chaper Four

Unfortunately, Heinemann / Pearson have taken the sample chapters down off of their website, I will update the above links should they re publish the sample chapters.

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Quantitative chemistry
2. Atomic structure
3. Periodicity
4. Bonding
5. Energetics
6. Kinetics
7. Equilibrium
8. Acids and bases
9. Oxidation and reduction
10. Organic chemistry
11. Measurement and data processing
12. (Option A) Modern analytical chemistry
13. (Option B) Human bio-chemistry
14. (Option C) Chemistry in industry and technology
15. (Option D) Medicines and drugs
16. (Option E) Environmental chemistry
17. (Option F) Food chemistry
18. (Option G) Further organic chemistry
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

This book is available from around £22.50 or $40.

The series of ‘Heinemann Baccalaureate’ books has changed names to ‘Pearsons Baccalaureate’. This post has been updated accordingly.

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Site Update – November 2009

Nov 21

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Good Morning to you all,

It’s 2am and I’ve just finished changing the template of IB Damned and adding some new features that will be working behind the scenes to improving loading times and make things smoother.

The new template is up and running (finally). I hope you prefer it to our old template and that it will make your time on this site more enjoyable.

If you have any comments on the new layout or some ideas for further site updates, please leave a comment!

Watch this space for some more Textbooks coming soon, and also look out for some Textbooks that aren’t specifically for the IB Diploma, but instead Textbooks that you may be interested in.

Keep studying hard!

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