Chemistry Videos: ChemGuy – Contains video lectures for IB and AP. This does cost a donation of $10 to access the videos, and by watching one of his sample videos, it does seem worth it. I’ve not donated yet, so can’t comment, but if you have please leave a comment!

Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Physics, Economics & Business: Khan Academy- More video lectures for many subjects!

Hopefully you’ll all find the above websites to be of great use for your revision, I know I’m going to use them for my mocks and have bookmarked them for when I do my exams next year!

Many thanks to Li for the suggestion. If you have any other suggestions for websites please feel free to email me using the ‘Contact’ button at the top of this page, or leave a comment to this post.

Happy Revisionings!

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.

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.

My Review

This book is due to be released within the next couple of weeks.

This book has been a long time coming! I own the standard level version on this book and it is fantastic! If this higher level book is anything like the standard level book (I’m very sure of this) then it’s going to be a very useful book with lots of great diagrams and a fantastic breakdown of content!

This book is available for £37.99 and is currently available to preorder until the release in the first week of September 2009 when it will be available for immediate dispatch. This maybe be a little more expensive than the other books, but it is sure to be a good investment into securing a very good grade for IB Chemistry, Higher.

My Review

I am unable to submit a review for this book. Please help this IB review site to grow by providing a review if you own this book! All reviews are published providing they are suitable for a young audience and are understandable to both people that speak English as a first and second language.

This book is available for around £17 in the UK and $38 in the USA.

My Review

I can not submit a review for this book. If you own this book please submit a review using the comments section of this post. All reviews will be published after approval to ensure they are free of spam.

Contents of Book
Contents
1 Physics and Physical Measurement
2 Mechanics
3 Thermal Physics
4 Oscillations and Waves
5 Electric Currents
6 Fields and Forces
7 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
8 Energy, Power and Climate Change
9 Motion in Fields
10 Thermal physics
11 Wave Phenomena
12 Electromagnetic Induction
13 Quantun and Nuclear Physics
14 Digital Technology
15 Option A – Sight and Wave Phenomena
Options B, C and D
16 Option E – Astrophysics
17 Option F – Communications
18 Option G – Electromagnetic Waves
19 Option H – Relativity
20 Option I – Medical Physics
21 Option J – Particle Physics
Answers to Questions
Origin of Individual Questions
Index

This book is available for around £17 and $38.

Name: Biology Higher Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Author: Alan Damon, William Ward, Patricia Tosto & Randy McGonegal
Publisher: Heinemann Baccalaureate (Pearson Baccalaureate)
Published: 2007
Pages: 702
ISBN: 0435994247

My Review

I got this book through the other day and have had a good look through it before posting this review. Wow. I never knew how thick it was! 700 pages, of course it’s going to be thick, but when I first saw it I was a little gobsmacked.

The first thing I noticed in the book was the wide range of colours and pictures, for some people these may not be worth much, but I know that I learn better with colours and variety, so this book is going to be more helpful than the Oxford Press book, but does it match the oxford book in terms of content? Pretty Much! The book contains all the information including the options (why it is so thick!) The diagrams are really clear and mostly well explained, sometimes the Clegg book describes a diagram in more detail which helps, but as always, it is better to have a variety of these books to take the best from each.

The book also includes nice little boxes, a different colour box for a different function. For example you have important words with their meaning in one colour box and in another colour box there are links to sites with more information to help with the study, they are called Heinemann Hotlinks, you just enter to code and presto! you get redirected to the useful page that Heinemann has checked is safe from viruses and of suitable content. What more could you want?

This book doesn’t come with a disc, which is a shame as I like to have a digital copy of my textbooks incase the original book is damaged or lost. But it is to be expected as a PDF file is very easily shared using the internet and the power of torrents.

In conclusion, this is a good book, the diagrams are clear and concise. The information is easy to understand, I found it easier to understand than that Oxford book which is very heavy reading sometimes.

This book is from the same people that published the History – Cold War book, which is part of the Heinemann Baccalaureate series and I assume know that this book will be is just as great! This book is for people that are studying IB Biology at Higher Level, if you are studying IB Biology at Standard Level you will be better with the Biology Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate), Clegg and Oxford University Press books.

The book is usually around £29.50 or $71 or cheaper depending on how many are available when you buy.

You can download sample chapters from this book, provided by Heinemann.
Chapter One
Chapter Two

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Statistical Analysis
2. Cells
3. The chemistry of life
4. Genetics 1
5. Ecology and evolution
6. Human health and physiology 1
7. Nucleic acids and proteins
8. Cell respiration and photosynthesis
9. Plant science
10. Genetics 2
11. Human health and physiology 2
12. (Option A) Human nutrition and health
13. (Option B) Physiology of exercise
14. (Option C) Cells and energy
15. (Option D) Evolution
16. (Option E) Neurobiology and behaviour
17. (Option F) Microbes and biotechnology
18. (Option G) Ecology and conservation
19. (Option H) Further human physiology
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

If you own this book feel free to submit a review!

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

My Review

I don’t take Physics as a subject so I am unable to review the book. However, I know that this publisher is excellent! Check out my reviews on the other Heinemann Baccalaureate Books and take a look at the sample chapters!

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

Contents of Book
Introduction
1. Physics and physical measurement
2. Mechanics
3. Thermal physics
4. Simple harmonic motion and waves
5. Electrical currents
6. Fields and forces
7. Atomic and nuclear physics
8. Energy, power and climate change
9. (Option A) Sight and wave phenomena
10. (Option B) Quantum physics and nuclear physics
11. (Option C) Digital Technology
12. (Option D) Relativity and particle physics
13. (Option E) Astrophysics
14. (Option F) Radio communication
15. (Option G) Electromagnetic waves
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

This book is available for around £22 or $32.

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

Name: Biology Standard Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Author: Alan Damon, Randy McGonegal, Patricia Tosto & William Ward
Publisher: Heinemann Baccalaureate (Pearson Baccalaureate)
Published: 2007
Pages: 480
ISBN: 0435994271

My Review

I don’t own this book, and therefore am unable to review it fully, but from the sample chapters I believe that it is a really good book that displays information really clearly and easily to understand.

I was really impressed with the History – Cold War book in the Heinemann Baccalaureate series and I think this book will be good also. I am going to buy the Higher Level version of the book soon.

This book will be fine for people doing Standard Level IB Biology but you will be better with the Biology Higher Level (Heinemann Baccalaureate),  Clegg and Oxford University Press books if you are doing Higher!

The book is usually around £22 or $32.

You can download sample chapters from this book, provided by Heinemann.
Chaper One
Chapter Two

Contents of Book
1. Statistical analysis
2. Cells
3. The chemistry of life
4. Genetics 1
5. Ecology and evolution
6. Human health and physiology 1
7. (Option A) Human nutrition and health
8. (Option B) Physiology of exercise
9. (Option C) Cells and energy
10. (Option D) Evolution
11. (Option E) Neurobiology and behaviour
12. (Option F) Microbes and biotechnology
13. (Option G) Ecology and conservation
Theory of Knowledge
Advice on Internal Assessment
Advice on the Extended Essay
Answers
Index

If you own the book, please submit a review to help us determine which books are the best for our IB studies!

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

My Review

I’ve heard some good things about this book from friends. I don’t take Chemistry as a subject so I am not able to review it! But I can imagine that this book will be just as great as the other books published by the Oxford University Press! I will try and get a friend that takes Chemistry to review this book, but for now it is up to you to review this book! You can review the book by using the comment system.

This book is available for around £19 or $38.