December 29th, 2009
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.
Tags: Chemistry, Heinemann Baccalaureate
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November 21st, 2009
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!
Tags: General
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October 5th, 2009
Name: Texas Instruments TI-84 Calculator
Manufacturer: Texas Instruments
My Review
For the Mathematical aspect of the International Baccalaureate it is required for you to have a Graphical Display Calculator (GDC).
The calculator that has been recommended to me by many people, both teachers and past students, is the Texas Instruments TI84 calculator. The calculator does look incredibly confusing to use, but don’t worry too much as it isn’t too difficult with a little practice! The good thing about this calculator is that many of the Mathematics textbooks I have seen use the TI-84 as an example, so you may find that your textbook recommends this calculator and also shows you how to use it! But fear not, there are books available to teach you the exact functions of your TI-84 calculator, and it may be likely that this is the choice of calculator within your school, so your teacher will show you all the cool things it does! It can do almost everything you could ever want it to (for the exam) plot parabola graphs of quadratic equations and solve arithmetic sequences, to name a few.
The calculator is available at a discounted price of £74 within the UK and $120 in the USA. The calculator usually retails for around £80-£90, with the best price being around the £75 mark.
Tags: IB Resources, Texas Instruments
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September 1st, 2009
Name: Three: The Ultimate Student’s Guide to Acing the Extended Essay and Theory of Knowledge
Author: Alexander Zouev
Publisher: Zouev Publishing
Published: November 2008
Pages: 124
ISBN: 0956087302
My Review
I am not in possesion of this book. If you do own this book (or buy this book in the future) please submit a review! 100% of reviews will be accepted, both positive, negative and neutral. Reviews with bad language and spelling errors will be edited accordingly.
The Extended Essay and ToK components are at the core of the International Baccalaureate, along with CAS. The Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay components of the course can count towards up to three ‘bonus points’ towards your final IB Diploma grade!
The book is available at £16 in the UK and $31 in the USA and elsewhere in the world.
Tags: Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge
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August 25th, 2009
(USA Currently Unavailable) Order from UK for dispatch to USA
Name: Pearson Baccalaureate: Higher Level Chemistry
Author: Catrin Brown and Mike Ford
Publisher: Pearson Baccalaureate (Heinemann Baccalaureate)
Published: 4th September 2009
Pages: 944
ISBN: 0435994409
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.
Tags: Chemistry, Heinemann Baccalaureate, Pearson Baccalaureate
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