Comments on: Students Starting the International Baccalaureate in 2009! – Short Guide! http://www.ibdamned.com/students-starting-the-international-baccalaureate-in-2009-short-guide IB Textbooks Reviewed Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nielsen http://www.ibdamned.com/students-starting-the-international-baccalaureate-in-2009-short-guide/comment-page-1#comment-361 Nielsen Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:08:59 +0000 http://www.ibdamned.com/?p=248#comment-361 It is possible to do three sciences. One guy my year does it, with Biology and Chemistry HL, Physics at SL. Also four people do it in the year above me. Most of them do all sciences HL and then Math at either HL or SL. It is not recommended to do three sciences, which mean taking seven subjects, but it is possible if that is what you want. It means a lot of work though, and it almost always lower your grades in the other subjects. It is possible to do three sciences. One guy my year does it, with Biology and Chemistry HL, Physics at SL.
Also four people do it in the year above me. Most of them do all sciences HL and then Math at either HL or SL.
It is not recommended to do three sciences, which mean taking seven subjects, but it is possible if that is what you want. It means a lot of work though, and it almost always lower your grades in the other subjects.

]]> By: George http://www.ibdamned.com/students-starting-the-international-baccalaureate-in-2009-short-guide/comment-page-1#comment-359 George Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:10:45 +0000 http://www.ibdamned.com/?p=248#comment-359 Hazel, that is correct, you can only study a maximum of two subjects (One in Group 4 and the other in Group 6 instead of an Arts subject) Hazel, that is correct, you can only study a maximum of two subjects (One in Group 4 and the other in Group 6 instead of an Arts subject)

]]> By: Hazel http://www.ibdamned.com/students-starting-the-international-baccalaureate-in-2009-short-guide/comment-page-1#comment-358 Hazel Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:18:10 +0000 http://www.ibdamned.com/?p=248#comment-358 am i right that you cant do three sciences? thanks am i right that you cant do three sciences?

thanks

]]> By: Frampton Cotterell » Armand Hammer United World College of the American West http://www.ibdamned.com/students-starting-the-international-baccalaureate-in-2009-short-guide/comment-page-1#comment-357 Frampton Cotterell » Armand Hammer United World College of the American West Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:23:25 +0000 http://www.ibdamned.com/?p=248#comment-357 [...] Students Starting the International Baccalaureate in 2009! – Short … [...] [...] Students Starting the International Baccalaureate in 2009! – Short … [...]

]]> By: George http://www.ibdamned.com/students-starting-the-international-baccalaureate-in-2009-short-guide/comment-page-1#comment-356 George Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:28:06 +0000 http://www.ibdamned.com/?p=248#comment-356 Your school policy is to purchase the textbooks from them? That is odd. In that case you could ask if you could buy them early before the term? Or ask them which textbooks they will be selling at the start of the course and maybe buy an additional book to help. At the end of the day, it's up to you. You could for now just start reading around the subjects, furthering your knowledge on what you already know... As for the syllabus, it is likely that your school will follow the course chronologically using the book they choose to use. As far as I am aware all IB textbooks follow the same order. If you do decide to study a little at home from a textbook you buy from the school or from Amazon or elsewhere I would recommend that you start from the beginning and see how much you can cover, that way when you start the course you'll have some of the fundamental knowledge covered which will make things slightly less stressful. Also, I'm going to compile a list of websites that will be of use for IB students, providing IB resources and useful content specifically tailored for them. For now here are some helpful Biology websites, the first gives a breakdown of the syllabus and the second contains some very useful explanations. I hope you find them useful. http://www.geocities.com/biologyib/ http://click4biology.info/index.htm (This website is amazingly useful, it is essentially a textbook on the web, diagrams and useful explanations!) Good luck for your future Studies! Your school policy is to purchase the textbooks from them? That is odd. In that case you could ask if you could buy them early before the term? Or ask them which textbooks they will be selling at the start of the course and maybe buy an additional book to help. At the end of the day, it’s up to you. You could for now just start reading around the subjects, furthering your knowledge on what you already know…

As for the syllabus, it is likely that your school will follow the course chronologically using the book they choose to use. As far as I am aware all IB textbooks follow the same order. If you do decide to study a little at home from a textbook you buy from the school or from Amazon or elsewhere I would recommend that you start from the beginning and see how much you can cover, that way when you start the course you’ll have some of the fundamental knowledge covered which will make things slightly less stressful.

Also, I’m going to compile a list of websites that will be of use for IB students, providing IB resources and useful content specifically tailored for them. For now here are some helpful Biology websites, the first gives a breakdown of the syllabus and the second contains some very useful explanations. I hope you find them useful.

http://www.geocities.com/biologyib/
http://click4biology.info/index.htm (This website is amazingly useful, it is essentially a textbook on the web, diagrams and useful explanations!)

Good luck for your future Studies!

]]> By: Rawan http://www.ibdamned.com/students-starting-the-international-baccalaureate-in-2009-short-guide/comment-page-1#comment-355 Rawan Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:41:25 +0000 http://www.ibdamned.com/?p=248#comment-355 Hi I would firstly like to thank you on your blog i found it very helpful. However, though i was able to get my hands on the English A1 SL reading list, inorder to set myself ahead this proved much harder for my other subjects. As I can not get my hands on the IB text books from my school as we must (as a school policy) buy them from the school, and they are given on the first day of school. Therefore, buying them from amazon for x hundered dollars to flick through them for the summer vacation is pointless. Futhermore, I would not know where to start studing from the sylabass as all the teachers ar new and my group are the first IB grduates in the school. Therefore how would you prupose i study for: 1. Biology HL 2.Chem HL 3. History HL 4. Math SL 5. TOK BEST REGARDS Hi
I would firstly like to thank you on your blog i found it very helpful. However, though i was able to get my hands on the English A1 SL reading list, inorder to set myself ahead this proved much harder for my other subjects. As I can not get my hands on the IB text books from my school as we must (as a school policy) buy them from the school, and they are given on the first day of school. Therefore, buying them from amazon for x hundered dollars to flick through them for the summer vacation is pointless. Futhermore, I would not know where to start studing from the sylabass as all the teachers ar new and my group are the first IB grduates in the school. Therefore how would you prupose i study for:
1. Biology HL
2.Chem HL
3. History HL
4. Math SL
5. TOK

BEST REGARDS

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