IB CHEMISTRY ONLINE TUTOR & COURSES

Course Levels and Length

• There are two difficulty levels: Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL).
• SL takes 150 hours, while HL takes 240 hours.
• SL Brief Documentation
• HL Brief Documentation
• Chemistry SL & HL – First teaching Aug/Sept 2023 (PDF)

What’s Included

• Both levels share a common core curriculum and a project called an “Internal Assessment” (IA).
• HL students dig deeper into some topics, learn extra things, and tackle more challenging material.

Learning by Doing

• The course emphasizes hands-on activities like group projects, experiments, and investigations.

Assessments

• 20% of your grade comes from the IA, which can involve experiments, data analysis, or simulations.
• The other 80% comes from three written exams:
  
  • Multiple choice questions (more for HL)
  • Short answer and longer answer questions on the core curriculum (with extra material for HL)
  • Questions based on experiments and four elective topics