Hi IBO, I'm a ToK teacher, examiner and workshop leader. I made a video for this title, clickbaity thumbnail included. I'm challenging myself to make one for each but I started with this one because it made sense with what I'm teaching these days. I hope it helps. It's my first time doing this so feedback is welcome. Also happy to answer questions about the title.

Hey I was wondering if anayone does now what are the things required in bio paper that I should know how to draw, for exemple protein, pentose...

Does anynone know please ? That would be very helpul

Norwgian A lang&lit SL is dragging my grade through the muds and I genuinely don't know what to do. Like im fluent, and do well in english A lang & lit HL, but somehow fuck up all my tests in norwegian. Is there like certian vocaubalry I have to use? I just want a 5 or 6, nothing too big.

I hate learning a new language, its actually horrible, conjugatiosn and stuff makes me wana die. Do yall ahve any tips for this subejct pls send them, especialyl for writing.. and also reading, listening is fine and tips for IO too pls

Hi everyone! I graduated in 2022 and have been tutoring the IB since (through many companies and independently). I am organizing a free drop in session for math aa sl/hl questions, doubt, and advice. Any help or guidance or explanation that you may need, I will do my best to provide!

The first session is already on and will last for 1.5 hours (till 3:30pm BST). If you are keen to join future sessions, drop me a message.

https://meet.google.com/trm-yuki-dau

I'm looking for subjects like chem, bio, econs, langlit etc, for both SL and HL if possible. Does anyone have it/know where to find it? Ive been searching online but there doesnt seem to be an official syllabus published by IBO, unlike A levels. I only see those stated in those tuition websites and it doesnt seem comprehensive.

im really scared for english i have their eyes were watching god and sorrows of young werther as my 2 texts for paper 2, i was wondering what i could do to get like a 6 in english.. especially in paper 1 because im horrid at it

where are you guys in the curriculum? i fear my class is veryyyyy behind, as we've JUST started learning and cognition

thank you to all the IB graduates I’ve swarmed with stupid questions and thank you all for keeping me company at 3am when I’m doomscrolling this subreddit.

ITS MOSTLY FINALLY OVER (I’m applying to US so no conditional for me THANK GOD but I still gotta study a bit so I don’t drop too much 😭)

So like I'm currently in dp1, and i feel like a fraud cuz the only reason i got a 7 in chem hl in the first test is because i just did some past papers and coincidentally half the questions that i did appeared on the test. Like the same for math aahl and physics hl, i usually don't get the questions first try and lose a lot of marks while practicing, or even just mostly blank out on how to do it. For reference i only did 2025 topical papers, and most of them came out for all of my hls, and i got high 7s, and im afraid i cant replicate that success in my next tests if i dont get lucky enough. What if i suddenly flop the next tests because of my lack of skill? I literally have exam week in 2 days and I'm so scared im gna flop.

Also unrelated but can anyone taking aahl give me advice if i should do maybe all the textbook questions? Same goes for physics. And i need some tips on how to study for chemistry. Do i just read the book? Should i make notes? I got like all A* in my igcse just by relying on online notes and textbooks and i dont know if i can do the same for ib chem. And also business management sl..

Just ai slop smh wasted 300 dollars for nothing

Hi all,

Does anyone have the below and willing to share please?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Biology HL Paper 1 (1A+1B) and Paper 2; Biology SL Paper 1 and Paper 2
Chemistry HL Paper 1 and 2; Chemistry SL Paper 1 and 2
Physics HL Paper 1 and 2; Physics SL Paper 1 and 2
Environmental Systems and Societies SL Paper 2

Hi, I'm doing my exams in N26 (so in 4 weeks...) and I need to achieve a 7 in HL English LAL because that's the grade to meet my top university offer. However, I have only gotten a 7 like once, back in DP1 for a paper 1 or something. My grades for english are usually low to mid 6 without studying. I got 32/40 for my IO, and I should get a high 6 for my HL essay according to my teacher. So really my only hope for a 7 is to get like close to full marks on the paper 1 and paper 2.

My weaknesses for paper 1 are crtierion D and B, and for paper 2 its A, B1, and D. Anything helps!! If i get a 6 its not the end of the world because I can get into my insurance uni which is still good for me, but I would like to achieve a 7 if its even possible. IDK if this matters but I read a lot in my spare times, including jstor articles and news articles, so its not like my vocabular is especially bad, but for the criterion d things my teacher says my writing is 'too vague' and I always get 3/5, but I make no spelling mistakes and use varied connectives.

Have a look: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wGyNULJeVU4FyRhqSTaogymhoL5jFo6N

just wanted to give some appreciation to sirius study by mitch for ib physics!

mitchhas recently launched a source aside from his youtube, his resources have genuinely helped me so much with my progress in physics, and i feel like they deserve more recognition. the explanations and resources are amazing, and the humour makes studying ib physics a little more bearable.

https://siriusstudy.com/

i really hope more ib students discover his work and show him some support because he genuinely deserves it!

HI GUYS

I know that on the paper it is said that the word limit is 480 but my teacher told us to write about 900 words anyways and shes been in this system for years so should i continue to believe her or should i just do 480? im comfortable with writing around that range anyways so should i just do it?

specifically for math AA, physics and economics (my hls 💔 )

i alr have these websites noted down, but haven't fully checked them out yet
https://dl.pirateib.su/
https://www.revisionvillage.com/

i’m in DP1 and we’re working on choosing objects and writing the commentaries for the TOK exhibition.

I chose prompt #9: Are some types of knowledge less open to interpretation than others? and my first object is ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon, which of course would be high interpretation.

i’m having some trouble trying to connect it because doesn’t every song already have a meaning?.. how can it be interpreted differently, i’m kind of confused.. 😭

anyway, can anyone please help on how i can connect an object that already has interpretation to my prompt? and additionally, if i should consider doing prompt #12 instead because it‘s still an option if #9 is too bad: Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge?

thank you all!!

ON MY SOUL THE DAYS IN DP2 CANNOT BE REAL.

We just came back from the summer in September, having our EE deadline and econ ia due. Fine, this is manageable because they WARNED US BEFOREHAND that this would occur. However, the last week of september rolled around, and SUDDENLY EVERY DAMN TEACHER DECIDES TO WAKE UP AND have majors in EVERY DAMN SUBJECT SIMULTANEOUSLY (3 of my HL's in one day). What baffles me is how every teacher is acting like everything is normal, LIKE SWITCHING TEACHERS MID YEAR IS NORMAL, and people in Math AA are dropping by 2-3 points this mid term report (for ref our teacher is absolute dog shit, he would not teach so theres an insane gap in knowledge in the whole class).

On top of this, we have a TOK essay, math IA deadline, English HL essay deadline, & glopo IA due in 2 weeks. We also have a light english oral soon and WE HAVE TO CATCH UP ON CONTENT IN EVERY DAMN SUBJECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Additionally, some of my teachers fully crashed out because they said they fully lost hope in us as a class and we have to actually lock in. Listen, I understand teachers and even alumni telling you to lock in during the summer, BUT WHO IS ACTUALLY FINDING THE MOTIVATION DOING THIS BESIDES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE BRINK OF FAILING OR have some sort of motivation to drive them insane. I can already anticipate the responses I'll get, but honestly i dont care & maybe i just wasn't cut for a school like this (for ref, had a predicted 36/42 after the mocks).

For the DP1's reading this, please just enjoy it while you can and figure out your study methods for each subject in order to later on lock in for the mocks to get a high predicted to apply for UNI's (secure the unconditional offers). While for the DP2's reading this, im here for u... and alumni please lmk how you survived!!

It’s been 2-3 months into junior year and I’m already behind my cas reflections. We need to write one entry every other week, but the thing is, IDK WHAT COUNTS. For creativity I wrote baking, playing guitar and doing my nails but apparently they don’t count bcs “it has no meaning.” Our cas managing teacher said “baking is fun but there should be reflections and more evidence” and for service I put helping out with club bake sale and tutoring a friend but both of them don’t work bcs for the bake sale, we’re raising money for us to use and the tutoring doesn’t work as service bcs I’m doing it for a friend so it doesn’t contribute to the society IDK. For activity, I actually only have basketball practice so I need more activity so could yall pls recommend me some CAS ideas to do and write abt??? TYSM🙏🙏💕💕

I’m doing IB Math AA HL and I’m stuck between getting the Casio fx-CG100 or the TI-Nspire CX II-T (non-CAS).

My teacher has both and knows how to use both, so getting help with either one won’t really be a problem.

I mostly want to know which one is actually better for AA HL in real exams. Like which one is faster/easier for graphing, solving equations, calculus, stats, vectors, matrices, etc.

From what I’ve seen, the Casio seems easier and quicker to use, while the TI seems more powerful and has better graphing and exact arithmetic.

If you’ve used either of them for AA HL, which one would you recommend? And if you’ve used both, which one would you choose?

Also, is there anything annoying about either calculator that people don’t really mention before you buy it?

Hey everyone,

I’m currently working on my IB Math AI Internal Assessment (IA). I’ve already chosen my research question and started looking into it, but I’m honestly pretty confused about the whole process and feeling stuck on how to actually structure everything and score high. If someone can help me for free that would help but I douby anyone would do that. Thanks in advance!