The IB Philosophy and International Mindedness

September 17, 2018

Why teach the International Baccalaureate above another programme? What sets it apart? First, a little history The very idea of the IB was conceived within the International School of Geneva back in 1962. Schools participating in the development of the programme...

My IB

September 20, 2017

The Online Curriculum Centre is no more.  At times bewildering and at others confusing and for many IB teachers a source of frustration, the OCC has a successor.  Why should IB educators register with My IB?  Announcements, resources Updated 28 August 2017We promised...

Nature of Science

June 8, 2016

This month has seen the first examinations of the new syllabus and the Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) is awash with comments and discussions. Some of the comments I have read relates to disappointment that the Nature of Science had a marginal role within the papers....

Computational Modelling

January 6, 2016

With the inclusion of computational modelling within the acceptable list of internal assessments (I find it a big struggle to call them IA’s) for the Group 4 sciences I have become intrigued by the possibilities they provide. I have also read read in some...

A study of fish stocks

November 27, 2015

Depleted global fish stocks represents a focus for C5: Population ecology. The Gulf of Maine is warming 99% faster than the worlds oceans and is a major contributing factor in the declining cod stocks within that region. Cod is a species adapted to cold water and the...

Using a simulation for your IA

September 28, 2015

There are several options available to you when conducting your Internal Assessment as part of the Biology diploma. These include: 1.Hands-on experiment 2.Use of database for analysis and modelling 3.Extraction and graphical analysis from a database 4.Simulation...