​2025/26 academic year
​#92 - Organic nomenclature (LINK)
#91 - General formulas for organic compounds (LINK)
#90 - Thinking out loud (LINK)
#89 - Fossil fuels (LINK)
#88 - Born-Haber cycles (LINK)
​#87 - Limiting reactants (LINK)
#86 - R2 values: More questions than answers (LINK)
#85 - Cooling curve (LINK)
#84 - Exam reflection (May 2025) (LINK)
#83 - IA reflection (May 2025) (LINK)
#82 - A follow-up (on energy levels, sublevels and orbitals) (LINK)
#81 - Energy levels, sublevels and orbitals (LINK)
#80 - Emission spectra (and good student questions) (LINK)
#79 - Unit tests (LINK)
#78 - Le Châtelier's principle (and good student questions) (LINK)
#77 - Homework (LINK)
#76 - How does a candle work? (LINK)
#75 - Resources update (LINK)

​2024/25 academic year
​#74 - Key learning from the year (LINK)
​#73 - AI tools (NotebookLM) (LINK)
​#72 - Zone 2 May Exams (LINK)
#71 - Electrical conductivity (LINK)
#70 - IA mini-series part 7: Reflections (LINK)
#69 - Rookie errors (units) (LINK)
#68 -   Intermolecular forces: Part II (LINK)
#67 - A final touch for the Year 2s (LINK)
#66 -  Intermolecular forces: Part I (LINK)
#65 - 'Bread and butter' questions (Year 2 revision) (LINK)
#64 - Retrieval practice strategy (Year 2 revision) (LINK)
#63 - Cells, cells, cells (LINK)
#62 - Atypical experimental setups (LINK)
#61 - Mock exams (LINK)
#60 - Teaching fuel cells (LINK)
#59 - Thoughts on the HL sample papers (LINK)
#58 - Grading IAs (LINK)
#57 - Responding to failure (LINK)
#56 - The home straight (LINK)
#55 - Phase One complete (LINK)
#54 - The Year 2 grind (LINK)
#53 - Organic overload (LINK)
#52 - Back titrations (LINK)
#51 - The benefits of an atypical course structure (LINK)
#50 - Born-Haber cycles (LINK)
#49 - IA mini-series part 6: Feedback (LINK)
​#48 - Examiner's comments on Questionbank (LINK)
#47 - Classification of organic compounds (LINK)
#46 - Bridging the 4 to 5 gap (LINK)
#45 - Progress bars (LINK)
#44 - Question car parks (LINK)
#43 - 1st vs successive ionisation energies; acid rain vs ocean acidification (LINK)
#42 - IA 'deadline window' (LINK)
#41 - Mass vs relative mass; % vs relative abundance (LINK)
#40 - Spreadsheet skills (LINK)
#39 - Should student grades increase over time? (LINK)
#38 - A few thoughts from Scott Milam (LINK)
#37 - Where to start? (LINK)

2023/24 academic year
​#36 - Key learning from the 2023/24 academic year (LINK)
​#35 - IA mini-series: Part 5 (LINK)
#34 - IA mini-series: Part 4 (LINK)
#33 - IA mini-series: Part 3 (LINK)
#32 - IA mini-series: Part 2 (LINK)
#31 - IA mini-series: Part 1 (LINK)
#30 - A conversation with Elisa Jimenez Grant (LINK)
#29 - Insights from the creator of ChemGuide: Jim Clark (LINK) (full written interview)
#28 - Death by PowerPoint (LINK)
#27 - 'For every' statements (LINK)
#26 - Student note-taking in class (LINK)
#25 - Grappling with graphing (LINK)
#24 - James Midgley on the IA (LINK)
#23 - Specific heat capacity (LINK)
#22 - Reflections on course structure (LINK)
#21 - Time-saving strategies for practice questions (LINK)
#20 - Practice questions (LINK)
#19 - Quick-check questions (LINK)
#18 - The decimetre cubed cube (LINK)
#17 - Thoughts on the first half of the year (LINK)
#16 - Frayer models (LINK)
#15 - Potential energy (LINK)
#14 - Internal assessment practice (LINK)
#13 - Slow practicals (LINK)
#12 - Venn diagrams for conceptual understanding (LINK)
#11 - Core concepts in IB Chemistry (LINK)
#10 - Visible thinking routines (LINK)
#9 - I do, we do, you do (LINK)
#8 - Where to stand during independent work (LINK)
#7 - Targeted test review (LINK)
#6 - Using class time for test preparation (LINK)
#5 - The habit of asking questions (LINK)
#4 - Pace vs confidence (LINK)
#3 - Practical procedures and cold calling (LINK)
#2 - Mini-whiteboards and measurements as ranges (LINK)
#1 - Designated seating and the first unit of the course (LINK)

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