John Devonshire, my colleague for 26 years, arriving for work on a Monday morning.

Welcome to the InThinking IB Diploma Chemistry website. Whether you are a teacher new to the IB or an experienced 'old hand' this website comprehensively covers teaching the whole of the IB Chemistry Diploma Programme under clear main headings. It is designed to be used either for traditional teaching or for distance & blended learning and is updated every week - 52 weeks a year. In addition, for no extra cost, you can give your students access to "Complete course for students", which contains everything they need to support their learning of IB chemistry throughout the course. Student access also enables you to set tasks (including quizzes that are marked automatically) and monitor your students' progress. 

I have used the experience and knowledge I have gained through many years of IB teaching (both students and teachers), examining, running workshops, visiting schools and writing chemistry books and research papers etc. to produce this site. My aim has been to not only provide you with all the essential chemistry you will need, together with all the necessary resources and supporting questions with worked answers, but also to encourage you and your students to think critically about chemistry and to place our subject into a global context. Please remember though that the opinions given are my own. If in doubt contact the IB directly. 

I am confident that this InThinking Chemistry website will stimulate and enable you to become an even better teacher and your students become excellent learners.

Enjoy the challenge and the learning process along the way.

Click on the links below (or on the left) to find out how best to navigate the site in order to get the best use of it and how you can also benefit your students greatly (and also yourself), all for no extra cost, by making use of "Student access".

How to navigate the site

Shows in detail the three main different ways in which you can navigate around the site so that you can easily find what you are looking for.

Using student access  

Shows you the very real benefits of using student access, both to you and to your students. As well as describing all the benefits it covers creating student accounts, setting assignments, using qBank and managing student accounts and your mark book.

Information, help and advice for teachers new to IB teaching

This section gives you the basics you need to actually get started. It explains how chemistry fits into the overall Diploma programme, lists essential resources particularly required by all new IB teachers, and explains the aims and objectives of IB Diploma chemistry and how the objectives are assessed using the material detailed in the syllabus. It provides advice and suggestions for you to devise your teaching schedules to deliver the SL (150 hours) and/or HL (240 hours) course and information about all the deadlines you have to meet.