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I am in the process of replacing all the javascript-powered online PowerPoint slides (which don’t render well anymore on many browsers) with blog posts containing embeds of the actual PowerPoint slides for your benefit.
Those that have been updated are labeled “Updated.”
Additionally, if you are interested in downloading the PowerPoint slides, instead of browsing through them online, click here. (It will take you to the IB Chemistry Year 1 folder in my Google Drive.

***The folder now ALSO includes a subfolder called “Worksheets” containing…of course worksheets, organized by topic! Additionally, the folders containing the PowerPoints slides on a topic also include solutions to problems appearing in the slides.***)

Revamping my HTML-based homepage and making it considerably leaner, I removed many of its contents. Those that I think others might still find useful — notably the science resources — I am reproducing them here.

This is a reproduction of the page containing links to the online PowerPoint slides I used when I taught first year IB Diploma chemistry students a long time ago. It also contains links to other useful resources.

NB. This is a reproduction of something that was last revised and updated in January 2010! If the curriculum has changed since then–which I am sure it has because IB revises them every four years–it’s your responsibility to identify the relevant from the irrelevant.

Pre-knowledge

Reading assignments etc.: Concepts and Skills, Solutions to Further Problems

PowerPoint Slides:

Information sheets and Worksheets

Web Resources

Topic 1. Scientific Measurement & Data Processing

Useful Documents

  • Word and Equation Editor help sheet (Contains details of very useful MicrosoftWord features such as symbols and font attributes — supercript, subscript etc. — and Word Equation.)
  • Planning sheet. A sheet you can use to organize your thoughts when designing an experiment.

PowerPoint Slides

Topic 2. Atomic Structure and Quantitative Chemistry

Reading Assignments etc.: Concepts and Skills, Further Problems, Solutions

PowerPoint Slides

Worksheets

Activities and Demonstrations

Web Resources

 Topic 3. Chemical Reactions

Reading Assignments etc.: Reading Assignment, Further Problems, Solutions

PowerPoint Slides

Worksheets

Activities and Demonstrations

Web Resources

Real world application of concepts covered in this topic

Topic 4. Atomic Structure

Reading assignments etc.

PowerPoint Slides

Worksheets

Activities and Demonstrations

Web Resources

Real world application of concepts covered in this topic

Topic 5. Periodicity

Reading Assignments etc.: Concepts, Skills, and Further Problems, Solutions

PowerPoint Slides

Worksheets

Activities and Demonstrations

  • Interactive periodic table. Just what it says. Give all kinds of information on all the elements, such as electronic configuration, relative atomic mass, isotopes etc.

Web Resources

Topic 6. Energetics (Thermochemistry)

Reading Assignments

PowerPoint Slides

Topic 7. Bonding I – Intramolecular

Reading assignements etc.: Concepts, Skills and Further Problems, Solutions

PowerPoint Slides

Worksheets

Activities and Demonstrations

  • Multiple bonds. Shows the process of formation of double bond in ethene when two sp2 orbitals and two p orbital combine to form a double bond. 
  • Molecular polarity. Provides polarity of molecules for linear and trigonal planar for different combinations of central atom and substituents.
  • Hybridization of carbon. Shows examples of the three hybidized states of carbon.
  • Electron dot structures. Demonstrates the process of drawing electron dot structures for
    four different compounds.

Topic 8. Bonding II – Intermolecular

PowerPoint Slides

Worksheets

Topic 9. States of Matter

PowerPoint Slides

Activities and Demonstrations

Topic 10. Kinetics

Reading assignment etc.: Concepts and Skills

PowerPoint Slides

Activities and Demonstrations

Topic 11. Equilibrium

Reading assignment etc.: Concepts and Skills, Further Problems, Solutions

PowerPoint Slides

Online Multiple Choice practice Tests

Click here to go to the index page. 

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  1. Crazy chemist

    Thank you for the excellent resources. It is such a treasure for new teachers to get an idea of the programme. Could I request to make the links to the worksheets and some awesome activities be made working again? Links apart from the powerpoints lead to an error! Thank you so much !

    1. Dorje Gurung

      Hey Crazy chemist,

      I wonder what happened! They were all working…the last time I checked. Thank you for drawing my attention to it. I’ll have a look and fix them…soon!

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