IB Chemistry IA Mastery: From Research Question to Top Marks
A 5-module, project-management-style course that walks IB Chemistry students step-by-step through every stage of the Internal Assessment — from crafting a unique research question to submitting a polished, examiner-ready report.
Perfect for: IB Diploma Programme Chemistry students (Standard Level and Higher Level) in Years 1–2, as well as students who have begun their IA but feel stuck or unsure about specific sections such as data processing or error evaluation.
Stop Staring at a Blank Page. Start Building a Band 7 IA.
The IB Chemistry Internal Assessment carries up to 20% of your final grade — yet most students receive almost no structured guidance on how to actually write one. You're handed a rubric, pointed toward a lab, and expected to produce a university-level scientific investigation. This course changes that completely.
Designed like a project-management workflow, each module mirrors a real stage of the IA process. You won't just learn what the IB wants — you'll learn exactly how to deliver it, criterion by criterion, with templates, worked examples, and checkpoints that keep you on track from day one to submission day.
What Makes This Course Different
Most IA guides recycle the same vague advice: "make sure your research question is focused" or "discuss your errors." This course goes further. You'll learn how to mine the IB syllabus for genuinely original angles, design a methodology that examiners flag as rigorous, and handle propagation of uncertainties with the same confidence as a first-year university student. Every lesson is built around doing, not just reading.
Who Thrives Here
Whether you're just starting your IA, stuck mid-way, or polishing a draft before submission, this course meets you where you are. You'll finish with a complete, well-argued, correctly formatted Internal Assessment — and the scientific writing skills that will serve you well beyond the IB.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify a focused, original, and personally meaningful research question that scores full marks on the IB's Personal Engagement criterion
- Design a safe, controlled, and reproducible experimental methodology that satisfies the Exploration criterion
- Collect and organise raw data into correctly labelled tables with appropriate significant figures and units
- Apply propagation of uncertainties (absolute, fractional, and percentage) to processed data and graphical analysis
- Critically evaluate systematic and random errors, and propose specific, realistic improvements rather than generic ones
- Write a complete, cohesive IA report formatted to IB standards, including a title page, citations, and appendices
- Self-assess your own draft against the official IB Chemistry IA rubric to identify and close scoring gaps before submission
- Manage the IA timeline using a project-management approach, hitting every milestone without last-minute panic
Curriculum
5 modules · 17 lessons
Your teacher
Geoffrey Mitchell
Hi, I'm so glad you're here. I've spent years helping IB Chemistry students navigate one of the most misunderstood parts of the Diploma Programme — the Internal Assessment. I've seen brilliant students lose marks not because their science was weak, but because nobody showed them *how* the IA is structured, assessed, and written to a high standard. That frustration is exactly why I built this course. I'll be walking alongside you at every stage, sharing worked examples, common examiner complaints, and the practical frameworks that consistently produce top-scoring IAs. Let's turn what feels overwhelming into something genuinely manageable — and maybe even enjoyable.
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