Standard Level

The following assumptions have been made. The schedule assumes a three term year with lengths of 12 weeks, 11 weeks and 12 weeks respectively. It also assumes that there is 2.5 hours contact time with students each week. The times for end of term exams and mock (trial) exams have not been included in the schedule. Because the Group 4 Project must be done at the same time as all the other Higher and Standard level science students only one week has been set aside for it. The final term is shortened to just two weeks as that is usually the minimum time that is available before the IB examination session starts (in practice it is usually longer than this but it depends when Easter falls).

You will note that I suggest starting the course with basic atomic structure so student have some knowledge about what an atom is before they cover stoichiometric relationships. Periodicity is split as I like to cover redox processes before I teach the halogens. I leave acids and bases and kinetics towards the end of the course. This is partly because the more knowledge and practice students have at mathematics (actually arithmetic) the easier they will cope with these topics (although this is more true at HL than at SL) but also because they provide a rich source for individual investigation work.

Suggested Standard Level two-year teaching schedule

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Topic	Title	Weeks
	FIRST TERM
Topic 2	Atomic Structure (nuclear atom)	1
Topic 1	Stoichiometric relationships	5
Topic 11	Measurement and data processing (uncertainties and graphs)	2
Topic 2	Atomic structure (electron configuration etc.)	2
Topic 3	Periodicity (minus halogens)	2
	SECOND TERM
Topic 4	Chemical bonding & structure	6
Topic 5	Energetics/thermochemistry	5
	THIRD TERM
Topic 9	Redox processes	4
Topic 3	Periodicity (halogens)	1
Topic 7	Equilibrium	3
Topic 10	Organic chemistry (fundamentals)	3
	Group 4 Project	1
	FOURTH TERM
Topic 10	Organic chemistry (functional group chemistry)	4
Topic 8	Acids and bases	4
Topic 6	Chemical kinetics	4
	FIFTH TERM
Topic 11	Measurement & data processing (spectroscopic identification)	3
Option	Option	5
	Individual scientific investigation	3
	SIXTH TERM
	Review (US) / Revision (UK)	2
	Total time	60 weeks (150 hours)