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Biology • Series

IB BIOLOGY

Marina B

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This series ended on July 30, 2024. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

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About

This series will consist of IB SL Biology content. We will review 4 units, that will be: A1 unity and diversity, A4.1 Evolution and Speciation, B1 lipids & proteins and B4 Form and functions. There will be mock IB practice questions of each topic at the end of the lesson.

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please do not miss more than 2 sessions or else you may be removed. Please excuse your absence or message me in advance!

Dates

June 20 - July 30

Learners

12 / 15

Total Sessions

11

About the Tutor

I'm a senior in the USA doing the IBDP program in a boarding school! I'm here for both learning and teaching and happy to be a part of the community!

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Past Sessions

11
20
Jun

Session 1

Other Topics

In the first session, we will cover A1.1 Unity and diversity- Water. In specific, we will talk about water structure & hydrogen bonding, Cohesion & adhesion, Solvent properties, and physical properties (buoyancy ,etc.). We will finish the session with IB paper 2 questions on the topics.
25
Jun

Session 2

Other Topics

In the second session, we will cover A1.2-Nucleic Acids. In specific, we will talk about nucleic acids and their structures, RNA & DNA polymers, and Complementary base pairing. We will finish the session with IB paper 2 questions on the topics.
28
Jun

Session 3

Other Topics

In the third session, we will cover A4.1- Evolution and Speciation. In specific, we will talk about evolution, homologous structures, analogous structures, convergent vs divergent evolution, speciation, and extinction. We will finish the session with IB paper 2 questions on the topic.
2
Jul

Session 4

Other Topics

In this session we will cover the rest of A4.1 Evolution and Speciation HL. We will discuss evolution, its theories, evidence for evolution, homologous & analogous structures, convergent vs divergent evolution, extinction, and we will finish off with a short mock IB paper 1 and 2.
6
Jul

Session 5

Other Topics

In this session, we will talk about unit B1.1 Lipids. We'll talk about topics such as functions of lipids, fatty acids, condensation & hydrolysis, etc. We'll finish off with a paper 1 & 2
9
Jul

Session 6

Other Topics

In this session, we will cover B1.2 Proteins. In specific, we will talk about Amino acids, condensation & hydrolysis, polypeptide structure, digestion & absorption, and denaturation & renaturation.
13
Jul

Session 7

Biology

Today we will talk about A2.3 Virus. We will talk about Lytic cycle, lysogenic cycle, bacteriophage lambda,COVID, Origin,and antigenic shift vs antigenic drift. We will end the session with paper 1 questions
16
Jul

Session 8

Biology

In this session, we will cover c1.1 Enzymes & Metabolism. In specific, we will talk about Enzymes, Catabolism vs Anabolism, Collision theory, Activation Energy, and factors affecting enzymes. We will end the session with IB paper 1 questions on the topic.
23
Jul

Session 9

Biology

IB UNIT- Organelles & Compartmentalization and a practice IB test
26
Jul

Session 10

Biology

We will briefly review IB/AP biology and take a full length IB paper 1!
30
Jul

Session 11

Biology

We will briefly review IB/AP biology. Then, we will take a paper 1

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