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Series Details
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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.
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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
MB
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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Upcoming Sessions
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Past Sessions
11
20
Jun
OT
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
OT
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
OT
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
OT
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
OT
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
OT
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
B
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
B
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
B
Session 9
Biology
IB UNIT- Organelles & Compartmentalization and a practice IB test
26
Jul
B
Session 10
Biology
We will briefly review IB/AP biology and take a full length IB paper 1!
30
Jul
B
Session 11
Biology
We will briefly review IB/AP biology. Then, we will take a paper 1