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One-to-one IB Diploma Chemistry tutoring, with full past-paper practice and a personalised study plan built around your target grade.

Since 2008, TestPrep Europe has taught IB Chemistry through one-to-one tutoring and small-group courses on its own online learning platform. The programme combines the IB Diploma syllabus with subject teaching, problem solving and past-paper practice.

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About the subject

IB Chemistry: what it covers and who it suits

IB Chemistry tutoring at TestPrep Europe covers SL and HL across the current syllabus structures (Structure 1–3, Reactivity 1–3) along with Paper 1, Paper 2 and the Internal Assessment. The IA — an individual scientific investigation written up in at most 3,000 words — is supported with academic integrity in mind, focusing on research question design, data analysis and uncertainty rather than written content.

  • Full SL / HL coverage of Structure and Reactivity strands
  • Paper 1 (multiple choice / data) and Paper 2 (extended response) drilled as distinct genres
  • IA support — research question, data, uncertainty, evaluation — with academic integrity
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IB Chemistry covers a wide syllabus from atomic structure and bonding to organic chemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics and equilibrium. It demands both theoretical understanding and practical lab skills, with significant additional depth at HL.

  • Conceptual depth

    We teach chemistry from the molecular level up so students understand rather than memorise — making advanced topics accessible.

  • Calculations and problem solving

    Step-by-step strategies for the trickier calculations: moles, buffers, entropy and enthalpy.

  • Lab work and IA

    Hands-on guidance for experimental design, data collection, titration and spectroscopy.

  • Using the Data Booklet

    Practice in selecting the right formula and constants from the Data Booklet under exam conditions.

IB Chemistry is the fundamental science of matter — its structure, properties and transformations. The course builds analytical thinking, problem-solving and scientific communication, and is essential for students targeting medicine, pharmacy, chemical engineering or biochemistry.

Our IB Chemistry programme is personalised to each student's level and goals. Experienced IB tutors handle every topic in an exam-focused way, from concepts through to calculations. With IA support, past-paper strategies and regular mock exams we prepare students for their target grades.

Exam

IB Chemistry exam format

  • Paper 1

    SL: 1h 30m / HL: 2h36%

    1A: Multiple-choice questions (MCQ) + 1B: Data-based questions, sat together

  • Paper 2

    SL: 1h 30m / HL: 2h 30m44%

    Short and extended response questions across the full syllabus

One-to-one IB tutoring

IB Chemistry Private Tutoring

Private IB lessons at HL or SL: the topics you find hardest, your Internal Assessment and Extended Essay, and technique for every paper. Lessons are live and online and fit around your school timetable.

  • A lesson plan built around your HL or SL course
  • Internal Assessment (IA) guidance and feedback
  • Extended Essay (EE) planning and feedback
  • TOK coaching and feedback
  • Past-paper practice marked against IB mark schemes
  • Scheduling that fits your school timetable

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell us your goal

    We start from your school syllabus, your exam date and the result you are aiming for.

  2. 2

    Your own plan

    We map out the lessons you need, unit by unit.

  3. 3

    Live one-to-one lessons

    Meet your tutor online at times that suit your week.

  4. 4

    Regular progress checks

    Homework and a short check after each lesson show how you are getting on.

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Right for you if you are aiming for a 6 or a 7, need help in one subject, or want support with your IA or EE.

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AI feedback tool

IB Chemistry IA Grader

Get AI feedback on your scientific investigation against the IB criteria in use since May 2025: Research design, Data analysis, Conclusion, Evaluation. 24 marks in total, and the criteria are the same at SL and HL.

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Which IA is this for?

This tool is built only for the scientific investigation IA in IB Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The report is at most 3,000 words and counts for 20% of the subject grade. Maths, language and humanities IAs are marked against different criteria, so this tool does not review them.

Type of review

AI Extended Essay feedback

IB Chemistry Extended Essay Grader

Get AI feedback on your Extended Essay against the IB criteria for your exam session: the new criteria (30 marks) from May 2027, and the 2018 criteria (34 marks) up to November 2026. You get detailed feedback on every criterion and an estimated A–E grade.

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Your exam session

The IB marks the Extended Essay against new criteria from the May 2027 session. If you sit your exams in November 2026 or earlier, your essay is marked against the 2018 criteria.

Type of review

How is the A–E grade estimated?

The IB sets the Extended Essay's grade boundaries again every session; there is no fixed table. So the estimate follows the grade descriptors the IB asks schools to use for predicted grades. The IB publishes your final grade at the end of the session.

IA support

IB Chemistry IA support

Under the new IB Chemistry syllabus (first assessment 2025), the Internal Assessment is the 'Scientific Investigation' — an independent experimental study worth 20% of the final grade, marked across four criteria.

Where we support you through the IA

  1. 1Research Design: research question, variable control, safety
  2. 2Data Analysis: quantitative and qualitative data, processing, calculations
  3. 3Conclusion: connecting findings to chemical theory
  4. 4Evaluation: error sources and improvement suggestions
  5. 5Individual report within a 3,000-word limit

IB Chemistry Camps

Structured Prep Camps for IB Chemistry

Three intensive programmes that support you at every stage of IB Chemistry.

  • PRE-IB CAMP

    IB Chemistry: Pre-IB

    Build strong IB Chemistry foundations before starting IB1.

    • Core IB Chemistry concepts
    • Atomic structure and the periodic table
    • Mole-calculation foundations
    • Lab safety essentials

  • MID-IB CAMP

    IB Chemistry Mid-Year

    Consolidate your IB Chemistry knowledge at the end of IB1.

    • IB Chemistry IA experimental design
    • Organic chemistry foundations
    • Thermodynamics and kinetics
    • Data-booklet mastery

  • FINAL CAMP

    IB Chemistry Final Revision

    An intensive IB Chemistry revision marathon before the May exams.

    • IB Chemistry Paper 1, 2 and 3 strategies
    • Comprehensive review of every topic
    • Organic synthesis problems
    • HL/SL option topics

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Included in lessons

Practice built into your IB Chemistry lessons

Every topic you cover in IB Chemistry is reinforced with question sets your tutor puts together for you. This programme has no separately sold question bank or practice test.

Mock exams included in the programme
  • Targeted questions on every topic
  • Practice sets built around your weak areas
  • Exam-style practice with past papers and mark schemes
  • Worked solutions and feedback on every question

Syllabus

IB Chemistry topics

The current IB Chemistry guide (first assessment 2025) divides the course into six topics under Structure and Reactivity. The topics are shared by SL and HL; the one wholly HL sub-topic is Reactivity 1.4, and the rest of the HL content sits inside the shared topics.

Topic names are the IB's own, from the current subject guide.

SLTopics shared by SL and HL

  • Structure 1. Models of the particulate nature of matter
  • Structure 2. Models of bonding and structure
  • Structure 3. Classification of matter
  • Reactivity 1. What drives chemical reactions?
  • Reactivity 2. How much, how fast and how far?
  • Reactivity 3. What are the mechanisms of chemical change?
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  • Reactivity 1.4—Entropy and spontaneity

Approach

How we teach IB Chemistry

Study plan

  1. 1

    Phase 1 — Structure 1 + 2

    Models of the particulate nature of matter; chemical bonding

    • Atomic structure, periodic trends with Coulombic reasoning
    • Lewis structures, VSEPR, hybridisation (HL)
    • IMFs and physical-property predictions
  2. 2

    Phase 2 — Structure 3 + Reactivity 1

    Classification of matter; what drives chemical reactions

    • Organic functional groups and naming; spectroscopy (HL)
    • Energetics — enthalpy and Hess's law; entropy and Gibbs energy (HL)
    • Energy from fuels
  3. 3

    Phase 3 — Reactivity 2 + 3

    How much / how fast / how far / proton transfer / electron transfer

    • Rates of reaction; rate equation and Arrhenius equation (HL)
    • Equilibrium with ICE tables
    • Acid-base titrations; buffers (HL)
    • Voltaic and electrolytic cells; standard electrode potentials (HL)
  4. 4

    Phase 4 — IA + mocks

    Internal assessment and timed-paper practice

    • IA research-question design with academic integrity
    • Data processing with full uncertainty
    • Past Paper 1 and Paper 2 to markscheme

How lessons work

  • IA support with academic integrity

    We coach research-question design, data analysis, uncertainty propagation and evaluation — but the writing and conclusions remain the student's own work. We do not write or co-author IAs.

  • Paper 1 vs Paper 2 as different exams

    Paper 1 rewards speed and pattern recognition; Paper 2 rewards extended written explanation. We drill them separately because the same topic looks different in each paper.

  • Markscheme literacy

    Past papers are scored against IBO markschemes so students learn which exact words and structures earn marks — and which equivalents don't.

Advice

IB Chemistry: common mistakes and study tips

  • MistakeWrong significant figures or units in data-processing questions.

    FixMatch sig-figs to the least precise raw measurement; carry units through every step. The IB markscheme penalises both inconsistencies.

  • MistakeVague mechanism descriptions ('the molecule reacts').

    FixSpecify bond breaking, bond formation, electron movement, and the role of any catalyst — IB rewards mechanistic detail in HL extended response.

  • MistakeEquilibrium answers from total moles instead of equilibrium concentrations.

    FixAlways build an ICE table, then translate it into Kc; never skip the table even on Paper 2.

  • MistakeIgnoring uncertainty in IA data analysis.

    FixEvery measured quantity needs an absolute uncertainty; propagate to the final result. IA marks for analysis depend on it.

  • MistakeAcid-base answers that confuse strong/weak with concentrated/dilute.

    FixUse Ka and pH explicitly; 'strong' refers to dissociation, 'concentrated' refers to amount.

  • MistakeChoosing an IA research question that's too broad or untestable.

    FixSpend time narrowing to a single independent variable, single dependent variable, with clear control variables — broader questions don't reward more marks.

Student results

IB success stories

Results our IB students shared in their own reviews.

  • IB Chemistry HL: 7
    “Organic chemistry isn't a nightmare anymore. I finally understand reaction mechanisms.”
    Zeynep A.IB Chemistry student

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IB Chemistry Prep — Frequently Asked Questions

The questions students ask most about IB Chemistry preparation.

HL adds depth on most topics — extra organic mechanisms, more equilibrium and acid-base, and the one wholly HL sub-topic, Reactivity 1.4 Entropy and spontaneity. The papers are longer; the IA is the same task at both levels, marked against the same criteria.

We discuss research questions, methodology, data analysis techniques and uncertainty propagation, and we give feedback on drafts — but the writing, raw data and final conclusions must be the student's. This is the IBO academic-integrity boundary.

The structure is rebuilt around Structure 1–3 / Reactivity 1–3 themes rather than topic numbers, but most underlying content is preserved. We teach to the current syllabus only.

Students with a strong IGCSE / GCSE background usually book 50–80 hours over the two years; HL students aiming at 7 typically book more.

The money-back guarantee covers live lessons. If you are not satisfied after your first private lesson, we refund your payment in full.

Lessons cancelled less than 3 hours before the start count as taken and are not refunded. A lesson that has not been paid for 3 hours before it starts is cancelled automatically.

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