Author Archives: Mr Cartlidge

About Mr Cartlidge

Mr Cartlidge teaches Science to the wonderful students at the Australian International School, Viet Nam. He is also the Head of Senior School and IBDP Coordinator.

The whole Chemistry syllabus in one powerpoint

Just about all you need to know is here:

You can download it: Chemistry Revision Guide (2016) and yes, it is the same for the 2016 syllabus as it was for 2013 – 2014 (thank you Mr Field).

And this just covers the Industrial Chemistry sections:

Industrial chemistry from cartlidge

Here are Revision sheets (for you to download and complete) that cover all the practical techniques you need to know:

and here are all the chemical reactions that you must know:

Some great Physics revision sites

Ms Stamp’s Science website might even be better than mine for Coordinated Sciences.

SYLLABUS:

The full syllabus for Cambridge 0654 IGCSE Coordinated Sciences is here.

PAST PAPERS:

IGCSE Centre has all the past exam papers and mark schemes from 2002 onwards. AceThem and ExtremePapers also have past exam papers with mark schemes. At AOLpapers you can download all the past papers, markschemes, examiner reports etc from 2008 – 2015. There are many other sites that keep opening and closing – just remember our IGCSE syllabus is Sciences – Coordinated (Double) 0654 from Cambridge (CIE).

TUTORIALS & TESTS:

GCSE Bitesize for tutorials, tests, video clips and other activities. You’ll have to search to find the right topic but it’s there.

S-cool for tutorials, tests and revision sheets by topic.

IntelEducation for tutorials and tests by topic from Skoool.

GCSE Science for tutorials, quizzes & revision questions.

Grade Gorilla – an excellent series of revision quizzes – from the middle table pick the topic you want from ‘C.I.E.’ & good luck!

The Physics Classroom – revises all Physics topics with tutorials, animations & practice questions – some in more detail than you need (a great resource for teachers too).

VIDEOS:

Socratic Physics has a huge collection of videos explaining every Physics topic (a lot is applicable to IB Physics – so more detailed than we need).

Dr Physics A – a series of videos lessons covering some of the Physics syllabus.

The Physics Classroom – a collection of Physics videos.

REVISION NOTES:

Accelerated Study Notesrevision notes for all the Science topics.

ANIMATIONS:

Physclipsgreat presentations & animations (more IB than IGCSE but great stuff).

Fantastic interactive simulations from PhET (University of Colorado) – just choose the topic & have a play.

DEFINITIONS of science & engineering terms.

And, of course, there’s lots of good stuff on Dr Mukherjee’s blog.

Some great Chemistry revision sites

Ms Stamp’s Science website might even be better than mine for Coordinated Sciences.

SYLLABUS:

The full syllabus for Cambridge 0654 IGCSE Coordinated Sciences is here.

PAST PAPERS:

IGCSE Centre has all the past exam papers and mark schemes from 2002 onwards. AceThem and ExtremePapers also have past exam papers with mark schemes. At AOLpapers you can download all the past papers, markschemes, examiner reports etc from 2008 – 2015. There are many other sites that keep opening and closing – just remember our IGCSE syllabus is Sciences – Coordinated (Double) 0654 from Cambridge (CIE).

PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS & WORKSHEETS:

Mister Guch for Chemistry worksheets and mark schemes, as well as Chemactive.

Doc Brown’s site is full of quizzes, worksheets, crosswords and other good stuff, just scroll down to find what you want but wear your dark glasses – it’s colourful!

You can practise balancing chemical equations here – and it’s fun (honestly).

TUTORIALS & TESTS:

GCSE Bitesize for tutorials, tests, video clips and other activities. You’ll have to search to find the right topic but it’s there.

S-cool for tutorials, tests and revision sheets by topic.

IntelEducation for tutorials and tests by topic from Skoool.

GCSE Science for tutorials, quizzes & revision questions.

A Quantitative Chemistry quiz – for teams or individuals.

VIDEOS:

Cambridge Home School has a large range of videos covering IGCSE Chemistry

As does IGCSE Tube

Socratic Chemistry has a huge collection of videos explaining every Chemistry topic (a lot is applicable to IB Chemistry – so more detailed than we need).

Cambridge Home School has a large range of videos covering IGCSE Chemistry, as does IGCSE Tube.

REVISION NOTES:

Accelerated Study Notesif you don’t like our revision guide (above), try these.

ANIMATIONS:

Fantastic interactive simulations from PhET (University of Colorado) – just choose the topic & have a play.

INFOGRAPHICS:

From ‘the chemistry of chocolate’ to ‘the aroma of new cars’, compound interest has superb infographics on all sorts of everyday chemical compounds.

DEFINITIONS of science & engineering terms.

Some great Chemistry apps.

Some great Biology revision sites

Ms Stamp’s Science website might even be better than mine for Coordinated Sciences.

SYLLABUS:

The full syllabus for Cambridge 0654 IGCSE Coordinated Sciences is here.

PAST PAPERS:

IGCSE Centre has all the past exam papers and mark schemes from 2002 onwards. AceThem and ExtremePapers also have past exam papers with mark schemes. At AOLpapers you can download all the past papers, markschemes, examiner reports etc from 2008 – 2015. There are many other sites that keep opening and closing – just remember our IGCSE syllabus is Sciences – Coordinated (Double) 0654 from Cambridge (CIE).

PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS:

Biology IGCSE Questionbank for exam question practice by topic and with the answers. There’s other stuff there too.

TUTORIALS & TESTS:

GCSE Bitesize for tutorials, tests, video clips and other activities. You’ll have to search to find the right topic but it’s there.

S-cool for tutorials, tests and revision sheets by topic.

IntelEducation for tutorials and tests by topic from Skoool.

Mr Exham IGCSE revision – some excellent revision material here including some great powerpoints (but bear in mind these are for Edexcel IGCSE Biology, so they may be more detailed than we need).

VIDEOS:

Click4Biology – short video lessons covering IGCSE Biology topics (some in more detail than we need; some topics we don’t need).

Socratic Biology has a huge collection of videos explaining every Biology topic (a lot is applicable to IB Biology – so more detailed than we need).

Ms Cooper’s IGCSE Biology – over 30 videos and counting, for IGCSE Biology (so we don’t need to know the content of all of them).

Mr Dare iGCSE Biology videos – lessons on almost 30 topics for IGCSE Biology (so we don’t need to know the content of all of them).

REVISION NOTES:

Accelerated Study Notes – if you don’t like our revision notes, try these.

ANIMATIONS:

Over 200 medical animations that include fertilisation, ovulation, birth, heart anatomy, effects of smoking & high cholesterol.

DEFINITIONS of science & engineering terms.

Some revision games. This one is Alien Abduction and covers vocabulary linked to plants:

Play this game on the what2learn site

There are more games at the bottom of this page (zombie attack is my favourite).

IGCSE Biology Revision Quiz – organisms and life processes from mrexham

Here’s a nice powerpoint that revises a number of topics:

GCSE AQA BIOLOGY UNIT 2 from lordvoldermort123

There were great resources from the Australian International School (videos, powerpoints, worksheets, practicals, animations, flashcards etc) but it is currently password-protected.

Environmental Systems & Societies

IB subject website for the new ESS guide

Here is the wikibook for ESS

Free comprehensive IB revision materials for ESS from i-study.co.uk and here are some ESS materials from Ms Iqbal at Uplift North Hills. Resources can also be found at Mr Green’s weebly and online resources (especially worksheets) from Pearson.

Some ESS definitions from Quizlet.

The Sciencebitz Environmental Systems website is designed to help students who are studying ESS (old guide).

What is the subject of Environmental Systems & Societies? – a description from the IB.

From the IB, here is the latest guide:

ESS guide 2017

and here are some FAQs apparently:

ESS FAQs