IBDP Chemistry Resources- Syllabus, Practice Questions and Notes
IBDP chemistry new syllabus 2025
The new DP chemistry course was launched in February 2023 for first teaching in August 2023. First assessment will take place in May 2025. IBDP Chemistry courses are here as per new syllabus and guidelines provided by the board. Details of changes in pattern and syllabus are also mentioned on this page.
Exam Style Practice Questions, Notes and Past Paper for IBDP Chmeistry 2025
Exam Style Practice Questions, Notes and Past Paper for DP Chemistry 2024
BDP Chemistry SL &HL Last Assessment November 2024
- Mock Exam SL
- Standard Level (SL) IB Style Question Banks with Solution
- IB Style SL Paper 1
- IB Style SL Paper 2
- IB Style SL Paper 3
- IB Chemistry SL Past Papers
- Prediction Paper IB Chemistry SL May 2023
- Mock Exam HL
- Higher Level (HL) Question Banks with Solution
- Study Guide and Notes
- IB Chemistry HL Past Papers
Changes in Syllabus for IBDP Chemistry First Assessment 2025
All students will only sit two external examinations
Paper 1A includes multiple-choice questions on the syllabus.
paper 1B includes data-based questions that are syllabus related. These papers provide an opportunity to assess some of the experimental skills and techniques.
Paper 2 includes short-answer and extended-response questions of intertwining skills, concepts and understandings placed into a suitable chemistry context.
Other changes include the removal of the option topics (materials, biochemistry, energy and medicinal chemistry). From these four options some of the content was incorporated into the course at either standard level or higher level.
Internal assessment
The ‘scientific investigation’ (internal assessment) will also see a change, with the opportunity for students to collaborate and support each other within small groups. Where appropriate, students will be able to share similar methodologies, provided that the independent or dependent variable differ, and the data collected is unique to each student.
Main take away from the changes in internal assessment are as below:
- Students will continue to submit an individual report with a maximum word count of 3,000 words.
- The revised criteria will place a greater emphasis on higher-order thinking skills
- 50% of the marks allocated for Conclusion and Evaluation.
Syllabus Framework for IBDP Chemistry First Assessment 2025
Skills in the study of chemistry | |
Structure Structure refers to the nature of matter from simple to more complex forms | Reactivity Reactivity refers to how and why chemical reactions occur |
Structure 1. Models of the particulate nature of matter | Reactivity 1. What drives chemical reactions? |
Structure 2. Models of bonding and structure | Reactivity 2. How much, how fast and how far? |
Structure 3. Classification of matter | Reactivity 3. What are the mechanisms of chemical change? |
The chemistry curriculum is built on two broad organizing concepts:
- Structure and
- Reactivity.
Each of these concepts is subdivided into topics and subtopics, which are all connected through the idea that structure determines reactivity, which in turn transforms structure.
Syllabus for IBDP Chemistry First Assessment 2025
Structure 1. Models of the particulate nature of matter
- Structure 1.1 Introduction to the particulate nature of matter
- Structure 1.2 The nuclear atom
- Structure 1.3 Electron configurations
- Structure 1.4 Counting particles by mass: The mole
- Structure 1.5 Ideal gases
Structure 2. Models of bonding and structure
- Structure 2.1 The ionic model
- Structure 2.2 The covalent model
- Structure 2.3 The metallic model
- Structure 2.4 From models to materials
Structure 3. Classification of matter
- Structure 3.1 The periodic table: Classification of elements
- Structure 3.2 Functional groups: Classification of organic compounds
Reactivity 1. What drives chemical reactions?
- Reactivity 1.1 Measuring enthalpy changes
- Reactivity 1.2 Energy cycles in reactions
- Reactivity 1.3 Energy from fuels
Reactivity 2. How much, how fast and how far?
- Reactivity 2.1 How much? The amount of chemical change
- Reactivity 2.2 How fast? The rate of chemical change
- Reactivity 2.3 How far? The extent of chemical change
Reactivity 3. What are the mechanisms of chemical change?
- Reactivity 3.1 Proton transfer reactions
- Reactivity 3.2 Electron transfer reactions
- Reactivity 3.3 Electron sharing reactions
- Reactivity 3.4 Electron-pair sharing reactions