For other articles on the Extended Essay on Intense Cogitation, please see our helpful articles on The Extended Essay Outline and Sample sources for an Extended Essay – The American Civil War This is my Extended Essay in History of the Americas that I wrote to fulfill my diploma requirement. It received a final grade of A. Please [...Read more...]

I recently came across a blog called “IB Screwed“, which is a network of blogs that has informative links and notes from the author, regular IB students, and around the Internet. It’s fairly unique because there are blogs for basically every subject – Chemistry, Biology, English, Maths, Economics, Business & Management, French, etc. Instead of having to look around for [...Read more...]
Here are some of my notes from my Introductory Microbiology class. It goes over the basic domains of life and has some information on how genetic sequencing actually happens. If you have any questions, leave a comment! Contents The Bacteria Archaea and Eukarya The Fungi Genetics Fundamentals Genetic Exchange Viruses and Prions Genomics The Bacteria [...Read more...]
With the holidays approaching, many IBers and university students are approaching the end of their fall semester. What classes have you picked out for next semester? Personally, I have: Genetics (+ lab) Biomedical Ethics Introductory Computer Science for the Natural Sciences (+ lab) Biochemistry – Metabolism (+ lab) Introductory Macroeconomics Here’s a quick guide for [...Read more...]
There are quite a few IB revision tools and such out there, but few have managed to impress me as there is not really any that suit my way of learning. Sure I like books, but every now and then I just get tired of reading all the time, and I keep having to go [...Read more...]
As many students in both the IB and university have discovered (or will soon discover), the textbook market is one where your savings can be quickly depleted if you aren’t too careful. There are many overpriced textbooks out there that could cause you to pay a lot more for a textbook than you should have. In [...Read more...]
This is a set of revision notes for Introductory Biology II classes at most universities. It may be helpful for IB Biology students who wish to seek more in-depth knowledge in regards to biological concepts. For notes from Midterm I, please refer to this page. This is also part of an extended series on basic [...Read more...]


