Build confidence & competence in the new DP Science curricula
A free series of PD for Kognity science educators
Successfully navigate the new IB Diploma Programme Biology, Chemistry and Physics guides for first teaching in 2023 with Kognity’s professional development series designed to support you in addressing the changes and in building confidence & competence with your new syllabus.
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Your webinars
This professional development series unpacks the new syllabi in detail by covering topics such as concept- and inquiry-based learning, as well as providing subject-specific deep dives into your new roadmaps, the changes in assessments and migrating your existing lesson plans to name a few.
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Webinars for all subjects
Concept-based Learning: A strategic integration into the new DP sciences
11 May 2023
Explore how a concept-based learning approach underpins the new DP sciences as well as how teachers can support students in making sense of the new guiding and linking questions as scaffolding for thinking and learning.
Cultivating inquiry-based learning in the new DP sciences
12 May 2023
Delve into the principles of inquiry-based learning and learn more about how teachers can create opportunities for students to develop key ATL skills to support their learning in the sciences.
DP Biology webinars
Exploring your new DP Biology roadmap
Warren Hunnicutt
This session aims to support educators in understanding how to best to work with the new DP Biology roadmap. We explore how we can facilitate deep learning and create networked knowledge through the new conceptual lenses & themes.
Redesigned external assessment: Paper 1
Adriana Celada
The new guide for the 2025 Biology session has brought about certain modifications to the external assessment. In this webinar, we explore the changes in Paper 1 and suggest ways in which teachers can effectively equip their students to excel in this initial evaluation.
Redesigned external assessment: paper 2
Adriana Celada
The external assessment for the FE2025 Biology session has undergone some changes. This webinar aims to uncover the key modifications in paper 2 and provide guidance to teachers on how they can prepare their students to succeed in the first assessment.
Unpacking the new Internal Assessment
Adriana Celada
The new Biology guide has brought about noteworthy modifications to the Internal Assessment, including changes to assessment criteria, collaborative work, formatting guidelines, and experimentation guidelines. This webinar aims to equip teachers with the knowledge to evaluate their students’ work effectively in light of these changes.
Making sense of the specimen papers
Adriana Celada
For some teachers, the prospect of a new external assessment can be daunting. In this webinar, we analyse the concepts and skills that need to be imparted to our students, applied to the specimen papers provided by the IB, in order to help them excel in their examination in 2025.
Migrating your lesson plans
Warren Hunnicutt
This webinar aims to provide strategies for how to plan for the new academic year. We explore how to make existing lesson plans work, discuss what teachers need to think about when transitioning to the new syllabus, and share ideas on how teachers best prepare for FT 2023 in an efficient and effective way.
Chemistry webinars
Exploring your new subject roadmap
Vera Pereira
This webinar reviews the changes in the new chemistry syllabus and explores effective strategies for navigating the new roadmap. The goal is to support educators in understanding and implementing the new syllabus with confidence. We discuss best practices for working with the new chemistry roadmap, fostering deep learning, and leveraging the increased.
Unpacking the new Internal Assessment
Harry Rodgers
The new Chemistry guide has brought about noteworthy modifications to the Internal Assessment, including changes to assessment criteria, collaborative work, formatting guidelines, and experimentation guidelines. This webinar tours around the guide looking at the new approaches and exploring the depths and breadths it offers for learning.
Migrating your lesson plans
Vera Pereira
This webinar aims to provide strategies for how to plan for the new academic year. We explore how to make existing lesson plans work, discuss what teachers need to think about when transitioning to the new syllabus, and share ideas on how teachers best prepare for FT 2023 in an efficient and effective way.
Physics webinars
Exploring your new subject roadmap
Kay Brown
This session will support teachers in considering different ways in which they could teach the concepts identified in the new road map, and how elements of the IB DP Core could be woven into the scope and sequence.
Redesigned external assessment: Paper 1
Erick Loría
Redesigned external assessment: Paper 2
Erick Loría
Are you ready to take on the new IB Physics course and help your students succeed? Join us to delve into the changes made to Paper 2 and provides practical strategies for success. We explore the new timings, marks, and focus on concepts and skills in assessments, and share tips on how to prepare your students to excel.
Unpacking the new Internal Assessment
Erick Loría
The new Physics guide has brought about noteworthy modifications to the Internal Assessment, including changes to assessment criteria, collaborative work, formatting guidelines, and experimentation guidelines. Through this webinar, we aim to equip teachers with the knowledge to evaluate their students’ work effectively in light of these changes.
Co-publishing with the IB
Kognity is proud to be the IB’s only digital-first publishing partner.
We are currently developing best-in-class teaching and learning resources in cooperation with the IB for the new DP Biology, Chemistry and Physics courses (for first teaching in 2023).
This follows our first co-publishing collaboration with the IB in 2022, to develop comprehensive resources for the latest DP Business Management syllabus.
Webinar: Unpacking the new IB DP sciences
This webinar ran on February 7 2023, the official launch day of the new DP science guides.
It gives a sneak peek at Kognity’s new science resources and content, which are being developed in cooperation with the IB and covers how Kognity is addressing the upcoming science curriculum changes.