Online IB Chemistry Tutor

Personalised online Chemistry lessons let a student spend time exactly where they need it — slowing down on a concept that hasn't clicked yet, or moving quickly through material that's already solid, rather than following a fixed classroom pace built for the whole group.

IB Chemistry rewards students who can apply a principle to an unfamiliar situation, not just recall it. Lessons focus on understanding concepts properly, applying them to calculations and data-based questions, and building that understanding through structured practice — with exam technique built in throughout rather than left to the final weeks.

The current IB Chemistry course — first taught from September 2023, first examined in May 2025 — is built around two overarching themes rather than the old numbered “Topics 1 to 21” structure. Every part of the course sits under one of six strands:

Standard Level and Higher Level students follow the same six strands — HL goes further into each one rather than covering separate additional topics, and the old optional-topic units no longer exist on this syllabus.

External assessment is split into Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 itself has two parts — 1A (multiple-choice) and 1B (data-based and experimental-work questions) — while Paper 2 is short-answer and extended-response. Alongside this, every student completes an Internal Assessment, now called the scientific investigation.

The full subject guide is published by the IB and accessed by schools through the password-protected Programme Resource Centre, so it isn’t a freely public document — the IB Diploma Programme sciences page is the right place to start for the official overview.

Practice is organised by topic rather than as a yearly past-paper archive. Explore IB Chemistry topic resources to see what's available so far.

Structured worksheets build a concept up step by step; multiple-choice questions offer a quick way to check understanding and spot gaps between lessons. Both are being organised topic by topic for IB Chemistry.

Topical theory questions give exam-style practice on one topic at a time. Browse IB Chemistry topics for what's published so far.

Where available, mark schemes let a student check their own answer against what a full-mark response actually needs to include — useful for understanding exactly how IB Chemistry answers are assessed, not just whether the final answer was right.

Naeem Bukhari holds a Master's degree in Chemistry and has taught O Level, IGCSE and A Level Chemistry across classroom, academy, home and online tuition, alongside work as a paper setter and curriculum developer. See About for the full background.

1. Step 1

   Message on WhatsApp

   Get in touch to arrange a free IB Chemistry demo lesson.

2. Step 2

   Free demo lesson

   The demo covers the student's current SL or HL topics and where they're finding things hardest.

3. Step 3

   Regular sessions

   Lessons are scheduled around the student's own timetable.

4. Step 4

   Concept, then practice

   Each session builds the concept properly before moving into topical or exam-style practice.