Summer Assignment for New IB Students

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  • News forum
• Topic 1
  

  Topic 1

  Knowing the IB program

  Research the following information for all your courses.

  What, if any, are the internal assessment requirements?

  What will compose the external assessment?

  What is CAS, TOK, and EE?  How much effort will be required for me to complete each of these requirements?
• Topic 2
  

  Topic 2

  English- Mrs. Lewis

  • Assignment for Summer File
• Topic 3
  

  Topic 3

  Math Studies

  • Learning to use your graphics calculator Page
  • GDC tutorial page URL
• Topic 4
  

  Topic 4

  Mathematics
• Topic 5
  

  Topic 5

  IB Biology

  Complete the MS-Excel tutorials.  Create Excel files of each of the data tables, make the demonstrated graphs of this data, and process the data in the manor that is described.  You must email me the Excel files by August 21, 2011.

  • Data Processing and Excel URL
• Topic 6
  

  Topic 6

  Physics

  • Learning to use your graphics calculator Page
  • GDC tutorial page URL
• Topic 7
  

  Topic 7

  German
• Topic 8
  

  Topic 8

  French
• Topic 9
  

  Topic 9

  Español Lengua B
  
  Attached you will find:
  

  • Requisito previo (a list of grammar and vocabualry you should already know)
  • Several reading and writing assignments that MUST be done over the summer, the assignments are due the first day we have class in August.
  • For the reading (the magazine) you must study and know the vocabulary from the texts.
  • All work must be turned in hard copy in August.

  Please purchase a verb book and pocket dictionary that you will regularly bring to class.
  

  • Requisito previo File
  • Lectura y vocabulario URL
  • Un poco de todo File
• Topic 10
  

  Topic 10

  Croatian
• Topic 11
  

  Topic 11

  Psychology

  • Summer Reading for Psychology 1
  • Summer Activity File
• Topic 12
  

  Topic 12

  Art
• Topic 13
  

  Topic 13

  Extended Essay
• Topic 14
  

  Topic 14

  IB History and TOK

  • Your task, if you are enrolled in History or TOK, is to read the article below and summarize it applying the following steps.
    1) Delete trivial material that is unnecessary to understanding.
    2) Delete redundant material.
    3) Substitute superordinate terms for lists (e.g. "flowers" for "daisies, tulips and roses").
    4) Select a topic sentence, or invent one if it is missing.
    5) Submit your summary on the first day of class along with evidence of the above-mentioned 4 steps.
    
  • What is History? URL
• Topic 15
  

  Topic 15

  CAS