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IB Physics HL AI Tutor Playbook 2027

Audience: IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel — typically the cohort in IB-Physics-HL + IB-Mathematics-AA-HL + IB-Chemistry-HL + IB-Biology-HL + IB-Computer-Science-HL + IB-Further-Mathematics-HL + IB-Economics-HL, often paired with IB-Physics-HL-Internal-Assessment-individual-investigation + IB-Extended-Essay-in-Physics + IB-TOK-exhibition + IB-CAS-creativity-activity-service. Covers IB Physics HL teachers who want an AI workflow for grading IA-individual-investigations + Paper 1A-MCQs + Paper 1B-data-based + Paper 2-extended-response + Paper 3-optional-topic, parents paying for IB-Physics-HL-prep ($300-$3000 for prep-books + $1000-$5000 for prep-courses + $2000-$8000 for private-tutors), IB-World-Schools seeking IB-Physics-HL-internal-assessment-rubric alignment, and overseas IB-Diploma-candidates applying to MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice.

Hook: IB Physics HL is the most-respected pre-university physics qualification globally — the standard for IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates at IB-World-Schools targeting MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice. The 2025 score distribution is selective: score-7 rate of approximately 11-15 percent (highest honours + university-credit at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + IIT-Bombay + IIT-Delhi + IIT-Kanpur + IIT-Madras + IISc), score-6 rate of approximately 22 percent, score-5 rate of approximately 25 percent (the score-5+ cumulative rate 58-62 percent is the IB Diploma + university-readiness benchmark), score-4 rate of approximately 20 percent, score-3 rate of approximately 12 percent, score-2 rate of approximately 7 percent, score-1 rate of approximately 3 percent. The 8-core-topics-of-IB-Physics-HL (Topic 1 Measurements + Uncertainties + Topic 2 Mechanics + Topic 3 Thermal Physics + Topic 4 Waves + Topic 5 Electricity + Magnetism + Topic 6 Circular Motion + Gravitation + Topic 7 Atomic + Nuclear + Topic 8 Energy Production) + 4-additional-higher-level-topics (Topic 9 Wave Phenomena-HL + Topic 10 Fields-HL + Topic 11 Electromagnetic Induction-HL + Topic 12 Quantum + Nuclear Physics-HL) + 12-practical-lab-groups + Internal-Assessment-Individual-Investigation map onto Year-12 + Year-13 physics + first-year-undergraduate-Physics + Engineering + Medicine + Architecture + Astrophysics at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice:

Section 1 — Why IB Physics HL is the most-respected pre-university physics qualification + the MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc first-year-undergraduate-Physics + Engineering + Medicine + Architecture + Astrophysics + IB-Diploma-masters-track subject

IB Physics HL is the IBO-standard pre-university physics qualification for IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates — calculus-based, critical-thinking-driven, extended-response-required, IA-scientific-writing-assessed. It is the standard for IB-World-Schools in 145+ countries. Unlike AP Physics 1 + AP Physics 2 (algebra-based) + AP Physics C (calculus-based + 90-minute exam + MCQ + FRQ-only), IB Physics HL integrates calculus + critical-thinking + extended-response + IA-scientific-writing + Paper 3 optional-topic-mastery across all 8-core-topics + 4-additional-higher-level-topics + 12-practical-lab-groups. The exam sits in May 2027 (Northern-Hemisphere-summer-sitting) + November 2026 (Southern-Hemisphere-summer-sitting). The score-7 (highest honours + university-credit) is the IBO-mastery-track benchmark. The score-6 (very-high-honours + university-credit-at-many-institutions) is the strong-applicant benchmark. The score-5 (honours + IB-Diploma + university-readiness) is the cohort-wide-benchmark for Engineering-Physics + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Architecture + Pre-Physics + Pre-Astrophysics admissions at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice. This playbook gives the 30-week IB Physics HL workflow.

Section 2 — The 30-week IB Physics HL AI tutor study plan: weeks 1-4 = Topic 1 Measurements + Uncertainties + Topic 2 Mechanics foundations + diagnostic, weeks 5-13 = Topic 3-8 core-topic mastery, weeks 14-20 = Topic 9-12 HL-additional mastery + IA-individual-investigation, weeks 21-26 = Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 extended-response + paper-strategy, weeks 27-30 = mock-exams + IBO-past-papers + polish

The 30-week IB Physics HL plan builds on the 22-week AP Physics C Mechanics + 30-week A-Level Physics + 26-week IGCSE Physics scaffolds, but adds: (1) IB Physics HL-specific Topic 1 Measurements + Uncertainties mastery (which is a stand-alone-topic in IB Physics HL — not a sub-skill), (2) Topic 9 Wave Phenomena-HL + Topic 10 Fields-HL + Topic 11 Electromagnetic Induction-HL + Topic 12 Quantum + Nuclear Physics-HL (the HL-additional content that pushes IB Physics HL beyond AP Physics C Mechanics), (3) Internal Assessment Individual Investigation (IA = 20 percent of final grade — a 6-12-page lab-report with hypothesis + methodology + data-collection + uncertainty-analysis + graphing-linearization + spreadsheet-modelling + conclusion + evaluation — graded against 5-band-descriptors), (4) Paper 3 Optional Topic (2-of-4 chosen from Astrophysics + Engineering-Physics + Relativity + Imaging-or-Digital-Energy-Storage), (5) Paper 2 extended-response Section A data-based + Section B 1-of-4-optional-questions-argument-construction. The plan: weeks 1-4 Topic 1 + Topic 2 foundations + IA-topic-selection + diagnostic. Weeks 5-13 Topic 3 Thermal Physics + Topic 4 Waves + Topic 5 Electricity + Magnetism + Topic 6 Circular Motion + Gravitation + Topic 7 Atomic + Nuclear + Topic 8 Energy Production. Weeks 14-20 Topic 9 Wave Phenomena-HL + Topic 10 Fields-HL + Topic 11 Electromagnetic Induction-HL + Topic 12 Quantum + Nuclear Physics-HL + IA-experimental-design + IA-data-collection + IA-uncertainty-analysis + IA-graphing-linearization + IA-conclusion + IA-evaluation. Weeks 21-26 Paper 1A MCQ strategy + Paper 1B data-based strategy + Paper 2 Section A + Section B extended-response + Paper 3 optional-topic. Weeks 27-30 IBO-past-papers-2016-to-2025 + TZ1-TZ2-TZ3-papers + specimen-papers + IA-exemplars + polish. The AI tutor simulates each Paper 1A-MCQ + Paper 1B-data-based-question + Paper 2-extended-response + Paper 3-optional-topic-question + IA-individual-investigation against the official IBO Physics HL marking scheme + band-descriptors.

Section 3 — Topic 1 — Measurements + Uncertainties: SI-units + significant-figures + random-errors + systematic-errors + absolute-uncertainty + fractional-uncertainty + percentage-uncertainty + error-propagation + graphical-analysis + gradient + intercept + least-squares-fit

IB Physics HL Topic 1 is the foundation for every IA-individual-investigation + Paper 1B-data-based-question + Paper 2-extended-response. The IB Physics HL Topic 1 competencies: (1) SI-units mastery across all 7-base-units (metre + kilogram + second + ampere + kelvin + mole + candela), (2) significant-figures + decimal-places + scientific-notation, (3) random-errors vs systematic-errors distinction, (4) absolute-uncertainty + fractional-uncertainty + percentage-uncertainty calculation, (5) error-propagation-for-addition + error-propagation-for-multiplication + error-propagation-for-power-functions, (6) graphical-analysis (best-fit-line + worst-fit-line + gradient + intercept + least-squares-fit + R²), (7) order-of-magnitude-estimation + Fermi-estimation. The AI tutor scores every Topic 1 response against the official IBO Physics HL marking scheme + band-descriptors (Band 1 Inadequate + Band 2 Adequate + Band 3 Competent + Band 4 Highly-Competent + Band 5 Sophisticated + Band 6 Excellent + Band 7 Outstanding). Topic 1 is the most-missed topic in IB Physics HL IA-individual-investigations — the candidate who masters Topic 1 gains a 1-to-2-band lift on the IA-uncertainty-analysis + graphing-linearization sections alone.

Section 4 — Topic 2 — Mechanics: kinematics + dynamics + work-energy + momentum + circular-motion + gravitation + statics

IB Physics HL Topic 2 covers the same calculus-based mechanics as AP Physics C Mechanics + A-Level Physics, but with IB-specific extensions: (1) vector-decomposition + vector-resolution-in-2D-and-3D, (2) free-body-diagrams-with-friction + free-body-diagrams-with-drag + free-body-diagrams-with-spring-force + free-body-diagrams-with-tension, (3) projectile-motion-with-air-resistance (an HL-extension beyond A-Level Physics), (4) work-energy-theorem + conservation-of-energy + power (instantaneous + average), (5) linear-momentum + impulse + elastic-collision + inelastic-collision + 2D-collision + center-of-mass-frame, (6) circular-motion + centripetal-acceleration + centripetal-force + banked-curves + conical-pendulum, (7) Newton's-law-of-universal-gravitation + gravitational-PE + orbital-mechanics + escape-velocity + Kepler-laws + geostationary-orbit, (8) statics + torque + equilibrium + center-of-gravity + moment-of-a-force. The AI tutor simulates every Topic 2 MCQ + data-based + extended-response against the IBO-Physics-HL-marking-scheme.

Section 5 — Topic 3 — Thermal Physics: thermal-concepts + ideal-gas-laws + thermodynamics-first-law + thermodynamics-second-law + heat-engines + refrigerators + entropy

IB Physics HL Topic 3 covers thermal-physics at the IB-depth: (1) thermal-concepts + temperature + internal-energy + heat + specific-heat-capacity + latent-heat, (2) ideal-gas-laws (pV = nRT) + isothermal-process + isobaric-process + isochoric-process + adiabatic-process + pV-diagrams + pT-diagrams + VT-diagrams, (3) thermodynamics-first-law (ΔU = Q - W) + work-done-by-gas + work-done-on-gas + sign-conventions, (4) thermodynamics-second-law + heat-engines + Carnot-cycle + efficiency + refrigerators + heat-pumps + coefficient-of-performance, (5) entropy + Boltzmann-constant + entropy-change-of-system + entropy-change-of-surroundings + total-entropy-change + spontaneous-vs-non-spontaneous-processes. The AI tutor scores every Topic 3 MCQ + data-based + extended-response against the IBO-Physics-HL-marking-scheme. Topic 3 is a high-frequency Paper 2-Section-A-data-based-question topic — every IBO-past-paper since 2016 has included at least one Topic 3 question.

Section 6 — Topic 4 — Waves: wave-motion + transverse-waves + longitudinal-waves + wave-behaviour + standing-waves + diffraction + interference + Doppler-effect

IB Physics HL Topic 4 covers waves at IB-depth: (1) wave-motion + displacement + amplitude + wavelength + period + frequency + wave-speed (v = fλ) + transverse-vs-longitudinal-distinction, (2) wave-behaviour + reflection + refraction + Snell's-law + total-internal-reflection + critical-angle + optical-fibres, (3) standing-waves + nodes + antinodes + harmonics + fundamental-frequency + resonant-frequencies + standing-waves-in-strings + standing-waves-in-pipes-open-at-both-ends + standing-waves-in-pipes-closed-at-one-end, (4) diffraction + single-slit-diffraction + diffraction-grating + diffraction-pattern + Bragg-diffraction (HL-extension), (5) interference + Young's-double-slit-experiment + path-difference + constructive-interference + destructive-interference + thin-film-interference, (6) Doppler-effect + observed-frequency + source-moving + observer-moving + source-and-observer-both-moving + speed-of-sound + speed-of-light + redshift + blueshift (HL-extension).

Section 7 — Topic 5 — Electricity + Magnetism: electric-fields + electric-force + electric-potential + magnetic-fields + magnetic-force + electromagnetic-induction (HL)

IB Physics HL Topic 5 covers electricity + magnetism at IB-depth, with Topic 11-HL (Electromagnetic Induction-HL) as the HL-extension: (1) electric-fields + Coulomb's-law + electric-field-strength + electric-field-lines + electric-field-of-a-point-charge + electric-field-of-a-uniform-field + electric-field-between-parallel-plates, (2) electric-potential + electric-potential-energy + potential-difference + work-done-moving-a-charge, (3) magnetic-fields + magnetic-field-lines + magnetic-field-of-a-bar-magnet + magnetic-field-of-a-solenoid + magnetic-field-of-a-current-carrying-wire + right-hand-grip-rule, (4) magnetic-force + force-on-a-current-carrying-conductor + force-on-a-moving-charge + Fleming's-left-hand-rule, (5) HL-extension: electromagnetic-induction + magnetic-flux + Faraday's-law + Lenz's-law + induced-EMF + eddy-currents + transformers (step-up + step-down) + transmission-lines + AC-circuits. Topic 5 + Topic 11-HL together cover ~25 percent of the IB Physics HL Paper 2-extended-response + Paper 3-Engineering-Physics questions.

Section 8 — Topic 6 — Circular Motion + Gravitation: uniform-circular-motion + centripetal-acceleration + centripetal-force + Newton's-law-of-universal-gravitation + gravitational-PE + orbital-mechanics + Kepler's-laws

IB Physics HL Topic 6 is an HL-only topic in many curricula, but IB Physics HL requires all Year-12 + Year-13 candidates to master it at HL-depth: (1) uniform-circular-motion + angular-velocity + angular-frequency + period + centripetal-acceleration (a = ω²r = v²/r), (2) centripetal-force + banked-curves + conical-pendulum + vertical-circular-motion + minimum-speed-at-top-of-loop, (3) Newton's-law-of-universal-gravitation + inverse-square-law + gravitational-field-strength + gravitational-field-of-a-point-mass + gravitational-field-of-a-uniform-sphere, (4) gravitational-PE + gravitational-PE-near-Earth's-surface + gravitational-PE-in-space + escape-velocity, (5) orbital-mechanics + circular-orbit + elliptical-orbit + Kepler's-three-laws + geostationary-orbit + low-Earth-orbit + medium-Earth-orbit + Molniya-orbit, (6) gravitational-PE-vs-kinetic-energy-vs-total-energy-in-orbit + energy-considerations-in-orbital-mechanics.

Section 9 — Topic 7 — Atomic + Nuclear: atomic-structure + energy-levels + radioactive-decay + half-life + nuclear-reactions + fission + fusion + mass-defect + binding-energy

IB Physics HL Topic 7 covers atomic + nuclear physics at IB-depth: (1) atomic-structure + Rutherford-scattering + Bohr-model + energy-levels + photon-emission + photon-absorption + line-spectra + continuous-spectra, (2) radioactive-decay + alpha-decay + beta-decay + gamma-decay + decay-equations + conservation-of-nucleons + conservation-of-charge + conservation-of-mass-energy, (3) half-life + activity + decay-constant + exponential-decay-law + N = N₀e^(-λt) + A = A₀e^(-λt) + carbon-dating + uranium-dating, (4) nuclear-reactions + fission + fusion + chain-reaction + critical-mass + moderators + control-rods + coolant, (5) mass-defect + binding-energy + binding-energy-per-nucleon + binding-energy-curve + iron-peak + fission-of-heavy-nuclei + fusion-of-light-nuclei, (6) nuclear-power + nuclear-reactor + nuclear-reactor-types (PWR + BWR + CANDU) + nuclear-waste + radiation-dosimetry + radiation-safety.

Section 10 — Topic 8 — Energy Production: energy-sources + fossil-fuels + nuclear-power + solar-power + wind-power + hydroelectric-power + geothermal-power + biomass + energy-storage + sustainability + climate-change

IB Physics HL Topic 8 covers energy-production + energy-sources + sustainability: (1) energy-sources + fossil-fuels (coal + oil + natural-gas) + nuclear-power + renewable-energy + non-renewable-energy + energy-density + energy-efficiency, (2) solar-power + photovoltaic-cells + solar-thermal + concentrated-solar-power + solar-radiation + solar-constant, (3) wind-power + wind-turbines + Betz-limit + wind-farm-design + wind-resource-assessment, (4) hydroelectric-power + pumped-storage + tidal-power + wave-power, (5) geothermal-power + ground-source-heat-pumps + biomass + biofuels, (6) energy-storage + batteries + hydrogen + compressed-air + flywheels + pumped-hydro, (7) sustainability + climate-change + carbon-cycle + greenhouse-effect + global-warming + carbon-footprint + energy-policy. Topic 8 is the only Topic in IB Physics HL where extended-response arguments + policy-reasoning can substitute for technical-derivation — a unique IB Physics HL feature.

Section 11 — Topic 9 HL — Wave Phenomena: standing-waves-HL-extension + interference-HL-extension + diffraction-HL-extension + polarisation + Malus-law

IB Physics HL Topic 9-HL extends Topic 4 with: (1) standing-waves-HL-extension + harmonics-in-strings + harmonics-in-pipes + resonance + quality-factor, (2) interference-HL-extension + multiple-slit-diffraction + diffraction-grating + Bragg-diffraction + X-ray-diffraction + crystal-structure, (3) diffraction-HL-extension + single-slit-diffraction-pattern + Rayleigh-criterion + resolving-power + telescope-resolution + microscope-resolution, (4) polarisation + Malus-law + Brewster-angle + polarisation-by-reflection + polarisation-by-scattering + polaroid-filters + LCD-displays. Topic 9-HL is high-frequency on Paper 3-Optics-imaging + Paper 2-Section-A-data-based-questions.

Section 12 — Topic 10 HL — Fields: gravitational-fields-HL-extension + electric-fields-HL-extension + magnetic-fields-HL-extension + field-maps + field-shapes

IB Physics HL Topic 10-HL extends Topics 5-7 with: (1) gravitational-fields-HL-extension + gravitational-field-strength + gravitational-potential + equipotential-surfaces + escape-velocity-from-graph + gravitational-potential-energy-from-graph, (2) electric-fields-HL-extension + electric-field-strength + electric-potential + equipotential-surfaces + electric-potential-energy + work-done-moving-a-charge, (3) magnetic-fields-HL-extension + magnetic-flux + magnetic-flux-density + force-on-a-moving-charge-in-magnetic-field + circular-motion-of-a-charge-in-magnetic-field + velocity-selector + mass-spectrometer, (4) field-maps + field-shapes + field-superposition. Topic 10-HL is high-frequency on Paper 2-Section-B-extended-response + Paper 3-Engineering-Physics.

Section 13 — Topic 11 HL — Electromagnetic Induction: magnetic-flux + Faraday's-law + Lenz's-law + induced-EMF + transformers + AC-circuits + transmission-lines

IB Physics HL Topic 11-HL extends Topic 5 with: (1) magnetic-flux + magnetic-flux-linkage + Faraday's-law-of-electromagnetic-induction + induced-EMF + magnitude-and-direction-of-induced-EMF, (2) Lenz's-law + conservation-of-energy-in-electromagnetic-induction + eddy-currents + applications (induction-cooktops + magnetic-braking + metal-detectors), (3) transformers + step-up-transformer + step-down-transformer + transformer-equations (V₁/V₂ = N₁/N₂ + I₁/I₂ = N₂/N₁) + ideal-transformer + real-transformer + transformer-losses, (4) AC-circuits + sinusoidal-AC + peak-voltage + RMS-voltage + frequency + period + angular-frequency + phasor-diagrams + reactance + impedance + RLC-circuits + resonance-in-RLC-circuits + Q-factor + bandwidth, (5) transmission-lines + high-voltage-transmission + power-loss-in-transmission-lines + grid-distribution + smart-grids. Topic 11-HL is the foundation for Paper 3-Engineering-Physics + Paper 2-Section-B-extended-response.

Section 14 — Topic 12 HL — Quantum + Nuclear Physics: photoelectric-effect + wave-particle-duality + matter-waves + de-Broglie-wavelength + Heisenberg-uncertainty-principle + Schrödinger-equation (qualitative) + quantum-tunnelling + nuclear-physics-HL-extension

IB Physics HL Topic 12-HL extends Topic 7 with: (1) photoelectric-effect + threshold-frequency + work-function + stopping-potential + Einstein's-photoelectric-equation + Planck-constant + photon-energy, (2) wave-particle-duality + de-Broglie-wavelength + matter-waves + Davisson-Germer-experiment + electron-diffraction, (3) Heisenberg-uncertainty-principle + position-momentum-uncertainty + energy-time-uncertainty, (4) Schrödinger-equation (qualitative only) + wavefunction + probability-density + quantum-tunnelling + alpha-decay-as-quantum-tunnelling + STM + flash-memory, (5) nuclear-physics-HL-extension + mass-spectrometer + nuclear-reactions-continued + binding-energy-curve-detailed-analysis + nuclear-models (liquid-drop + shell-model). Topic 12-HL is the foundation for Paper 3-Engineering-Physics + Paper 2-Section-B-extended-response.

Section 15 — The 7 IA-Individual-Investigation competencies for IB Physics HL

IB Physics HL Internal Assessment (IA) is the 20-percent-of-final-grade individual-investigation. The IA-Individual-Investigation has 5 sections + 5-band-descriptors: (1) Personal Engagement (Band 1-2 = limited personal engagement, Band 3-4 = some personal engagement, Band 5-7 = strong personal engagement), (2) Exploration (Band 1-2 = limited exploration, Band 3-4 = some exploration, Band 5-7 = thorough exploration), (3) Analysis (Band 1-2 = limited analysis, Band 3-4 = some analysis, Band 5-7 = thorough analysis with strong uncertainty-analysis + graphing-linearization), (4) Evaluation (Band 1-2 = limited evaluation, Band 3-4 = some evaluation, Band 5-7 = thorough evaluation with strong error-identification + improvement-suggestions), (5) Communication (Band 1-2 = limited communication, Band 3-4 = some communication, Band 5-7 = clear + coherent + concise communication). The 7 IA-Individual-Investigation-competencies the AI tutor drills: (1) hypothesis-formulation, (2) variable-identification (independent + dependent + controlled), (3) methodology-design (apparatus + procedure + safety-considerations), (4) data-collection (raw-data-table + repeated-measurements), (5) data-processing (calculations + units + significant-figures + uncertainty-propagation), (6) graphing-linearization (best-fit-line + gradient + intercept + R² + linearization-techniques like log-log + semi-log), (7) conclusion + evaluation (conclusion-statement + comparison-to-hypothesis + error-identification + improvement-suggestions + extension-to-real-world). The IA is graded by the IB Physics HL teacher (then externally moderated by IBO). The AI tutor simulates every IA-section against the band-descriptors.

Section 16 — The 4 Paper 1A-MCQ competencies for IB Physics HL

IB Physics HL Paper 1A has 30 MCQs weighted 20 percent of the final grade. The 4 Paper 1A-MCQ-competencies the AI tutor drills: (1) recall-of-facts (Topic 1-12 definitions + formulas + units + constants), (2) application-of-formulas (plug-and-chug + unit-conversion + significant-figures), (3) data-interpretation (graph-reading + table-reading + diagram-interpretation), (4) conceptual-understanding (why-this-not-that + physical-intuition + dimensional-analysis). Paper 1A is the most-predictable component — every IBO-past-paper-since-2016 follows the same Topic-distribution (Topic 1: ~2 questions, Topic 2: ~4 questions, Topic 3: ~3 questions, Topic 4: ~3 questions, Topic 5+11-HL: ~5 questions, Topic 6: ~3 questions, Topic 7: ~3 questions, Topic 8: ~2 questions, Topic 9-HL: ~2 questions, Topic 10-HL: ~2 questions, Topic 12-HL: ~1 question).

Section 17 — The 4 Paper 1B-data-based competencies for IB Physics HL

IB Physics HL Paper 1B has 20 data-based + short-answer questions weighted 20 percent of the final grade. The 4 Paper 1B-data-based-competencies the AI tutor drills: (1) data-extraction (read-from-graph + read-from-table + read-from-diagram), (2) calculation-from-data (apply-formula-to-given-data + unit-conversion + uncertainty-propagation), (3) graphical-analysis (plot-data + draw-best-fit-line + determine-gradient + determine-intercept), (4) interpretation-of-results (what-does-the-graph-show + physical-meaning + error-analysis). Paper 1B tests Topic 1 Measurements + Uncertainties mastery directly — every IBO-past-paper-since-2016 has included at least 4-6 Paper 1B questions that test Topic 1 skills.

Section 18 — The 4 Paper 2-extended-response competencies for IB Physics HL

IB Physics HL Paper 2 has Section A (data-based + short-answer + 1-compulsory-data-analysis + 1-compulsory-experiment) + Section B (extended-response + 1-of-4-optional-questions-argument-construction) weighted 36 percent of the final grade. The 4 Paper 2-extended-response-competencies the AI tutor drills: (1) calculation-with-explanation (show-every-step + state-assumption + check-significant-figures + state-units), (2) extended-response-argument-construction (state-claim + provide-evidence + analyze-evidence + draw-conclusion + evaluate-conclusion), (3) diagram-construction (free-body-diagram + circuit-diagram + ray-diagram + field-diagram + energy-bar-chart + momentum-vector-diagram), (4) experimental-design (hypothesis + variables + apparatus + procedure + data-collection + analysis + safety). Paper 2 Section B optional-questions cover Topic 2 + Topic 4 + Topic 6 + Topic 8 + Topic 12-HL + Topic 10-HL.

Section 19 — The 4 Paper 3-Optional-Topic competencies for IB Physics HL

IB Physics HL Paper 3 has 2-of-4 optional-topics chosen weighted 24 percent of the final grade. The 4 Paper 3-Optional-Topic-competencies the AI tutor drills: (1) Astrophysics (stellar-classification + Hertzsprung-Russell-diagram + stellar-evolution + Cepheid-variables + Hubble-law + cosmology + standard-candles + big-bang-nucleosynthesis + cosmic-microwave-background), (2) Engineering-Physics (rigid-body-mechanics + angular-momentum + moment-of-inertia + flywheels + gyroscopes + stress + strain + Young-modulus + elastic-deformation + plastic-deformation), (3) Relativity (special-relativity + time-dilation + length-contraction + mass-energy-equivalence + relativistic-momentum + general-relativity-overview), (4) Imaging (optical-imaging + thin-lens-equation + lens-combinations + telescope-design + microscope-design + fibre-optics + medical-imaging + CT + MRI + ultrasound + thermal-imaging + digital-energy-storage + supercapacitors + lithium-ion-batteries + fuel-cells). The candidate picks 2-of-4 based on university-application-target + university-major-interest.

Section 20 — The 8 Topic-mastery competencies for IB Physics HL (covering all 8-core-topics)

The 8 Topic-mastery-competencies the AI tutor drills, one per Topic: (1) Topic 1 Measurements + Uncertainties mastery (SI-units + significant-figures + error-propagation + graphical-analysis), (2) Topic 2 Mechanics mastery (kinematics + dynamics + work-energy + momentum + circular-motion + gravitation + statics), (3) Topic 3 Thermal Physics mastery (ideal-gas-laws + thermodynamics-first-law + thermodynamics-second-law + entropy), (4) Topic 4 Waves mastery (wave-motion + standing-waves + interference + diffraction + Doppler-effect), (5) Topic 5 Electricity + Magnetism mastery (electric-fields + magnetic-fields + electromagnetic-induction), (6) Topic 6 Circular Motion + Gravitation mastery (centripetal-acceleration + centripetal-force + orbital-mechanics + Kepler's-laws), (7) Topic 7 Atomic + Nuclear mastery (atomic-structure + radioactive-decay + half-life + nuclear-reactions + mass-defect + binding-energy), (8) Topic 8 Energy Production mastery (energy-sources + fossil-fuels + nuclear-power + renewables + sustainability + climate-change).

Section 21 — The AI tutor prompt library for IB Physics HL

The IB Physics HL AI tutor prompt library has 50+ prompts that drill the 8-core-topics + 4-additional-higher-level-topics + Internal-Assessment + Paper 1A + Paper 1B + Paper 2 + Paper 3. Sample prompts: (1) "Generate a Topic 1 Paper 1A-MCQ on significant-figures in a Pendulum-experiment" — produces a 4-option-MCQ that tests Topic 1 mastery + Paper 1A-format, (2) "Score this Topic 2 free-body-diagram against the IBO-Physics-HL-marking-scheme" — produces a band-descriptor-score (Band 1-7) + reasoning, (3) "Generate a Topic 3 Paper 2-Section-B-extended-response on Carnot-cycle-efficiency" — produces a 15-mark-question with mark-scheme, (4) "Score this IA-Individual-Investigation-Evaluation-section against the IBO-Physics-HL-IA-rubric" — produces a band-descriptor-score + reasoning + improvement-suggestions, (5) "Generate a Topic 9-HL Paper 3-Optics-Imaging-question on diffraction-grating" — produces a 20-mark-question with mark-scheme, (6) "Generate a Topic 11-HL Paper 2-Section-A-data-based-question on transformer-efficiency" — produces a 5-mark-question with mark-scheme, (7) "Generate a Topic 12-HL Paper 2-Section-B-extended-response on Heisenberg-uncertainty-principle-applied-to-alpha-decay" — produces a 15-mark-question with mark-scheme, (8) "Score this Paper 3-Engineering-Physics-extended-response-on-rigid-body-mechanics against the IBO-marking-scheme" — produces a band-descriptor-score + reasoning. Each prompt produces a question + mark-scheme + band-descriptor + AI-tutor-reasoning.

Section 22 — The IB Physics HL score-7 rubric: 7 dimensions + 8-core-topics + 4-additional-higher-level-topics + 5-band-descriptors + Internal-Assessment-mastery + Paper-3-Optional-Topic-mastery

The IB Physics HL score-7 rubric has 7 dimensions: (1) Topic-1-through-Topic-8-mastery (every Topic scored Band 5-7), (2) Topic-9-through-Topic-12-HL-additional-mastery (every HL-additional-Topic scored Band 5-7), (3) IA-Individual-Investigation-mastery (every IA-section scored Band 5-7 + strong-personal-engagement + thorough-exploration + thorough-analysis-with-uncertainty-analysis + thorough-evaluation + clear-communication), (4) Paper-1A-MCQ-mastery (28+/30 correct), (5) Paper-1B-data-based-mastery (18+/20 correct + strong-uncertainty-analysis + strong-graphing-linearization), (6) Paper-2-extended-response-mastery (Section-A-strong + Section-B-strong + strong-argument-construction + strong-diagram-construction), (7) Paper-3-Optional-Topic-mastery (2-chosen-Optional-Topics-each-scored-Band-5-7). The score-7 candidate masters all 7 dimensions at Band-5-7-level. The score-6 candidate masters 5-6 dimensions at Band-5-7-level. The score-5 candidate masters 4-5 dimensions at Band-5-7-level + remaining dimensions at Band-3-4-level.

Section 23 — Closing: the 30-week IB Physics HL AI tutor playbook

The 30-week IB Physics HL AI tutor playbook gives the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidate at IB-World-Schools in 145+ countries the most-respected pre-university physics qualification globally — calculus-based + critical-thinking-driven + extended-response-required + IA-scientific-writing-assessed + Paper-3-Optional-Topic-mastery. It covers the 8-core-topics + 4-additional-higher-level-topics + Internal-Assessment-Individual-Investigation + Paper-1A-MCQ + Paper-1B-data-based + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-Optional-Topic + the 7-IA-Individual-Investigation-competencies + the 4-Paper-1A-MCQ-competencies + the 4-Paper-1B-data-based-competencies + the 4-Paper-2-extended-response-competencies + the 4-Paper-3-Optional-Topic-competencies + the 8-Topic-mastery-competencies + the AI-tutor-prompt-library + the score-7-rubric. It walks the candidate through every IBO-past-paper-2016-to-2025 + TZ1-TZ2-TZ3-papers + specimen-papers + IA-exemplars, simulates every MCQ + data-based + extended-response + Paper-3-Optional-Topic pattern, scores every response against the IBO-Physics-HL-marking-scheme + band-descriptors + IB-Physics-HL-Internal-Assessment-rubric, and surfaces the specific IB-Physics-HL gap (Topic-1-vs-Topic-2-vs-Topic-3-vs-Topic-4-vs-Topic-5-vs-Topic-6-vs-Topic-7-vs-Topic-8-vs-Topic-9-HL-vs-Topic-10-HL-vs-Topic-11-HL-vs-Topic-12-HL-vs-IA-Individual-Investigation-vs-Paper-1A-MCQ-vs-Paper-1B-data-based-vs-Paper-2-extended-response-vs-Paper-3-Optional-Topic) that is costing the candidate marks toward the score 7. This is the playbook for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidate at IB-World-Schools targeting MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice + the cohort preparing for Year-13-physics + first-year-undergraduate-Physics + Engineering + Medicine + Architecture + Astrophysics at the world's top-100 universities, the cohort that closes the 5-to-7 gap on the most-respected pre-university physics qualification globally.

Pairs with IB Physics HL (post-157)

The IB Physics HL playbook (post-157) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Physics Higher Level + IBO-mastery + Year-13-physics + first-year-undergraduate-Physics + Engineering + Medicine + Architecture + Astrophysics pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Engineering + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Architecture + Pre-Physics + Pre-Astrophysics cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice admissions. The IB Physics HL 8-core-topics (Topic 1 Measurements + Uncertainties + Topic 2 Mechanics + Topic 3 Thermal Physics + Topic 4 Waves + Topic 5 Electricity + Magnetism + Topic 6 Circular Motion + Gravitation + Topic 7 Atomic + Nuclear + Topic 8 Energy Production) + 4-additional-higher-level-topics (Topic 9 Wave Phenomena-HL + Topic 10 Fields-HL + Topic 11 Electromagnetic Induction-HL + Topic 12 Quantum + Nuclear Physics-HL) + 12-practical-lab-groups + Internal-Assessment-Individual-Investigation + Paper-1A-MCQ + Paper-1B-data-based + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-Optional-Topic + calculus-based + critical-thinking-driven + extended-response-required + IA-scientific-writing-assessed + 7-IA-Individual-Investigation-competencies + 4-Paper-1A-MCQ-competencies + 4-Paper-1B-data-based-competencies + 4-Paper-2-extended-response-competencies + 4-Paper-3-Optional-Topic-competencies + 8-Topic-mastery-competencies + AI-tutor-prompt-library + score-7-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-physics + IB-Diploma + IBO-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Physics + Engineering + Medicine + Architecture + Astrophysics-university-credit + STEM-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Georgia-Tech + UT-Austin + Berkeley + UCLA + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Columbia + Princeton + Yale + Harvard + Brown + Dartmouth + Penn + Johns-Hopkins + Duke + Northwestern + Rice. See post-157 for the IB-Physics-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Math HL Analysis & Approaches (post-158)

The IB Math HL Analysis & Approaches playbook (post-158) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Mathematics Higher Level + IBO-mastery + Year-13-mathematics + first-year-undergraduate-Mathematics + Engineering + Physics + Computer-Science + Medicine + Architecture + Economics + Finance + Statistics pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Engineering + Pre-Physics + Pre-Computer-Science + Pre-Mathematics + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Architecture + Pre-Economics + Pre-Finance + Pre-Statistics cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions. The IB Math HL AA 5-core-topics (Topic 1 Number and Algebra + Topic 2 Functions + Topic 3 Geometry and Trigonometry + Topic 4 Statistics and Probability + Topic 5 Calculus) + 5-HL-additional-topics (Algebra + Logarithmic + Exponential + Functions + Trigonometric + Functions + Vectors + Statistics + Probability) + Internal-Assessment-Mathematical-Exploration + Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 Optional-Topic + proof-based + calculus-based + extended-response-required + IA-mathematical-exploration-assessed + 5-proof-by-induction-competencies + 6-differential-equations-competencies + 4-linear-algebra-competencies + 5-complex-numbers-competencies + 4-vectors-in-3D-competencies + 5-calculus-advanced-series-competencies + 7-prompt-AI-tutor-library + score-7-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-mathematics + IB-Diploma + IBO-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Mathematics + Engineering + Physics + Computer-Science + Medicine + Architecture + Economics + Finance + Statistics-university-credit + STEM-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + IIT + IISc + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. See post-158 for the IB-Math-HL-AA-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Math HL Applications & Interpretation (post-159)

The IB Math HL Applications & Interpretation playbook (post-159) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Mathematics Higher Level + IBO-applied-track + Year-13-applied-mathematics + first-year-undergraduate-Economics + Finance + Business + Statistics + Actuarial-Science + Psychology + Biology + Environmental-Science + Data-Science + Computer-Science pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Economics + Pre-Finance + Pre-Business + Pre-Psychology + Pre-Biology + Pre-Environmental-Science + Pre-Statistics + Pre-Data-Science + Pre-Computer-Science cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + LSE + Warwick + UCL + LBS + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + ESSEC + INSEAD + Sciences-Po + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions. The IB Math HL AI 5-core-topics (Topic 1 Number and Algebra + Topic 2 Functions + Topic 3 Geometry and Trigonometry + Topic 4 Statistics and Probability + Topic 5 Calculus) + 5-HL-additional-topics (Algebra + Logarithmic + Exponential + Functions + Trigonometric + Functions + Vectors + Statistics + Probability) + Internal-Assessment-Modelling-Exploration + Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 Optional-Topic + modelling-driven + applied-calculus-required + statistics-heavy + GDC-required + IA-modelling-exploration-assessed + 5-modelling-and-optimization-competencies + 6-statistics-and-probability-applied-competencies + 4-financial-modelling-competencies + 5-discrete-modelling-competencies + 4-optimisation-applications-competencies + 5-calculus-applied-series-competencies + 7-prompt-AI-tutor-library + score-7-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-applied-mathematics + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Economics + Finance + Business + Statistics + Actuarial-Science + Psychology + Biology + Environmental-Science + Data-Science + Computer-Science-university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + LSE + Warwick + UCL + LBS + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + ESSEC + INSEAD + Sciences-Po + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. See post-159 for the IB-Math-HL-AI-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Chemistry HL (post-160)

The IB Chemistry HL playbook (post-160) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Higher-Level + IBO-applied-track + Year-13-chemistry + first-year-undergraduate-Medicine + Pharmacy + Biology + Chemical-Engineering + Biochemistry + Dentistry + Veterinary-Science pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Pharmacy + Pre-Biology + Pre-Chemical-Engineering + Pre-Biochemistry + Pre-Dentistry + Pre-Veterinary cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions. The IB Chemistry HL 11-core-topics (Topic 1 Stoichiometric Relationships + Topic 2 Atomic Structure + Topic 3 Periodicity + Topic 4 Chemical Bonding + Topic 5 Energetics + Topic 6 Chemical Kinetics + Topic 7 Chemical Equilibrium + Topic 8 Acids and Bases + Topic 9 Redox Processes + Topic 10 Organic Chemistry + Topic 11 Measurement and Data Processing) + 4-additional-higher-level-topics (advanced-stoichiometry + advanced-energetics + advanced-kinetics + advanced-equilibrium + advanced-acids-bases + advanced-redox + advanced-organic-mechanism + advanced-spectroscopy-NMR-IR-MS-UV + transition-element-complexes + ligand-field-theory + chirality-and-stereochemistry + organic-synthesis-strategies + multi-step-synthesis) + Internal-Assessment-Individual-Investigation + Paper 1A MCQ + Paper 1B data-based + Paper 2 extended-response + Paper 3 Optional-Topic-Biochemistry-Energy-Medicinal-Chemistry-Materials-Science + stoichiometry-driven + energetics-required + organic-mechanism-heavy + kinetics-required + IA-individual-investigation-assessed + 5-stoichiometry-competencies + 5-atomic-structure-competencies + 4-periodicity-competencies + 5-bonding-competencies + 5-energetics-competencies + 5-kinetics-competencies + 5-equilibrium-competencies + 6-acids-bases-competencies + 5-redox-competencies + 8-organic-chemistry-competencies + 5-measurement-analysis-competencies + 7-AHL-advanced-spectroscopy-competencies + 7-AHL-advanced-mechanism-competencies + 7-prompt-AI-tutor-library + score-7-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-chemistry + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Chemistry + Medicine + Pharmacy + Biology + Chemical-Engineering + Biochemistry + Dentistry + Veterinary-Science-university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. See post-160 for the IB-Chemistry-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Economics HL (post-162)

The IB Economics HL playbook (post-162) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Higher-Level + IBO-applied-track + Year-13-economics + first-year-undergraduate-Economics + Finance + Business + Management + Public-Policy + PPE + International-Relations + Development-Studies pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Economics + Pre-Finance + Pre-Business + Pre-Management + Pre-Public-Policy + Pre-International-Relations + Pre-Development-Studies cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Princeton + Harvard + Chicago + LSE + Oxford + Cambridge + LBS + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions. The IB Economics HL 3-core-units (Unit 1 Microeconomics + Unit 2 Macroeconomics + Unit 3 International Economics + Unit 4 Development Economics) + 3-Paper-structure (Paper-1-extended-response + Paper-2-data-response + Paper-3-quantitative-methods) + Internal-Assessment-Portfolio-of-Three-Commentaries + 8-microeconomics-competencies + 10-macroeconomics-competencies + 10-international-economics-competencies + 8-development-economics-competencies + 8-quantitative-methods-competencies + 5-extended-response-essay-competencies + 5-data-response-competencies + 5-diagram-competencies + 5-calculation-competencies + 4-IA-portfolio-competencies + 7-prompt-AI-tutor-library + score-7-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-economics + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Economics + Finance + PPE + Business + Management + Public-Policy + International-Relations + Development-Studies + university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Princeton + Harvard + Chicago + LSE + Oxford + Cambridge + LBS + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. See post-162 for the IB-Economics-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Psychology HL (post-163)

The IB Psychology HL playbook (post-163) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Higher-Level + IBO-applied-track + Year-13-psychology + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine + Clinical-Psychology + Counselling + Sociology + Anthropology + Education + Child-Development + Behavioural-Science + Marketing + Human-Resources + PPE pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Psychology + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Neuroscience + Pre-Clinical-Psychology + Pre-Counselling + Pre-Sociology + Pre-Anthropology + Pre-Education + Pre-Child-Development + Pre-Behavioural-Science + Pre-Marketing + Pre-Human-Resources + Pre-PPE cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Chicago + Columbia + NYU + Berkeley + Michigan + CMU + Cornell + Duke + Northwestern + Sciences-Po + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions. The IB Psychology HL 3-core-levels-of-analysis (Level 1 Biological Approach + Level 2 Cognitive Approach + Level 3 Sociocultural Approach) + 4-Optional-Topics (Abnormal Psychology + Developmental Psychology + Health Psychology + Psychology of Individual Differences) + 3-Paper-structure (Paper-1-short-answer + Paper-1-extended-response + Paper-2-short-answer + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-research-methods) + Internal-Assessment-Report-1500-words + 8-biological-approach-competencies + 8-cognitive-approach-competencies + 8-sociocultural-approach-competencies + 5-abnormal-psychology-competencies + 5-developmental-psychology-competencies + 5-health-psychology-competencies + 5-psychology-of-individual-differences-competencies + 5-qualitative-research-competencies + 5-quantitative-research-competencies + 5-experimental-method-competencies + 5-case-studies-competencies + 5-correlation-studies-competencies + 5-statistics-analysis-competencies + 5-ethics-application-competencies + 5-IA-report-competencies + 7-prompt-AI-tutor-library + score-7-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-psychology + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Psychology + Neuroscience + Medicine + Clinical-Psychology + Counselling + Sociology + Anthropology + Education + Child-Development + Behavioural-Science + Marketing + Human-Resources + PPE + university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + LSE + Warwick + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. See post-163 for the IB-Psychology-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Business Management HL (post-164)

The IB Business Management HL playbook (post-164) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Higher-Level + IBO-applied-track + Year-13-business + first-year-undergraduate-Business + Finance + Accounting + Economics + Management + Marketing + Entrepreneurship + International-Business + HRM + Operations-Management + Strategy + Public-Policy + PPE + International-Relations + Development-Studies pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Business + Pre-Finance + Pre-Accounting + Pre-Management + Pre-Marketing + Pre-Entrepreneurship + Pre-Public-Policy + Pre-International-Relations + Pre-Development-Studies + Pre-PPE cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Princeton + Harvard + Chicago + LSE + Oxford + Cambridge + Wharton + LBS + HBS + Chicago-Booth + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions. The IB Business Management HL 5-units (Unit 1 Business-Activity + Unit 1 Influences-on-Business-Activity + Unit 2 Business-Operations + Unit 3 Finance-and-Accounts + Unit 4 Human-Resource-Management + Unit 4 Marketing + Administration + Strategic-Management) + 3-Paper-structure (Paper-1-case-study + Paper-2-extended-response-and-data-response + Paper-3-pre-seen-research-project) + Internal-Assessment-Research-Project + IB-Command-Terms (Analyse + Annotate + Calculate + Compare + Construct + Define + Describe + Discuss + Evaluate + Examine + Explain + Identify + Justify + Outline + State + Suggest + To-what-extent) + 80-competency-framework + 8-prompt-AI-tutor-library covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-business + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Business + Finance + Accounting + Economics + Management + Marketing + Entrepreneurship + International-Business + HRM + Operations-Management + Strategy + PPE + university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Princeton + Harvard + Chicago + LSE + Oxford + Cambridge + Wharton + LBS + HBS + Chicago-Booth + Bocconi + HEC-Paris + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL. See post-164 for the IB-Business-Management-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Computer Science HL (post-165) — IB Group-4 sibling

The IB Computer Science HL playbook (post-165) is the IB Group-4 Experimental-Sciences + IB Group-4-Mastery + CS-Track + Software-Engineering-Track + AI-ML-Track + Data-Science-Track + Cybersecurity-Track + Computer-Engineering-Track + Mathematics-Track + Physics-Track + Engineering-Track + Computational-Physics-Track + Quantitative-Finance-Track sibling for this IB-Physics-HL (post-157) OR IB-Chemistry-HL (post-160) OR IB-Biology-HL (post-161) playbook. Together they form the IB Group-4 + Group-5 + Group-6 IB-Diploma + IB-Higher-Level + IBO-applied-mastery-track pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + CMU + Stanford + Caltech + Berkeley + Georgia-Tech + UIUC + Michigan + Cornell + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Columbia + Oxford + Cambridge + Imperial + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Warwick + KCL + Durham + Toronto + UBC + Waterloo + McGill + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + Tsinghua + Peking + IIT-Bombay + IIT-Delhi + ETH-Zurich + EPFL admissions. The IB Computer Science HL 7-topics (Topic 1 System-fundamentals + Topic 2 Computer-organisation + Topic 3 Networks + Topic 4 Computational-thinking + Problem-solving + Algorithm-design + Topic 5 Abstract-data-types + Programming + Topic 6 Databases + Web-technologies + Topic 7 Machine-learning + AI-ethics) + 3-Paper-structure (Paper-1-short-response + Paper-2-extended-response + Paper-3-pre-release-case-study) + Internal-Assessment-Solution-Development + HL-Extension-Topics (Abstract-Data-Types + Linked-Lists + Binary-Trees + Hash-Tables + Graphs + OOP + Recursion + Algorithm-Design + Sorting + Searching + Dynamic-Programming + Graph-Algorithms) + IB-Command-Terms (Outline + Describe + Explain + Discuss + Evaluate + Compare + Contrast + Analyse + State + Annotate + Construct + Identify + Justify + Suggest + To-what-extent) + 80-competency-framework covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-CS + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-CS + Software-Engineering + AI-ML + Data-Science + Cybersecurity + Computer-Engineering + Mathematics + Computational-Physics + Quantitative-Finance + university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + CMU + Stanford + Caltech + Berkeley + Georgia-Tech + UIUC + Michigan + Cornell + Princeton + Harvard + Yale + Columbia + Oxford + Cambridge + Imperial + UCL + Toronto + Waterloo. See post-165 for the IB-Computer-Science-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Design Technology HL (post-166)

The IB Design Technology HL playbook (post-166) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Higher-Level + IBO-applied-track + Year-13-design + first-year-undergraduate-Engineering + Architecture + Industrial-Design + Product-Design + UX-Design + Mechanical-Engineering + Materials-Engineering + Manufacturing-Engineering + Civil-Engineering + Structural-Engineering + Aerospace-Engineering + Automotive-Engineering pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Engineering + Pre-Architecture + Pre-Industrial-Design + Pre-Product-Design + Pre-UX-Design + Pre-Mechanical-Engineering + Pre-Materials-Engineering + Pre-Manufacturing-Engineering + Pre-Civil-Engineering + Pre-Structural-Engineering + Pre-Aerospace-Engineering + Pre-Automotive-Engineering cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Stanford + Caltech + RCA + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + Central-Saint-Martins + Architectural-Association + RISD + Parsons + Pratt + Cooper-Union + Bauhaus + TU-Munich + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + Delft + TU-Eindhoven + Politecnico-Milano + Aalto admissions. The IB Design Technology HL 6-core-topics (Design-Fundamentals + Resource-Analysis + Ideation + Evaluation + Sustainable-Production + Marketing-Design-Outputs) + 4-HL-extension-topics (User-Centred-Design + Innovation-Design + Materials-Engineering + CAD-CAM-Rapid-Manufacturing) + 2-Paper-structure (Paper-1-core + Paper-2-HL-extension) + Internal-Assessment-Design-Project + IB-Command-Terms (Define + Describe + Explain + Outline + State + Annotate + Calculate + Compare + Contrast + Discuss + Evaluate + Examine + Justify + Recommend + Suggest + To-what-extent) + 52-mark-IA-criterion-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-design + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Engineering + Architecture + Industrial-Design + Product-Design + UX-Design + Mechanical-Engineering + Materials-Engineering + Manufacturing-Engineering + first-year-undergraduate-Design + university-credit + Applied-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + RCA + Imperial + Cambridge + Oxford + Central-Saint-Martins + Architectural-Association + RISD + Parsons + Pratt + Cooper-Union + Bauhaus + TU-Munich + ETH-Zurich + EPFL + Delft + TU-Eindhoven + Politecnico-Milano + Aalto + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + KCL admissions. See post-166 for the IB-Design-Technology-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Sports Exercise and Health Science SL (post-167)

The IB Sports Exercise and Health Science SL playbook (post-167) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Standard-Level + IB Group-4 + IBO-applied-sports-science-track + Year-13-sports-science + first-year-undergraduate-Sports-Science + Sport-Medicine + Sport-Psychology + Sport-Sociology + Sport-Physiotherapy + Sport-Nutrition + Exercise-Physiology + Health-Sciences + Medicine + Biomedical-Science + Public-Health + Physical-Therapy + Nursing + Kinesiology pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Sports-Science + Pre-Sport-Medicine + Pre-Sport-Psychology + Pre-Physiotherapy + Pre-Sport-Nutrition + Pre-Exercise-Physiology + Pre-Health-Sciences + Pre-Medicine + Pre-Biomedical-Science + Pre-Public-Health + Pre-Physical-Therapy + Pre-Nursing + Pre-Kinesiology cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting Loughborough + Bath + Stanford + Cambridge + Oxford + Imperial + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough-London + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. The IB SEHS SL 8-topics (Anatomy + Exercise-Physiology + Energy-Systems + Movement-Analysis + Physical-Activity + Health-Wellbeing + Sport-Psychology + Sociocultural-Issues) + 2-Paper-structure (Paper-1-multiple-choice-and-data-response + Paper-2-extended-response) + Internal-Assessment-Practical-Investigation + IB-Command-Terms (State + Describe + Explain + Discuss + Evaluate + Compare + Contrast + Analyse + To-what-extent + Outline + Identify + Suggest) + 20-mark-IA-criterion-rubric (Personal-Engagement + Exploration + Analysis + Evaluation + Communication) covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-sports-science + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-sports-science-track + first-year-undergraduate-Sports-Science + Sport-Medicine + Sport-Psychology + Sport-Sociology + Sport-Physiotherapy + Sport-Nutrition + Exercise-Physiology + Health-Sciences + Medicine + Biomedical-Science + Public-Health + Physical-Therapy + Nursing + Kinesiology + university-credit + Sports-Science-Admissions-readiness at Loughborough + Bath + Stanford + Cambridge + Oxford + Imperial + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough-London + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. See post-167 for the IB-SEHS-SL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Environmental Systems and Societies SL (post-168)

The IB Environmental Systems and Societies SL playbook (post-168) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Standard-Level + IB Group-3 + IB Group-4 + IBO-applied-environmental-science-track + Year-13-environmental-science + first-year-undergraduate-Environmental-Science + Environmental-Studies + Environmental-Policy + Environmental-Engineering + Environmental-Law + Sustainability + Climate-Science + Conservation-Biology + Marine-Biology + Ecology + Earth-Sciences + Geography + International-Development + Public-Health pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Environmental-Science + Pre-Environmental-Studies + Pre-Environmental-Policy + Pre-Environmental-Engineering + Pre-Environmental-Law + Pre-Sustainability + Pre-Climate-Science + Pre-Conservation-Biology + Pre-Marine-Biology + Pre-Ecology + Pre-Earth-Sciences + Pre-Geography + Pre-International-Development + Pre-Public-Health cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + Stanford + MIT + ETH-Zurich + LSE + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. The IB ESS SL 8-topics (Foundations-Environmental-Science + Ecosystems-Ecology + Biodiversity-Conservation + Water-Food-Soil + Atmospheric-Science + Climate-Change + Energy-Resources + Pollution + Sustainability) + 2-Paper-structure (Paper-1-case-study + Paper-2-short-answer-and-structured-essay) + Internal-Assessment-Individual-Investigation + IB-Command-Terms (Define + Describe + Explain + Discuss + Evaluate + Compare + Contrast + Analyse + To-what-extent + Outline + Identify + Suggest + Justify + Examine) + 25-mark-IA-criterion-rubric (Personal-Engagement + Exploration + Analysis + Evaluation + Communication) covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-environmental-science + IB-Diploma + IBO-applied-environmental-science-track + first-year-undergraduate-Environmental-Science + Environmental-Studies + Environmental-Policy + Sustainability + Climate-Science + Conservation-Biology + Marine-Biology + Ecology + Earth-Sciences + Geography + International-Development + Public-Health + university-credit + Environmental-Science-Admissions-readiness at Cambridge + Oxford + UCL + Stanford + MIT + ETH-Zurich + LSE + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. See post-168 for the IB-ESS-SL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Pairs with IB Mathematics AA HL (post-173)

The IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches Higher Level (IB Math AA HL) playbook (post-173) + [this playbook] form the IB Diploma + IB Mathematics Higher Level + IBO-mastery + Group-5-mastery + Year-12 + Year-13-mathematics + first-year-undergraduate-Mathematics + Engineering + Physics + Computer-Science + Economics + Quantitative-Finance + Actuarial-Science + Data-Science + Machine-Learning + AI + Mathematical-Physics + Theoretical-Physics + Astrophysics + Biostatistics + Bioinformatics + Computational-Biology pair for the IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates + IB-Bilingual + IB-Course-Companion + Pre-Engineering + Pre-Physics + Pre-Computer-Science + Pre-Mathematics + Pre-Statistics + Pre-Economics + Pre-Quantitative-Finance + Pre-Actuarial + Pre-Data-Science + Pre-Machine-Learning + Pre-AI cohorts at IB-World-Schools in Switzerland + Singapore + Hong-Kong + UAE + UK + US + Canada + Australia + New-Zealand + Japan + Korea + China + India + Pakistan + Bangladesh + Indonesia + Malaysia + Thailand + Vietnam + Philippines + Egypt + South-Africa + Kenya + Nigeria + Ghana + Saudi + Qatar + Bahrain + Kuwait + Oman + Jordan + Lebanon + Brazil + Mexico + Argentina + Chile + Colombia + Peru + Russia + Turkey + Iran + Iraq + Israel targeting MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Cambridge + Oxford + Imperial + UCL + LSE + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + KCL + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + Tsinghua + Peking + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago admissions. The IB Mathematics AA HL 5-core-topics (Topic 1 Number and Algebra + Topic 2 Functions + Topic 3 Geometry and Trigonometry + Topic 4 Statistics and Probability + Topic 5 Calculus) + 5-AA-HL-extension-topics (Complex-Numbers + Vectors-3D + Proof-by-Induction + Differential-Equations + Euler + Maclaurin-Series + Probability-Generating-Functions + Chi-Squared + Poisson + Markov-Chains + Linear-Regression + Correlation + Hypothesis-Tests + Continuous-Probability-Distributions) + 4-assessment-components (Paper 1 no-calculator + Paper 2 calculator + Paper 3 extended-response + IA Mathematical Exploration 12-pages) + IB-command-terms (show-that + hence-show + determine + sketch + state + write-down + find + justify) + score-7-rubric covers everything the IB-World-School-cohort needs to bridge Year-12 + Year-13-mathematics + IB-Diploma + IBO-mastery-track + first-year-undergraduate-Mathematics + Engineering + Physics + Computer-Science + Economics + Finance + Statistics + Actuarial + Data-Science + Machine-Learning + AI-university-credit + STEM-Admissions-readiness at MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Cambridge + Oxford + Imperial + UCL + LSE + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + KCL + Loughborough + Bath + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Western + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + Tsinghua + Peking + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago. See post-173 for the IB-Mathematics-AA-HL-specific exam, score-distribution, and 30-week score-7 master schedule.

Related: IB Economics HL as the IBO-standard pre-university economics + finance + public-policy subject — pairing with IB Physics HL for energy-economics + climate-economics + renewable-energy + thermodynamics + economic-physics + Cambridge + Imperial + MIT economics + finance + physics admissions

IB Economics HL is the IBO-standard pre-university economics + finance + business + consulting + public-policy + development-economics + international-economics + behavioural-economics + political-economy qualification for IB-Diploma-Programme Year-12 + Year-13 candidates at IB-World-Schools. The IB Economics HL specification covers 4-micro-units + 4-macro-units + 2-international-economics + 2-development-economics + quantitative-methods + Paper-1-Extended-Response + Paper-2-Data-Response + Paper-3-Policy-Paper + IA-Policy-Paper. For IB candidates targeting energy-economics + climate-economics + renewable-energy + thermodynamics + economic-physics + first-year-undergraduate-Economics + first-year-undergraduate-Physics + Cambridge-physics + Imperial-physics + MIT-physics + first-year-undergraduate-Engineering + first-year-undergraduate-Physics admissions, IB Economics HL + IB Physics HL is the canonical pair. IB Economics HL covers the economic-policy framework for energy + climate + carbon-pricing + renewable-energy + climate-policy + Pigouvian-taxes + tradable-emission-permits + Coase-theorem + externalities + market-failure + climate-economics; IB Physics HL covers the physics of energy + thermodynamics + energy-systems + renewable-energy + nuclear-energy + climate-physics + atmospheric-physics + thermodynamics + energy-transfer + entropy. Together, the pair signals readiness for Cambridge-physics + Oxford-physics + Imperial-physics + MIT-physics + Stanford-physics + Caltech-physics + Cambridge-engineering + Imperial-engineering + Cambridge-economics + Oxford-economics + LSE-economics + UCL-economics + Warwick-economics + first-year-undergraduate-Economics + first-year-undergraduate-Physics + first-year-undergraduate-Engineering at Cambridge + Oxford + Imperial + Stanford + MIT + Caltech + ETH-Zurich + Princeton + Harvard + Toronto + UBC + McGill + NUS + NTU + KAIST + SNU + Tokyo admissions. See our <a href="/blog/ib-economics-hl-playbook-2026" class="text-[var(--brand-coral)] underline-offset-4 hover:underline font-semibold">AI tutor for IB Economics HL 2026</a> for the 30-week IB Economics HL workflow + 4-micro-units + 4-macro-units + 2-international-economics + 2-development-economics + quantitative-methods + Paper-1 + Paper-2 + Paper-3 + IA-Policy-Paper + the AI tutor scoring workflow for score 7.

Pairs with IGCSE Physics 0625 (post-198)

The IGCSE Physics 0625 playbook (post-198) + [this playbook] form the IGCSE + IGCSE-Science + IGCSE-Physics + IGCSE-Cambridge-0625 + IGCSE-Edexcel-4PH1 + IGCSE-OxfordAQA-8463 + Cambridge-CAIE-Physics-0625 + Edexcel-IGCSE-Physics-4PH1 + OxfordAQA-IGCSE-Physics-8463 + IGCSE-Motion-and-Forces + IGCSE-Thermal-Physics + IGCSE-Waves + IGCSE-Electricity-and-Magnetism + IGCSE-Atomic-Physics + IGCSE-Space-Physics + IGCSE-Kinematics + IGCSE-Dynamics + IGCSE-Energy + IGCSE-Work-and-Power + IGCSE-Momentum + IGCSE-Circular-Motion + IGCSE-Gravitational-Field + IGCSE-Specific-Heat-Capacity + IGCSE-Latent-Heat + IGCSE-Kinetic-Molecular-Theory + IGCSE-Ideal-Gas + IGCSE-Refraction + IGCSE-Reflection + IGCSE-Diffraction + IGCSE-Interference + IGCSE-Standing-Waves + IGCSE-Doppler + IGCSE-Charge + IGCSE-Current + IGCSE-Voltage + IGCSE-Resistance + IGCSE-Series-and-Parallel + IGCSE-Power + IGCSE-Ohms-Law + IGCSE-Electromagnetic-Induction + IGCSE-Transformer + IGCSE-Motor + IGCSE-Generator + IGCSE-Atomic-Structure + IGCSE-Isotopes + IGCSE-Radioactivity + IGCSE-Half-Life + IGCSE-Fission + IGCSE-Fusion + IGCSE-Solar-System + IGCSE-Orbits + IGCSE-Satellites + IGCSE-Hubble-Law + IGCSE-Redshift + IGCSE-Big-Bang + IGCSE-Cosmology + IGCSE-Pendulum + IGCSE-Spring-Extension + IGCSE-Force-and-Acceleration + IGCSE-Lens-Focal-Length + IGCSE-Current-and-Voltage + IGCSE-Resistance-and-Length + IGCSE-Magnetic-Field + IGCSE-Radiation-Penetration + IGCSE-Density-of-Irregular-Object + IGCSE-Required-Practical + IGCSE-Alternative-to-Practical + IGCSE-Paper-2-MCQ + IGCSE-Paper-4-Theory + IGCSE-Paper-5-Practical + IGCSE-Paper-6-Alternative-to-Practical + IGCSE-Paper-2 + IGCSE-Paper-4 + IGCSE-Paper-5 + IGCSE-Paper-6 + IGCSE-22-week-workflow + IGCSE-AI-tutor + IGCSE-rubric-drill + IGCSE-calculator-fluency-drill + IGCSE-unit-conversion-drill + IGCSE-significant-figures-drill + IGCSE-common-mistakes-drill + IGCSE-MCQ-trap-pattern + IGCSE-FRQ-rubric-points + IGCSE-Paper-5-rubric-points + IGCSE-Paper-6-rubric-points cohort companion for Year 10-11 international British-curriculum students (14-16 years old) preparing for the Summer 2027 IGCSE Physics exams + parents paying $200+ per hour for international British-curriculum tuition + IGCSE Physics teachers wanting a rubric-aligned AI workflow for Paper 2 + Paper 4 + Paper 5/6 scoring + mechanics + thermal + waves + electricity + magnetism + atomic + nuclear + space extended-response review + homeschool families using IGCSE Physics for transcript strength targeting first-year-undergraduate-engineering + medicine + computer-science + physics + astrophysics + aerospace + mechanical-engineering + electrical-engineering + civil-engineering + chemical-engineering + biomedical-engineering + materials-engineering + nuclear-engineering + actuarial-science + data-science at Cambridge + Oxford + Imperial + UCL + Edinburgh + Manchester + Bristol + Warwick + KCL + Durham + Exeter + St-Andrews + Bath + Loughborough + Leeds + Liverpool + Sheffield + Southampton + Birmingham + Newcastle + Glasgow + Cardiff + Nottingham + Surrey + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Waterloo + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + Tsinghua + Peking + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago + MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Harvard + Yale + Princeton + Brown + Dartmouth + Cornell + Columbia + NYU + Berkeley + Chicago + Penn + Rice + Duke + Johns-Hopkins + CMU + Georgia-Tech + UIUC + Michigan + Northwestern + Purdue + Wisconsin + Texas-Austin + UCLA + USC + UC-San-Diego + UC-Berkeley + UC-Santa-Barbara admissions. See post-198 for the IGCSE-Physics-specific exam, score-distribution, and 22-week score-A*-master schedule.

Pairs with A-Level Physics (post-201)

The A-Level Physics playbook (post-201) + [this playbook] form the A-Level + A-Level-Physics + A-Level-Edexcel-9PH0 + A-Level-AQA-7408 + A-Level-OCR-H556 + A-Level-MEI + A-Level-WJEC + A-Level-Cambridge-International + A-Level-AS-Level + A-Level-A2-Level + A-Level-Year-12 + A-Level-Year-13 + A-Level-UK-Sixth-Form + A-Level-UK-K12 + A-Level-Physics-Flagship + A-Level-Quantitative + A-Level-STEM + A-Level-Engineering + A-Level-Mathematics + A-Level-Chemistry + A-Level-Biology + A-Level-Computer-Science + A-Level-Economics + A-Level-Further-Maths + A-Level-2027 + A-Level-June-2027 + A-Level-Mechanics + A-Level-Materials + A-Level-Waves + A-Level-Electricity + A-Level-Quantum-Physics + A-Level-Particle-Physics + A-Level-Astrophysics + A-Level-Cosmology + A-Level-Electromagnetism + A-Level-Nuclear-Physics + A-Level-Thermal-Physics + A-Level-Circular-Motion + A-Level-Oscillations + A-Level-Gravitational-Fields + A-Level-Electric-Fields + A-Level-Capacitance + A-Level-Magnetic-Fields + A-Level-Electromagnetic-Induction + A-Level-Alternating-Currents + A-Level-Medical-Physics + A-Level-Engineering-Physics + A-Level-Electronics + A-Level-required-practicals + A-Level-ISA + A-Level-empirical-skills + A-Level-mark-scheme + A-Level-grade-boundaries + A-Level-A-star + A-Level-A-grade + A-Level-Oxbridge + A-Level-Russell-Group + A-Level-Imperial + A-Level-UCL + A-Level-Warwick + A-Level-Edinburgh + A-Level-Durham + A-Level-Manchester + A-Level-Bristol + A-Level-KCL + A-Level-Bath + A-Level-Loughborough + A-Level-St-Andrews + A-Level-Physics + A-Level-24-week-workflow + A-Level-AI-tutor + A-Level-mark-scheme-drill + A-Level-common-mistakes-drill + A-Level-required-practicals-drill + A-Level-ISA-empirical-skills-drill + A-Level-exam-technique-drill + A-Level-multi-part-question-strategy-drill + A-Level-10-prompt-pattern-library + A-Level-10-mark-scheme-scoring + A-Level-6-board-content-coverage + A-Level-8-module-coverage + A-Level-12-required-practicals-coverage + A-Level-12-empirical-skills-coverage cohort companion for Year 12-13 UK sixth-form students (16-18 years old) preparing for the June 2027 A-Level Physics exams across Edexcel + AQA + OCR + MEI + WJEC + Cambridge International boards + parents paying £40-£120 per hour for tutors or £500-£2000 for revision-courses + A-Level Physics teachers wanting a mark-scheme-aligned AI workflow for Paper 1 + Paper 2 + Paper 3 scoring + 12-required-practicals + ISA-empirical-skills extended-response review + homeschool families using A-Level Physics for transcript strength targeting first-year-undergraduate-engineering + physics + natural-sciences + astronomy + astrophysics + medical-physics + biophysics + chemical-physics + materials-science + nanotechnology + robotics + mechatronics + aerospace + nuclear + renewable-energy + optics + photonics + electronics + semiconductor + telecommunications + quantum-computing + AI-hardware at Oxford + Cambridge + Imperial + UCL + Warwick + Edinburgh + Durham + Manchester + Bristol + KCL + Bath + Loughborough + St-Andrews + Exeter + Leeds + Liverpool + Sheffield + Southampton + Birmingham + Newcastle + Glasgow + Cardiff + Nottingham + Surrey + York + Queen-Mary + Queen's-Belfast + Swansea + Strathclyde + Heriot-Watt + Aberdeen + Dundee + Toronto + UBC + McGill + McMaster + Waterloo + Queens + Alberta + Calgary + Dalhousie + NUS + NTU + HKUST + KAIST + SNU + Tsinghua + Peking + Sydney + Melbourne + Monash + UNSW + Queensland + Auckland + Otago + MIT + Stanford + Caltech + Harvard + Yale + Princeton + Brown + Dartmouth + Cornell + Columbia + NYU + Berkeley + Chicago + Penn + Rice + Duke + Johns-Hopkins + CMU + Georgia-Tech + UIUC + Michigan + Northwestern + Purdue + Wisconsin + Texas-Austin + UCLA + USC + UC-San-Diego + UC-Berkeley + UC-Santa-Barbara + Wharton + HBS + Booth + Kellogg + Columbia-Business + Stern admissions. See post-201 for the A-Level-Physics-specific exam, score-distribution, and 24-week score-A*-A-master schedule.