Diploma Programme

Term End Assessment 1- December 2021

Important Instructions:
 Reporting time is 30 minutes before start time mentioned in the date sheet (eg: reporting at 8:00 am for 8:30 am start time, reporting at
10:00 am for 10:30 am start time), students who report late will not be allowed to appear for the examination.
 Students must be properly dressed in house uniform for all the examinations. I-card, mask and a hand sanitizer are mandatory. Nose and
mouth should be covered before, during and after the exam.
 Special care needs to be taken of used tissue/face masks, if any. These need to be disposed off into closed bins immediately after use. They
should not shake hands or hug while greeting their classmates.
 Students are expected to maintain social / physical distancing at all times within and outside the examination room.
 It is advisable that students have an early morning snack before reporting to school and carry with them refreshments as well as drinking
water in a transparent bottle.
 Students will not be allowed to get up during the exam to get any stationery, they must keep it ready prior to the exam, as per the requirements
mentioned in the IB conduct of examination guidelines.
 Students must have their own GDC and must reset it before each examination.
 Students must not keep any booklet / case study or any other document, it will be provided for reference, if needed.
 Students will leave the premises immediately after the examination/s gets over. Parents need to make arrangements for the drop and pick up,
carrying the exit card is mandatory.
 Answer scripts will be discussed with the students on Friday, Monday and Tuesday December 10, 13 and 14, 2021. In case the students have
any query related to the checking, they may mail the doubts to the concerned subject teacher for further clarification. Subject Teachers will
address these doubts either through email or will take them up on TEAMS.
 Schedule for individual orals in Language A and B will be informed to the students by their subject facilitators and the same shall be posted on
ManageBac and on Microsoft Teams.
 Buses will ply at the normal time and those bus students who wish to go early should be picked up by their parents. Information about the
same should be sent to the form tutor with cc to Ms. Rashi, the EA to Secondary School Principal, at ea_secondary_principal@dpsiedge.edu.in
 Bus students who will wait to go back by the school bus will be provided quiet spaces for self-study. Parents must inform the school if their
ward will travel home herself/himself, an exit slip will be issued to these students.
 Day and Date Subject and Level Paper Component/ Duration/ Time

Business Management HL Paper 2 – 2 hrs 15 min – 8:30 am – 10:45 am

Business Management SL Paper 2 – 1 hr 45 min – 8:30 am – 10:15 am

Information Technology in Global Society SL Paper 1 - 1 hr 15 min - 8:30 am - 9:45 am

English A Language & Literature HL Paper 1 - 2 hrs 15 min - 11:30 am - 1:45 pm

English A Language & Literature SL Paper 1 - 1 hr 15 min - 11:30 am - 12:45 pm

November 29, 2021
Monday

Psychology HL Paper 1 - 2 hrs - 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Psychology SL Paper 1 - 2 hrs - 8:30 am - 10:30 am

November 30, 2021

Tuesday Psychology HL Paper 3 - 1 hr - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Global Politics HL Paper 2 - 1 hr 30 min - 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Sports Exercise & Health Sciences HL Paper 1 - 1 hr - 8:30 am - 9:30 am

Sports Exercise & Health Sciences SL Paper 1 - 45 min - 8:30 am - 9:15 am

Chemistry HL Paper 1 - 50 min - 8:30 am - 9:20 am

Chemistry SL Paper 1 - 45 min - 8:30 am - 9:15 am

Sports Exercise & Health Sciences HL Paper 2 – 1 hr 45 min - 11:30 am - 1:15 pm

Paper 2 - 1 hr 15 min - 11:30 am - 12:45pm

Sports Exercise & Health Sciences SL
 Paper 2 - 1 hr 30 min - 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Chemistry HL
December 1, 2021
Wednesday Chemistry SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 15 min -11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Mathematics AA HL Paper 1 - 2 hr - 8:30 am - 10: 30 am

Mathematics AA SL Paper 1- 1 hr 30 min - 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Mathematics AI HL Paper 1 – 2 hrs - 8:30 am to 10:30 am

Mathematics AI SL Paper 1 - 2 hrs - 8:30 am to 10:30 am

Chemistry HL Paper 3 - 30 min – 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

December 2, 2021
Thursday Chemistry SL Paper 3 - 30 min – 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Mathematics AA HL Paper 2 - 2 hrs - 8:30 am - 10:30 am

Mathematics AA SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 30 min - 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Mathematics AI HL Paper 2 - 2 hrs - 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Mathematics AI SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 30 min - 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Biology HL Paper 3 - 50 min - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm

December 3, 2021
Friday Biology SL Paper 3 - 50 min - 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm

Spanish B Ab Initio SL Paper 2 – 1 hr 30 min - 8:30 am - 10:00 am

German B Ab Initio SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 30 min - 8:30 am - 10:00 am
December 6, 2021
Monday Spanish B SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 45 min - 8:30 am - 10:15 am
 Paper 2 - 1 hr 45 min - 8:30 am - 10:15 am
German B SL

Hindi B SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 45 min - 8:30 am - 10:15 am

French B SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 45 min - 8:30 am - 10:15 am

Hindi B HL Paper 2 - 2 hrs - 8: 30 am - 10:30 am

Eco HL Paper 1 - 1 hr 15 min - 12:00 pm- 1:15 pm

Eco HL Paper 2 - 1 hr 45 min - 8:30 am - 10:15 am

Computer Science HL Paper 1 - 2 hrs 10 min - 12:00 pm- 2:10 pm

December 7, 2021
Tuesday Computer Science SL Paper 1 - 1 hr 30 min - 12:00 pm- 1:30 pm

Biology HL Paper 1 - 45 min - 8:30 am - 9:15 am

Biology SL Paper 1 - 30 min - 8:30 am- 9:00 am

Biology HL Paper 2 - 2 hrs - 10:30 am- 12:30 pm

December 8, 2021
Wednesday Biology SL Paper 2 - 1 hr - 10:30 pm- 11:30 am

Environmental Systems and Societies SL Paper 1 – 1 hr - 8:30 am - 9:30 am

History HL Paper 2 - 45 min - 8:30 am - 9:15 am

History SL Paper 2 - 45 min - 8:30 am - 9:15 am

 Environmental Systems and Societies SL Paper 2 - 2 hrs - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

December 9, 2021 History HL Paper 1- 1 hr - 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Thursday
History SL Paper 1- 1 hr - 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Physics HL Paper 1 - 45 min - 8:30 am - 9:15 am

Physics SL Paper 1 - 30 min - 8:30 am - 9:00 am

Physics HL Paper 2 - 1 hr 30 min - 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Physics SL Paper 2 - 1 hr 15 min - 10:00 am - 11:15 am

Physics HL Paper 3 - 45 min - 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

December 10, 2021
Friday Physics SL Paper 3 - 30 min - 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
 Test Specifications
DP 1 (2021-2023) TEA 1- December 2021

Group 1

Subject / Level Unit Details

English A Unit 1:Dangers of a Single ● critical analysis of non-literary text, visual and written text, BIG 5, stylistic devices,
Language and Story structure, central idea and its development, opposition and tension in the text
Literature ● tonal shift, personal and professional texts, plurality of readings (dominant,
HL Unit 2: Dynamic World negotiated, oppositional)
● themes: social stratification, gender, age, kinship, ethnicities, professional roles,
fact and opinion, accessed and silenced voices, beauty myth, social constructs,
stereotypes, construction/distortion of reality
● text types - essays, editorials, advertisements, cartoons, news items

English A Unit 1:Dangers of a Single ● critical analysis of non-literary text, visual and written text, CAMPS/Big 5, stylistic
Language and Story devices, structure, central idea and its development
Literature ● themes: social stratification, gender, age, ethnicities, professional roles, fact and
SL Unit 2: Dynamic World opinion, beauty myth, social constructs, stereotypes, construction/distortion of
reality
● text types - essays, editorials, advertisements, news items, cartoons

Group 2

Subject / Level Unit Details

Hindi B Unit 1: Identities Identities:

HL  lifestyles
 health and wellbeing
 beliefs and values
 subcultures
 language and identity
 Unit 2: Experience Experiences:
 leisure activities
 holidays and travel
 life stories

Hindi B Unit 1: Identities Identities:

SL  lifestyles
 health and wellbeing
 beliefs and values
 subcultures
 language and identity

Unit 2: Experience Experiences:

 leisure activities
 holidays and travel
 life stories

Spanish B Unit 1: Identities Identities:

SL  lifestyles
 health and wellbeing
 beliefs and values
 subcultures
 language and identity

Unit 2: Experience Experiences:

 leisure activities
 holidays and travel
 life stories

Spanish B Unit 1: Identities Identities:

Ab Initio SL ● personal attributes - identity, age, birthday and nationality, personality description,
physical appearance and characteristics
● personal relationships – description of family tree with all the concepts covered
in personal attributes, description of family members and friends
● food and beverages - types of meals in a day and famous dishes of the world

Unit 2: Experience Experiences:

  daily routine - weekdays and weekend, in home and at workplace or school
 leisure - free time activities, hobbies, sports

French B Unit 1: Identities Identities:

SL  lifestyles
 health and wellbeing
 beliefs and values
 subcultures
 language and identity

Unit 2: Social Organization Social Organization:

 social relationships
 family
 education system

German B Unit 1: Identities Identities:

SL  lifestyles
 health and wellbeing
 beliefs and values
 subcultures
 language and identity

Unit 2: Experience Experiences:

 leisure activities
 holidays and travel
 life stories

German B Unit 1: Identities Identities:

Ab Initio SL ● personal attributes - identity, age, birthday and nationality, personality description,
physical appearance and characteristics
● personal relationships – description of family tree with all the concepts covered
in personal attributes, description of family members, friends and favorite celebrity
● food and beverages - types of meals in a day and famous dishes of German
speaking countries

Unit 2: Experience Experiences:

● daily routine - weekdays and weekend, in home and at workplace or school
 ● leisure - free time activities, hobbies, sports

Group 3

Subject / Level Unit Details

Business Unit 1- Business Introduction to Business Management

Management Organization and  role of business
HL Environment  functions of business
 business sectors
 role of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
 reason for starting up and steps in starting up a business
 problems that a new business may face
 elements of a business plan

Types of Organizations
 private and public sector
 profit based organizations
 for profit social enterprises
 not for profit social enterprises

Organizational Objectives
 vision and mission statement
 aims, objectives, strategies and tactics
 need for changing objectives
 ethical objectives
 SWOT analysis
 Ansoff matrix

Stakeholders
 internal and external stakeholders
 stakeholder conflict
 mutual benefits of stakeholders’ interests

External Environment
 STEEPLE Analysis
  opportunities and threats related to – social, technological, economic,
environmental, political, legal, ethical

Growth and Evolution

 economies and diseconomies of scale
 small versus large organizations
 organic and inorganic growth
 external growth methods
 role and impact of globalization
 growth of multinational companies
 impact of MNCs on the host countries

Organizational Planning Tools

 fishbone diagram
 decision tree
 force field analysis
 Gantt chart

Unit 3- Finance and Sources of Finance

Accounts  capital and revenue expenditure
 internal and external sources of finance
 short, medium and long term finance - their features, advantages and
disadvantages

Costs and Revenues

 types of cost - fixed, variable, semi variable, direct, indirect / overheads, total
revenue and revenue streams

Break even Analysis

 total contribution versus contribution per unit
 break even chart
 effect of change in price and cost on break even
 benefits and limitations of break even
 Business Unit 1- Business Introduction to Business Management
Management SL Organization and  role of business
Environment  functions of business
 business sectors
 role of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
 reason for starting up and steps in starting up a business
 problems that a new business may face
 elements of a business plan

Types of Organizations
 private and public sector
 profit based organizations
 for profit social enterprises
 not for profit social enterprises

Organizational Objectives
 vision and mission statement
 aims, objectives, strategies and tactics
 need for changing objectives
 ethical objectives
 SWOT analysis
 Ansoff matrix

Stakeholders
 internal and external stakeholders
 stakeholder conflict
 mutual benefits of stakeholders’ interests

External Environment
 STEEPLE Analysis
 opportunities and threats related to – social, technological, economic,
environmental, political, legal, ethical

Growth and Evolution

 economies and diseconomies of scale
  small versus large organizations
 organic and inorganic growth
 external growth methods
 role and impact of globalization
 growth of multinational companies
 impact of MNCs on the host countries

Unit 3- Finance and Sources of Finance

Accounts  capital and revenue expenditure, internal and external sources of finance,
short, medium and long term finance - their features, advantages and
disadvantages

Costs and Revenues

 types of cost - fixed, variable, semi variable, direct, indirect / overheads, total
revenue and revenue streams

Break even Analysis

 total contribution versus contribution per unit, break even chart, effect of
change in price and cost on break even, benefits and limitations of break even

Economics Unit 1: Introduction to  economics as a social science

HL economics  problem of choice (scarcity)
 opportunity cost
 three central economic questions
 production possibility curve
 circular flow of income model
 leakages & injections
 economic modelling
 origin of economic ideas- historical background

Unit 2: Competitive Markets

Microeconomics  law of demand
 law of supply
 market equilibrium
 functions of price mechanism
  allocative efficiency

Critique of the maximizing behaviour of consumers and producers:

 rational consumer choice
 assumptions—consumer rationality, utility
 maximization and perfect information
 behavioural economics—limitations of the assumptions of rational consumer
choice
 biases—the rule of thumb, anchoring and framing, availability
 bounded rationality, self-control, selfishness imperfect information
 Nudge theory
 business objectives: profit maximization alternative business objectives:
corporate social responsibility, market share, satisficing, growth
 strengths and limitations of government policies to correct externalities and
approaches to managing common pool
 resources including: challenges involved in measurement of externalities
 degree of effectiveness
 consequences for stakeholders
 global nature of sustainability issues
 challenges faced in international cooperation monitoring, enforcement

Elasticity of demand & supply

 price elasticity
 income elasticity
 significance of PED for different stakeholders

Government Intervention
 price ceiling
 price floor
 indirect taxes & subsidies
 command and control regulation and legislation
 market failure
 externalities & common access resources
 Government responses to resolve externalities
 strengths and limitations of government policies to correct externalities and
 approaches to managing common pool resources

History HL/SL Unit 1- Genghis Khan Leadership

c1200–1227  rise to power
 uniting of rival tribes
 motives and objectives
 reputation
 importance of Genghis Khan’s leadership to Mongol success

Campaigns
 Mongol invasion of China
 Central Asia and Iran
 Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia (1219–1221)
 Mongol military technology, organization, strategy and tactics

Impact: political and economic

 establishment
 enhancement and protection of trade routes
 social impact
 cultural and religious impact: religious, cultural and technological exchange
 religious freedom under the Mongols

Unit 2 - Mongol Empire Dynasties and rulers

 nature of power, aims and achievements
 methods to legitimize, consolidate and maintain rule

Laws and goverment

 law, governing institutions and administration
 methods of government and administration
 religious and secular law
 role and duties of officials
 role of nobility and the elite

Challenges
 successes and failures of dynasties and rulers
  rebellion and/or political opposition
 rivalries and issues of succession

Psychology Unit 2: Biological  relationship between the brain and behavior: techniques used to study the brain
HL Approach to in relation to behavior (techniques include MRI, fMRI, EEG, CAT and PET scans)
Understanding Behavior  localization of function
 neuroplasticity (neural networks, neural pruning)
 neurotransmission and their effects on behavior (neuron, synapse, excitatory
and inhibitory neurotransmitters, agonists and antagonists)
 hormones and pheromones and their effects on behavior

Unit 3: Research Methods  research methods: quantitative (experiments, field experiments, quasi
experiments, natural experiments, correlational research, surveys), qualitative
(case study, naturalistic observation, interviews: unstructured, semi-structured
and focus-groups)
 research designs: matched pairs, independent measures/ independent samples
and repeated measures
 hypotheses
 variables
 sampling techniques (random sampling, convenience/opportunity sampling,
volunteer sampling, purposive sampling, snowball sampling.)
 ethical considerations
 evaluating research (reliability, validity (internal/external), credibility, bias)
 biases (researchers bias, participant bias and sampling bias)
 drawing conclusions (correlation and causation, replication, generalization for
quantitative research, transferability for qualitative research, triangulation)

Psychology Unit 2: Biological  the relationship between the brain and behavior: techniques used to study the
SL Approach to brain in relation to behavior (techniques include MRI, fMRI, EEG, CAT and PET
Understanding Behavior scans)
 localization of function
 neuroplasticity (neural networks, neural pruning)
 neurotransmission and their effects on behavior (neuron, synapse, excitatory
and inhibitory neurotransmitters, agonists and antagonists)
 hormones and pheromones and their effects on behavior
 Information Strand 1: Social and ethical  reliability and integrity
Technology in significance  security, privacy and anonymity
Global Societies  intellectual property and authenticity
SL  the digital divide and access equality
 surveillance
 globalization and cultural diversity
 policies, standards and protocols
 people and machines
 digital citizenship

Strand 2: Application to  business and employment

specified scenarios  education and training
 home and leisure

Strand 3: IT systems  hardware and software

 databases, spreadsheets, modelling and simulations
 associated IT concepts to the themes mentioned in strand 2

Global Politics Unit 1: Power,  what is sovereignty

HL Sovereignty and  evolving nature of state sovereignty – terminology
International Relations  Westphalian conception of state sovereignty • present-day status of sources of
state sovereignty
 present-day challenges to state sovereignty, such as globalization,
supranationalism, humanitarian intervention, indigenous rights
 legitimacy of state power: democratic state, authoritarian states and
fragile/failed states

 contested meanings of peace, conflict and violence

Unit 2: Peace and  different definitions of peace, conflict and violence, including positive peace and
Conflict structural violence
 types of conflict
 territorial conflict
 interest-based conflict
 ideological conflict

Group 4
Subject / Level Subject / Level Subject / Level

Physics Unit 1: Measurement and  measurements in Physics: fundamental and derived SI units, scientific notation
HL /SL uncertainties and metric multipliers, significant figures, orders of magnitude, estimation
 uncertainties and errors: random and systematic errors, absolute, fractional and
percentage uncertainties, error bars, uncertainty of gradient and intercepts
 vectors and scalars: vector and scalar quantities, combination and resolution of
vectors

Unit 2: Mechanics  motion: distance and displacement, speed and velocity, acceleration, graphs
describing motion, equations of motion for uniform acceleration, projectile
motion, fluid resistance and terminal speed
 forces: objects as point particles, free-body diagrams, translational equilibrium,
Newton’s laws of motion, solid friction
 work, energy and power: kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, elastic
potential energy, work done as energy transfer, power as rate of energy transfer,
principle of conservation of energy, efficiency
 momentum and impulse: Newton’s second law expressed in terms of rate of
change of momentum, impulse and force–time graphs, conservation of linear
momentum, elastic collisions, inelastic collisions and explosions

Unit 3: Thermal Physics  thermal concepts: molecular theory of solids, liquids and gases, temperature and
absolute temperature, internal energy, specific heat capacity, phase change,
specific latent heat

Chemistry HL Unit 1:  introduction to the particulate nature of matter and chemical change: states of
Stoichiometric matter- properties, temperature, change of state, classification of matter,
relationship balancing chemical reactions, types of chemical reactions, the atom economy
mole concept: the mole and mole calculations, relative atomic and molecular
mass, empirical and molecular formula determination
 reacting masses and volumes: stoichiometry, calculations based on
stoichiometry, the limiting reagent, percentage yield, Avogadro’s Law and molar
volume of gases, the gas laws and the combined gas law, molar concentrations,
titrations

Unit 2: Atomic  the nuclear atom: atom and its properties, the mass spectrometer
Structure  electronic configuration: electromagnetic, spectrum (EMS), emission spectra,
 quantization of energy, quantum mechanical model of an atom, atomic orbitals
and their shapes, energy levels, sub levels, orbitals and electron spin, Pauli’s
exclusion principle, Aufbau principle and Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity,
electronic configuration and exceptions
(HL only)
 electrons in atom :emission spectra and ionization: periodic trends in ionization
energies

Unit 4:  ionic bonding and structure

Chemical Bonding and  covalent bonding and structure, polar bonds
structure  Lewis structures, octet rule
 intermolecular forces

Unit 11:  uncertainties and errors in measurements and results - qualitative and
Measurement and quantitative analysis, uncertainties, precision vs. accuracy, significant errors,
data processing experimental errors, absolute and relative uncertainty, percentage errors
 graphical techniques: graphs and correlations

Chemistry SL Unit 1:  introduction to the particulate nature of matter and chemical change: states
Stoichiometric of matter- properties, temperature, change of state, classification of matter,
relationship balancing chemical reactions, types of chemical reactions, the atom economy
mole concept: the mole and mole calculations, relative atomic and molecular
mass, empirical and molecular formula determination
 reacting masses and volumes: stoichiometry, calculations based on
stoichiometry, the limiting reagent, percentage yield, Avogadro’s Law and
molar volume of gases, the gas laws and the combined gas law, molar
concentrations, titrations

Unit 2: Atomic  the nuclear atom: atom and its properties, the mass spectrometer
Structure  electronic configuration: electromagnetic, spectrum (EMS), emission spectra,
quantization of energy, quantum mechanical model of an atom, atomic orbitals
and their shapes, energy levels, sub levels, orbitals and electron spin, Pauli’s
exclusion principle, Aufbau principle and Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity,
electronic configuration and exceptions

Unit 4:  ionic bonding and structure

Chemical Bonding and  covalent bonding and structure, polar bonds
structure
  Lewis structures, octet rule
 intermolecular forces

Unit 11:  uncertainties and errors in measurements and results - qualitative and
Measurement and quantitative analysis, uncertainties, precision vs. accuracy, significant errors,
data processing experimental errors, absolute and relative uncertainty, percentage errors
graphical techniques: graphs and correlations

Biology HL Unit 1: Cell Biology ● introduction to cells: questioning the cell theory using atypical examples, ethics of
the therapeutic use of stem cells
● ultrastructure of cells: surface area to volume ratio is important in the limitation
of cell size, ultrastructure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
● membrane structure: theories and models to explain membrane structure
● membrane transport : estimation of osmolarity in tissues, structure and function
of sodium– potassium pumps for active transport and potassium channels for
facilitated diffusion in axons
● the origin of cells: evidence from Pasteur’s experiments, spontaneous generation
of cells, evidence for the endosymbiotic theory
● cell division: structure of chromosome, stages of mitosis

Unit 2: Molecular Biology ● introduction to molecules to metabolism: carbon compounds and covalent
bonding, identification of biochemicals such as sugars, lipids or amino acids from
molecular diagrams
● water: understanding of the significance of hydrogen bonding in water,
comparison of the thermal properties of water and methane
● carbohydrates and lipids: structure and function of cellulose and starch in plants
and glycogen in humans determination of body mass index by calculation or use of
a nomogram
● enzymes: enzyme activity, factors affecting activity of enzymes like temperature,
pH and substrate concentration, plotting of graphs
● structure of DNA and RNA: difference between their structure, complementary
base pair rules and hydrogen bonding
● DNA replication, transcription and translation: detecting base sequences, codons
and anticodons, enzymes involved in the processes
● cell respiration: metabolic pathways of cellular respiration, measuring respiration
rate using respirometer
● photosynthesis: mechanism, factors affecting, action and absorption spectrum,
chromatography
 Unit 7: Nucleic Acids ● DNA structure and replication: mechanism
(HL only) ● transcription and gene expression: modification of mRNA after transcription,
splicing, gene expression in cells, methylation patterns of DNA
● translation: synthesis and structure of polypeptide chains

Biology SL Unit 1: Cell Biology ● introduction to cells: questioning the cell theory using atypical examples, ethics
of the therapeutic use of stem cells
● ultrastructure of cells: surface area to volume ratio is important in the limitation
of cell size, ultrastructure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
● membrane structure: theories and models to explain membrane structure
● membrane transport : estimation of osmolarity in tissues, structure and function
of sodium– potassium pumps for active transport and potassium channels for
facilitated diffusion in axons
● the origin of cells: evidence from Pasteur’s experiments, spontaneous generation
of cells, evidence for the endosymbiotic theory
● cell division: structure of chromosome, stages of mitosis

Unit 2: Molecular Biology ● introduction to molecules to metabolism: carbon compounds and covalent
bonding, identification of biochemicals such as sugars, lipids or amino acids from
molecular diagrams
● water: understanding of the significance of hydrogen bonding in water,
comparison of the thermal properties of water and methane
● carbohydrates and lipids: structure and function of cellulose and starch in plants
and glycogen in humans determination of body mass index by calculation or use of
a nomogram
● enzymes: enzyme activity, factors affecting activity of enzymes like temperature,
pH and substrate concentration, plotting of graphs
● structure of DNA and RNA: difference between their structure, complementary
base pair rules and hydrogen bonding
● DNA replication, transcription and translation: detecting base sequences,
codons and anticodons, enzymes involved in the processes
● cell respiration: metabolic pathways of cellular respiration, measuring respiration
rate using respirometer
● photosynthesis: mechanism, factors affecting, action and absorption spectrum,
chromatography

Computer Unit 1: System  systems in organizations: planning and system installation, user focus, system
Science Fundamentals backup, software deployment
 HL / SL  system design basics: components of a computer system, system design and
analysis, human interactions with the systems

Unit 2: Computer  computer architecture: computer architecture, secondary memory, systems and
Organization application systems, binary representation, simple logic gates

Unit 4: Programming  general principles - thinking procedurally, thinking logically

Fundamentals  connecting computational thinking and program design (4.1.1-4.1.8)
 introduction to programming (4.3.1 to 4.3.9)

Sports Exercise Unit 1: Musculoskeletal  introduction

and Health Anatomy  anatomical terminologies and its importance
Sciences Core  functions of skeletal system
(HL & SL)  division of the skeletal system
 classification of bones
 structure of bones
 joints and its types
 classification of muscles; cardiac, smooth and skeletal
 neuromuscular coordination
 functions and structure of muscles

Unit 2:  principal structures of the ventilatory system

Exercise physiology  functions of the conducting airways
 define the terms pulmonary ventilation, total lung capacity (TLC), vital capacity
(VC), tidal volume (TV), expiratory reserve volume (ERV), inspiratory reserve
volume (IRV) and residual volume (RV)
 mechanics of ventilation in the human lungs
 nervous and chemical control of ventilation during exercise
 role of haemoglobin in oxygen
 transportation gaseous exchange at the alveoli
 composition of blood
 functions of erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets
 anatomy of the heart
 intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of heart
 rate and the sequence of excitation of the heart muscle
 pulmonary and systemic circulation
  relationship between heart rate, cardiac output and stroke volume
cardiovascular drift
 systolic and diastolic blood pressure
 distribution of blood
 cardiovascular adaptations
 maximal oxygen consumption

Unit 7:  nervous system; CNS and PNS

Further anatomy  structure and function of the brain
(Only for HL)  layers of Skin
 structure and the function of the Skin system

Unit 9: Fatigue  fatigue in sports

(Only HL)  different types of fatigue
 distinguish between high intensity and
 endurance activities
 causes of fatigue in different types of activity or exercise
 recovery from fatigue after sports

Environmental Unit 1: Foundation of  environmental value system and environmental issues

Systems and environmental systems  energy and equilibria, nature of equilibria, laws of thermodynamics, feedback
Societies and Societies and resilience of ecosystem
SL  system and models, its concepts and characteristics, transfer and
transformation processes, types of systems, models
 sustainability of resources and natural income, concept and implementation of
sustainable development, millennium ecosystem assessment and ecological
footprints
 human and population (nature, sources), human factors affecting it’s
management

Unit 2: Ecosystem and  species and population. ecological hierarchy, factors (biotic and abiotic)
Ecology  biological interactions, population dynamics
 communities and ecosystem: synergy between photosynthesis and respiration,
food chain & web, ecological pyramids
 energy pathways, transfer and transformation of energy, thermodynamic laws,
productivity, transfer of matter, human impact on energy
  biomes, atmospheric circulation and types, effects of climate change of biome
succession, succession, zonation, climax communities, diversity and resilience
 sampling strategies, estimation of biomass, energy; direct and indirect methods
 organisms, species richness, species diversities

Group 5

Subject / Level Subject / Level Subject / Level

Mathematics Unit 1: Number & Algebra ● operations with numbers in the standard form
AA HL ● arithmetic sequences and series
● analysis, interpretation and prediction where a model is not perfectly
arithmetic in real life
● geometric sequences and series
● use of the formulae for the nth term and the sum of the first n terms of the
arithmetic and geometric sequences
● use of sigma notation for the sums of arithmetic and geometric sequences
● applications of arithmetic and geometric sequences and series
● financial applications of geometric sequences and series: compound interest,
annual depreciation.
● laws of exponents with integer exponents
● introduction to logarithms with base 10 and e
● numerical evaluation of logarithms using technology
● simple deductive proof, numerical and algebraic; how to lay out a left-hand
side to right-hand side (LHS to RHS) proof.
● symbols and notation for equality and identity
● laws of exponents with rational exponents
● laws of logarithms
● change of base of a logarithm
● solving exponential equations, including using logarithms
● solving equations, both graphically and analytically
● use of technology to solve a variety of equations, including those where there
is no appropriate analytic approach
 ● sum of infinite convergent geometric sequences
● binomial theorem: expansion of (a+b)n, n∈ℕ
● use of Pascal’s triangle and nCr
● complex numbers
● Cartesian form z=a+bi; the terms real part, imaginary part, conjugate,
modulus and argument
● complex plane
● modulus–argument (polar) form:z=r(cosθ+isinθ)=rcisθ
● Euler form
● sums, products and quotients in Cartesian, polar or Euler forms and their
geometric interpretation
● complex conjugate roots of quadratic and polynomial equations with real
coefficients
● extension of the binomial theorem to fractional and negative indices

Unit 2: ● different forms of the equation of a straight line

Functions ● gradient, intercepts
● lines with gradients m1 and m2
● parallel lines & perpendicular lines
● concept of a function, domain, range and graph
● function notation, for example f(x), v(t), C(n)
● concept of a function as a mathematical model
● informal concept that an inverse function reverses or undoes the effect of a
function
● inverse function as a reflection in the line y=x, and the notation f−1(x)
● graph of a function; its equation y=f(x)
● create a sketch from information given or a context, including transferring a
graph from screen to paper
● use of technology to graph functions including their sums and differences
● quadratic function with different forms and its graph, y -intercept, axis of
symmetry
● solution of quadratic equations and inequalities
● the quadratic formula
● the discriminant and the nature of the roots
● determine key features of graphs (using technology)
● find the point of intersection of two curves or lines using technology
● transformations of graphs
● composite functions, identity function
● find the inverse function f−1(x)
● composite transformations
● the reciprocal function, its graph and self-inverse nature
● rational functions and their graphs
● equations of vertical and horizontal asymptotes
● exponential and logarithmic functions with their graphs
● solving equations, both graphically and analytically
● use of technology to solve a variety of equations, including those where there
is no appropriate analytic approach
● applications of graphing skills and solving equations that relate to real-life
situations
● translations - reflections (in both axes), vertical stretch with scale factor p,
horizontal stretch with scale factor
● composite transformation
● polynomial functions, their graphs and equations; zeros, roots and factors
● the factor and remainder theorems
● sum and product of the roots of polynomial equations
● odd and even functions
● find the inverse function including domain restriction
● rational functions of the form f(x)=(ax+b)/(cx2+dx+e), and
f(x)=(ax2+bx+c)/(dx+e)
● self-inverse functions
● solutions of g(x)≥f(x), both graphically and analytically
● the graphs of the functions, y=|f(x)|
● andy=f(|x|), y=1/f(x), y=f(ax+b), y=[f(x)]2
● solution of modulus equations and inequalities
Mathematics Unit 1: Number & Algebra ● operations with numbers in the standard form
AA SL ● arithmetic sequences and series
● analysis, interpretation and prediction where a model is not perfectly
arithmetic in real life
● geometric sequences and series
● use of the formulae for the nth term and the sum of the first n terms of the
arithmetic and geometric sequences
● use of sigma notation for the sums of arithmetic and geometric sequences
● applications of arithmetic and geometric sequences and series
● financial applications of geometric sequences and series: compound interest,
annual depreciation
● laws of exponents with integer exponents
● introduction to logarithms with base 10 and e
● numerical evaluation of logarithms using technology
● simple deductive proof, numerical and algebraic; how to lay out a left-hand
side to right-hand side (LHS to RHS) proof.
● symbols and notation for equality and identity
● laws of exponents with rational exponents
● laws of logarithms
● change of base of a logarithm
● solving exponential equations, including using logarithms
● solving equations, both graphically and analytically
● use of technology to solve a variety of equations, including those where there
is no appropriate analytic approach
● sum of infinite convergent geometric sequences
● binomial theorem: expansion of (a+b)n, n∈ℕ
● use of Pascal’s triangle and nCr
● different forms of the equation of a straight line
● gradient, intercepts
● lines with gradients m1 and m2
● parallel lines & perpendicular lines
 ● translations - reflections (in both axes), vertical stretch with scale factor p,
horizontal stretch with scale factor
● composite transformation

Unit 2: ● concept of a function, domain, range and graph

Functions ● function notation, for example f(x), v(t), C(n)
● concept of a function as a mathematical model
● informal concept that an inverse function reverses or undoes the effect of a
function
● inverse function as a reflection in the line y=x, and the notation f−1(x)
● graph of a function; its equation y=f(x)
● create a sketch from information given or a context, including transferring a
graph from screen to paper
● use of technology to graph functions including their sums and differences
● quadratic function with different forms and its graph, y -intercept, axis of
symmetry
● solution of quadratic equations and inequalities the quadratic formula
● the discriminant and the nature of the roots
● determine key features of graphs (using technology)
● find the point of intersection of two curves or lines using technology
● transformations of graphs
● composite functions, identity function
● find the inverse function f−1(x)
● composite transformations
● the reciprocal function, its graph and self-inverse nature
● rational functions and their graphs
● equations of vertical and horizontal asymptotes
● exponential and logarithmic functions with their graphs
● solving equations, both graphically and analytically
● use of technology to solve a variety of equations, including those where there
is no appropriate analytic approach
 ● applications of graphing skills and solving equations that relate to real-life
situations
● transformations of graphs

Mathematics Unit 1: Number & Algebra ● operations with numbers in the form a×10k where 1≤a<10 and k is an
AI HL integer
● arithmetic sequences and series
● use of the formulae for the nth term and the sum of the first n terms of the
sequence
● use of sigma notation for sums of arithmetic sequences
● applications
● analysis, interpretation and prediction where a model is not perfectly
arithmetic in real life
● geometric sequences and series
● use of the formulae for the nth term and the sum of the first n terms of the
sequence
● use of sigma notation for the sums of geometric sequences
● financial applications of geometric sequences and series: compound interest,
annual depreciation
● laws of exponents with integer exponents
introduction to logarithms with base 10 and e
● numerical evaluation of logarithms using technology
● approximation: decimal places, significant figures
● upper and lower bounds of rounded numbers
● percentage errors
● estimation
● amortization and annuities using technology
● use technology to solve: systems of linear equations in up to 3 variables,
polynomial equations
● laws of logarithms
● simplifying expressions, both numerically and algebraically, involving rational
exponents
● the sum of infinite geometric sequences
● complex numbers.
● Cartesian form: z=a+bi; the terms real part, imaginary part, conjugate, modulus
and argument
 ● calculate sums, differences, products, quotients, by hand and with technology
● calculating powers of complex numbers, in Cartesian form, with technology
● complex plane
● complex numbers as solutions to quadratic equations
● modulus–argument (polar) form
● exponential form
● conversion between Cartesian, polar and exponential forms, by hand and with
technology
● calculate products, quotients and integer powers in polar or exponential forms
● adding sinusoidal functions with the same frequencies but different phase shift
angles
● geometric interpretation of complex numbers

Unit 2: Functions ● different forms of the equation of a straight line

● gradient; intercepts
● lines with gradients m1 and m2
● parallel lines m1=m2
● perpendicular lines m1×m2=-1
● concept of a function, domain, range and graph
● function notation, for example f(x),v(t),C(n)
● concept of a function as a mathematical model
● informal concept that an inverse function reverses or undoes the effect of a
function
● inverse function as a reflection in the line y=x, and the notationf −1 (x)
● graph of a function; its equation y=f(x)
● creating a sketch from information given or a context, including transferring a
graph from screen to paper
● using technology to graph functions including their sums and differences
● determine key features of graphs
● finding the point of intersection of two curves or lines using technology
● modelling with the following functions: linear, quadratic, exponential growth
and decay, direct/inverse variation, cubic, sinusoidal, natural logarithmic,
logistic, piecewise, models
● modelling skills: Use the modelling process described in the “mathematical
modelling” section to create, fit and use the theoretical models and their
graphs
● develop and fit the model
 ● given a context recognize and choose an appropriate model and possible
parameters
● determine a reasonable domain for a model
● find the parameters of a model
● test and reflect upon the model
● comment on the appropriateness and reasonableness of a model
● justify the choice of a particular model, based on the shape of the data,
properties of the curve and/or on the context of the situation
● use the model: reading, interpreting and making predictions based on the
model
● composite functions in context
● notation (f∘g)(x)=f(g(x))
● inverse function, including domain restriction
● finding an inverse function
● transformations of graphs
● composite transformation
● scaling very large or small numbers using logarithms
● linearizing data using logarithms to determine if the data has an exponential or
a power relationship using best-fit straight lines to determine parameters
● interpretation of log-log and semi-log graphs

Mathematics Unit 1: Number & Algebra  operations with numbers in the form a×10k where 1≤a<10 and k is an integer
AI SL  approximation: decimal places, significant figures
 upper and lower bounds of rounded numbers
 percentage errors, estimation
 amortization and annuities using technology
 laws of exponents with integer exponents. Introduction to logarithms with
base 10 and e. Numerical evaluation of logarithms using technology
 use technology to solve: systems of linear equations in up to 3 variables
 polynomial equations
 using formulas and modeling arithmetic progression, geometric progressions
 using GDC to calculate the future values and the compound interest formula

Unit 2:  different forms of the equation of a straight line

Functions  gradient, intercepts
 lines with gradients m1 and m2
 parallel lines & perpendicular lines
 concept of a function, domain, range and graph
 function notation, for example f(x), v(t), C(n)
 the concept of a function as a mathematical model
 informal concept that an inverse function reverses or undoes the
effect of a function
 inverse function as a reflection in the line y=x, and the notation f−1(x)
 the graph of a function; its equation y=f(x)
 create a sketch from information given or a context, including
transferring a graph from screen to paper
 use of technology to graph functions including their sums and
differences
 quadratic function with different forms and its graph,y-intercept, axis
of symmetry
 solution of quadratic equations and inequalities
 the quadratic formula
 discriminant and the nature of the roots
 determine key features of graphs (using technology)
 find the point of intersection of two curves or lines using technology
 transformations of graphs
 composite functions, identity function
 find the inverse function f−1(x)
 composite transformations
 the reciprocal function, its graph and self-inverse nature
 rational functions and their graphs
 equations of vertical and horizontal asymptotes
 exponential and logarithmic functions with their graphs
 solving equations, both graphically and analytically
 use of technology to solve a variety of equations, including those where there
is no appropriate analytic approach
 applications of graphing skills and solving equations that relate to real-life
situations
  linear models f(x) = mx + c
 quadratic models f(x) = ax2+ bx + c
 a≠0, axis of symmetry, vertex, zeros and roots, intercepts on the x-axis and y
-axis
 direct/inverse variation with respect to exponential functions fx=axn, n∈ℤ
 y axis as a vertical asymptote when n<0
 cubic models: f(x)=ax3+bx2+cx+d

Group 6

Subject / Level Subject / Level Subject / Level

Visual Arts Unit 1 and 2  The Process Portfolio

HL  The Comparative Study
 The Exhibition

Creative illustrative composition Drawing and Painting and Creates figurative

compositions through collage and mixed media arts- 02 artworks from each unit
(art making practice.)
 The comparative study- 01- theoretical practice (choose first unit done in
DP 1 - creative illustrative composition drawing and painting)
 the process portfolio - 02- art making practice (creative illustrative
composition Drawing and Painting and creates figurative compositions
through collage and mixed media arts- 01 from each unit)
 exhibition (IA) - students will exhibit their artworks at their home and will
need to send 2 photographs of the exhibition along with individual
photographs of artwork and write-up. (500 characters or 85-100 words
for each artwork.)
 students need to submit a curatorial write up in 200 words based on the
exhibition set up at home.