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IB Biology, built for the syllabus you're actually sitting.

Study notes mapped to every syllabus statement, 2,381 exam-style questions with real markschemes, and a paper generator that lets teachers build a paper and hand their class a code. Written against the official IB Biology guide and data booklet — not a rewrite of the old syllabus.

No account needed to start. A1.1 Water is free in full, and revision slides are free on every lesson.

2,381
exam-style questions, every one with a markscheme
40
lessons across the four themes — 37 live now, 3 landing soon
4
themes covered, SL and HL
2028
first assessment — the current syllabus

How it works

Learn it, practise it, then sit it under exam conditions.

Every lesson follows the same three stages, so you always know what to do next.

Stage 1 · Learn

Study notes that match the guide

Each lesson is written against the official syllabus statements — A1.1.1, A1.1.2 and so on — so you cover exactly what's examinable at your level, and nothing that isn't.

Stage 2 · Practise

Questions with the answer explained

Auto-marked multiple choice plus guided skills practice on real data and graphs. Every question shows why the key is right — and the misconception the wrong answers are testing.

Stage 3 · Assess

Real paper formats, then mark your own

Paper 1A, 1B and Paper 2 in their authentic structure and timing. Sit a paper on screen, then mark it against the markscheme, question by question.

What's inside

Written for the exam, not around it.

The questions are built to the real paper's structure, command terms and mark allocations.

Papers 1A · 1B · 2

Authentic exam formats

1,739 multiple-choice, 348 data-based Paper 1B questions and 218 Paper 2 items — including Section B extended responses in the real three-part structure with a flat markscheme, not holistic bands.

Real data

Graphs and figures from published studies

Data-based questions built on real published work — Gause's Paramecium, Hodgkin & Huxley's squid axon, the Grants' Darwin's finches — so you practise reading the kind of data the exam actually uses.

Free on every lesson

Revision slides

A full illustrated deck per lesson to run through before a test. Free on every topic, no account required.

3. Water is described as a polar molecule. What is the underlying reason for this polarity?
A  The two hydrogen atoms repel each other, which bends the molecule
B  Oxygen attracts the shared electrons more strongly than hydrogen
C  Hydrogen bonds form between the H and O atoms inside one molecule
D  Oxygen and hydrogen have equal electronegativity, so sharing is even
A1.1.2 · Explain · AO2 · [1 mark]

A real question from the bank. Every item carries its syllabus statement, command term and assessment objective.

For teachers

Build a paper in a minute. Hand your class a code.

Pick the topics, level and format — or hand-pick individual questions — then print it, save it as a PDF, or give students a short code that rebuilds exactly that paper.

Paper generator

Every format, to spec

Quiz, Paper 1A, 1B, full Paper 1, Paper 2, either section on its own, or a hand-picked paper. Authentic mark counts and timings come from the guide's published paper specs.

Share codes

The code is the paper

A short code rebuilds the identical paper on any device — no accounts, no files to email. Students paste it, sit the paper on screen, then mark their own work against the markscheme and see their score straight away. Results stay on the student's device for now — teacher-side class results are the next thing we're building.

Markschemes

Print the answer key separately

Print the paper for the class and the markscheme on its own — as a lean answer key for marking, or with the full explanations when you're teaching from it.

SL and HL

Level-aware throughout

Pick SL or HL and the bank respects it: HL-only material stays out of an SL paper, and HL-only lessons aren't offered at SL.

Students

  • Start free with A1.1 Water — notes, quiz, skills practice and exam papers, all of it
  • Revision slides free on every lesson
  • Sit a full mixed practice exam drawn from the whole syllabus
  • Paste a code from your teacher and sit that exact paper
Start studying

Teachers

  • Build a paper from any topics, level and format
  • Print it, save it as a PDF, or download an offline copy
  • Hand out one short code — the code rebuilds the paper exactly
  • Print the markscheme separately for marking
Open the paper generator

Try it before anything is asked of you.

A1.1 Water is open in full — notes, quiz, skills practice and exam papers — and every lesson's revision slides are free, on every topic. No account, no card.

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