Important Dates

01/17/12 - NWSS - Pre-IB Information Night for parents of current Grade 8 students. Begins at 6:30pm, in the NWSS Library.

02/03/12 - Deadline for receipt of Teacher Referral Forms for prospective grade 9 NWSS Pre-IB students.

02/25/12 - NWSS Pre-IB Entrance Testing for grade 8 students, 9:30am - 12:30pm in the Pearson Cafeteria.

05/24/12 - Entrance testing for prospective NWSS Pre-IB grade 10 students, prospective grade 11 students. 9:00am - 12Noon, Room 160A.

05/02/12 to 05/22/12 - Grade 12 IB Examinations. Good Luck grade 12s.

07/03/12 - Grade 12 IB Examination Results available. See Mr. Janz for your username and password.

IB Biology 11/12

This course is a part of a 2 year course of study. IB Biology will include: Cells, the chemistry of life, genetics, ecology and evolution, human anatomy and physiology, diet and human nutrition, physiology of exercise, and cells and energy. Students will also complete a coordinated science project that integrates Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

IB Chemistry 11/12

The course is offered as a higher level IB course. IB Chemistry will include: atomic theory and periodicity, bonding, chemical reactions and kinetics, equilibrium, redox, environmental chemistry, and organic chemistry. The course has an experimental aspect, and stresses qualitative modelling and quantitative analysis.

IB Physics 11/12

The IB physics SL course syllabus is a combination of the curriculum from the province of British Columbia for Physics 11 and 12 and the IB course syllabus. The objectives will concentrate on the laws of physics, experimental skills, and the social and historical aspects of physics as an evolving body of human knowledge about nature. Topics include: measurement, vectors, kinematics, dynamics and energy, thermal physics, waves, equilibrium, circular motion, universal gravitation, electrostatics, electric circuits, electromagnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, and astrophysics.

The IB Physics HL course syllabus follows the same curriculum as IB Physics SL, providing more in-depth study of the content and is supplemented with an additional topic on historical physics. The core material taken by SL students forms a sub-set of the HL program.