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The Natural Sciences Group of the IBDP department of Geitonas School visits the NSTA Conference in Philadelphia and presents the International Baccalaureate to the American science teachers.
Thursday, March 18 2:00–3:00 PM
Ready to Join the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)? Here Are Tips and Practices That Work!
Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 6
New Physics/Chemistry/Biology teacher at the IBDP? Discover [...]

A gift for the New Year.
Steve Jobs (CEO and founder of Apple) tells us how to live before we die.
Enjoy!

Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, “why do airplanes fly?” on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: [...]

Here are some brief notes on how to add axis labels in graphs using Excel2007.
Instructions were kindly provided by Penelope.
-write the values of your data in the cells (x-axis on the left, y-axis on the right)
-click on Insert->scatter->scatter with only markers
-click on Layout
-axis titles:
-primary Horizontal axis title->title below axis
-primary Vertical axis title->rotated title

The IB Chemistry Blog has changed both layout and location. It has been moved from its previous location to its new one under the domain liakatas.org.
The theme has changed to allow a wider window for the posts and pages.
The contact email address on the right redirects to my usual and default email address.
Please feel free [...]

A new strain of influenza is infecting people in Mexico and the United States and may have killed up to 60 people in Mexico, global health officials said on Friday.
The CDC has analyzed samples of the H1N1 virus from some of the U.S. patients, all of whom have recovered, and said it is a never-before-seen [...]

The presentation on acids and bases (SL) is available at the corresponding chapter and at this link.

The next meeting with my advisees will take place on Thursday, April 9:
IB1 at 12:00 (2nd break)
IB2 at 12:45 (3rd break)