Study Sessions
The previous installments of Study Sessions have been so popular, we've been inundated with requests for more!
Our expert IB tutors have put together an even more comprehensive series of sessions, based on the most challenging topic areas. We're also welcoming any questions you have ahead of the sessions to ensure you're getting the best support possible.
Live sessions are free for all users.

In association with the IB English Guys
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IB Math
IB Language B
IB Sciences
IB English
IB Individuals & Societies
IB Maths AA HL
Essential Vector Techniques
This session will cover essential vector techniques involving points, lines, distances, and planes. We will also focus on tricky concepts to help you feel confident in the AA HL examinations.

Steve Smyth
Sessions
IB Maths AA HL
All about Proofs!
This session will examine proofs by deduction, counterexample, contradiction, and induction.

Ellen Thompson
Sessions
IB Maths AA HL
Surviving AA HL Paper 3
This session will help AA HL students reduce their anxiety around paper 3. We will look at tips to follow when working through the two different types of questions and apply these to some sample problems.

Ellen Thompson
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IB Maths AA HL
Differential Equations
This session will examine various methods for solving differential equations to find exact solutions and cover Euler's method for finding approximate solutions.

Steve Smyth
Sessions
IB Maths AA HL
Complex numbers
This session will review the conversion between Cartesian, polar, and exponential forms: products, quotients, and integer powers, De Moivre’s theorem, and geometrical interpretations.

Steve Smyth
Sessions
IB Maths AA HL
Integrating Quotients
This session will look at various techniques to integrate different families of quotients. It will focus on paper 1 applications and include some paper 2.

Steve Smyth
Sessions
IB Maths AA SL/HL
Probability and Distributions
This session will begin with Venn diagrams and conditional probability. It will include SL and HL content (clearly identified by the tutor) and build into the concept of random variables.

Steve Smyth
Sessions
IB Maths AA SL/HL
Taming Trigonometry
This session will focus on important trigonometry concepts for AA SL and HL exams. It will include circular functions, solving equations, trigonometric identities, and applications.

Ashley Wallace
Sessions
IB Maths AA SL/HL
Solving Equations
We will look at various techniques to solve a range of different types of equations, including disguised quadratics, logarithmic functions, trig functions, and more.

Steve Smyth
Sessions
IB Maths AA SL/HL
Kinematics
In this session, we will review kinematic problems involving displacement, distance, velocity, and acceleration for both paper 1 and paper 2.

Steve Smyth
Sessions
IB Maths AI HL
Hypothesis Testing
This session will look at z-tests, t-tests, and tests for proportion, population mean, and bivariate normal distributions. We will also calculate critical regions and type I and type II errors.

Clement Mustchin
Sessions
IB Maths AI HL
Differential Equations, Slope Fields, and Phase Portraits
In this session, we will find solutions to coupled differential equations. We will also interpret slope fields and sketch & interpret phase portraits, considering real and complex eigenvalues.

Clement Mustchin
Sessions
IB Maths AI HL
Surviving AI HL Paper 3
This session will help AI HL students reduce their anxiety around paper 3. We will look at tips to follow when working through the two different types of questions and apply these to some sample problems.

Clement Mustchin
Sessions
IB Maths AI HL
Complex Numbers and Sinusoidal Functions
We will review conversion between Cartesian, polar, and exponential forms: products, quotients, and integer powers, and add sinusoidal functions with the same frequencies but different phase angles.

Clement Mustchin
Sessions
IB Maths AI HL
Coupled Differential Equations
In this session, we will find exact and approximate solutions to coupled differential equations. We will also sketch and interpret phase portraits, considering real and complex eigenvalues.

Clement Mustchin
Sessions
IB Maths AI SL
Hypothesis Testing
In this session, we will look at chi-squared tests for independence, chi-squared goodness of fit tests, and t-tests.

Clement Mustchin
Sessions
IB Maths AI SL
Sine me up!
This session covers key trigonometry concepts and applications for AI SL students, including right-angled and non-right-angled triangles, angles of elevation and depression, bearings, sinusoidal functions, Pythagoras' theorem, and constructing labeled diagrams.

Paudge Brennan
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IB Maths AI SL
Applications of Functions
In this session, we will look at mathematical modeling with a range of different functions (quadratic, cubic, exponential, sinusoidal) and investigate the key features of graphs of functions not specifically mentioned in topic 2.

Clement Mustchin
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IB Physics SL/HL
Electric Circuits
After covering the fundamentals of electric circuits, this session will model various approaches for solving circuits with different resistor combinations and cells with internal resistance.

Alejandro Rosselli
Sessions
IB Physics SL/HL
Gas Laws and Thermodynamics
This session will work through the more challenging aspects of the SL/HL Gas Laws topic before discussing the HL Thermodynamics topic and solving related questions.

Alejandro Rosselli
Sessions
IB Physics SL/HL
Circular Motion and Orbits
This session will review centripetal acceleration and circular motion and apply the concepts to solve challenging problems. It will then discuss Kepler's Laws and orbital motion problems.

Jim Irvine
Sessions
IB Physics SL/HL
Solving Challenging Mechanics Problems
This session will work through complex mechanics problems that combine the concepts of kinematics, forces, conservation of momentum, and conservation of energy.

Jim Irvine
Sessions
IB Physics SL/HL
Simple Harmonic Motion and Wave Interference
This session will cover the basics of simple harmonic motion before moving on to the concepts of superposition, standing waves, and two-source interference.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Gordon Hirons
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IB Physics HL
Wave-particle Duality
In this session, we will review wave-particle duality in two aspects: how light behaves like a particle through the photoelectric effect and how matter can behave like waves through particle diffraction.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Anthony Ferraro
Sessions
IB Physics HL
Simple Harmonic Motion and Wave Interference
This session will cover the basics of simple harmonic motion before moving on to the concepts of superposition, standing waves, and two-source interference.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Gordon Hirons
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IB Chemistry SL/HL
Covalent Model and Bonding Triangle
This session covers the nature of the covalent model (VSEPR, coordination bonds, bond and molecular polarity, allotropes, intermolecular forces, etc) and the use of the bonding triangle.

Jesica Stefanetti
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IB Chemistry SL/HL
Electron Transfer and Sharing Reactions for Organic Compounds
We will review the oxidation and reduction of organic molecules and reaction types for alkanes, alkenes, halogenoalkanes, and alcohols. HL will cover SN1 and SN2 mechanisms and electrophilic addition mechanisms.

Erin Dallin
Sessions
IB Chemistry SL/HL
Electron Transfer Reactions
This session will review voltaic, electrolytic, secondary, and fuel cells.

Margaret Hennessy
Sessions
IB Chemistry SL/HL
Chemical Kinetics
This session will review kinetics, including key SL ideas (collision theory, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution curve, and factors affecting rates) and HL content (rate expressions and mechanisms).
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Jesica Stefanetti
Sessions
En español
IB Chemistry SL/HL
Equilibrio
Analizaremos los equilibrios de forma cualitativa y cuantitativa, veremos el cálculo de Kc y Qc, y aplicaremos el principio de Le Châtelier. Estudiaremos la relación entre ΔGᶿ y Kc.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Jesica Stefanetti
Sessions
IB Chemistry HL
Proton Transfer Reactions
The session will begin with an overview of acid-base chemistry and then focus on a quantitative understanding of the pH of acid, base, and buffer solutions, titration curves, and connections to free energy and calorimetry.

Margaret Hennessy
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IB Chemistry HL
Organic Chemistry
This session will review the organic chemistry HL content, including nucleophilic substitution mechanisms (SN1 and SN2) and electrophilic additions of unsymmetrical alkenes (Markovnikov's rule).
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Jesica Stefanetti
Sessions
IB Chemistry HL
Spectroscopy
This session will review mass spectrometry, infrared, and NMR spectroscopy. We will practice using these tools in connection with % composition and IHD to deduce molecular structures.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Margaret Hennessy
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IB Chemistry HL
Enthalpy Cycles
This session will review Energetics HL. It includes Hess's Law, the Born-Haber cycle, and building cycles with bond dissociation, formation, and combustion enthalpies to determine enthalpies of reaction.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Margaret Hennessy
Sessions
IB Biology HL
Chemical Signalling
This session covers signalling molecules like hormones, neurotransmitters, and cytokines and how they act through specific pathways, including G protein-coupled receptors, ion channels, and intracellular receptors that regulate gene expression.

Lindsey Gish
Sessions
IB Biology HL
DNA Replication
This session will review the production of identical DNA copies through semi-conservative replication, the enzymes involved, and the advanced mechanisms that regulate directionality, lagging-strand synthesis, and proofreading.

Jesse Versluys
Sessions
IB Biology HL
Water Potential
This session will review solvation interactions, water, solute and pressure potentials, and cellular changes such as turgor pressure in plants and crenation in animal cells.

Phil Chatterton
Sessions
IB Biology HL
Osmoregulation
In this session, we review osmoregulation in insects and humans, including the structure & function of the Malphigian tubule system, the nephron, and the kidney, as well as the role of ADH. Both Paper 1 and Paper 2 questions will also be presented.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Susannah Miller
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IB Biology HL
Cellular Respiration
This session will review mitochondrion structure and function, as well as the stages of cellular respiration, including glycolysis, link reaction, the Krebs cycle, electron transport, and chemiosmosis.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Jesse Versluys
Sessions
IB Biology HL
Photosynthesis
This session will review chloroplast structure and function. Then, we'll examine the light-dependent and light-independent reactions, including oxidative photophosphorylation and the Calvin cycle.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Phil Chatterton
Sessions
IB Biology SL/HL
Biological Molecules
This session will review the structure and function of biological molecules, including carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleotides. It is relevant to the SL and HL courses.

Bev Eatwell
Sessions
IB Biology SL/HL
Transport
This session will review the circulatory system in animals and vascular tissue in plants. It is relevant to the SL and HL courses.

Lindsey Gish
Sessions
IB Biology SL/HL
Gas Exchange
This session will review adaptations required for efficient gaseous exchange, mammalian lung structure, plant leaf modification, and transpiration. It is relevant to the SL and HL courses.

Jesse Versluys
Sessions
IB Biology SL/HL
Hormones, Homeostasis, and Reproduction
This session will review homeostasis and the hormones insulin, glucagon, melatonin, leptin, thyroxin, and the reproductive hormones involved in the menstrual cycle. This is relevant to the SL and HL courses.
This session is in alignment with the syllabus 2016 - 2024. The content remains helpful and relevant to the current syllabus

Jesse Versluys
Sessions
IB Econ HL/SL
National Income and Paper 1
This session will review macroeconomic concepts of the circular flow model of income, Keynesian and Monetarist models, and GDP measures. Paper 1 strategies will also be covered.

Melissa Kendall
Sessions
IB Econ HL
Market Power
This session will focus on diagrams and analysis for perfect competition, monopoly (and everything in between) to show how each model of competition impacts stakeholders.

Nick Streithorst
Sessions
IB Business Management HL
Paper 3 Assessment strategies
This session is tailored for HL students preparing for Paper 3, providing an analysis of the pre-seen case study and key business tools to help apply strategies and identify core issues for exam success.

Mira Jugoo
Sessions
IB Business Management SL/HL
Paper 2 Finance and Accounts Revision
This session covers key Finance and Accounts topics for Paper 2, offering strategies for exam questions, case studies, and calculations to help SL & HL students maximize marks and avoid common pitfalls.

Aoife Murtagh
Sessions
IB Business Management SL/HL
Assessment Strategies
This session will focus on exam techniques in Finance and Accounts. It will cover break-even analysis, final accounts, and ratio analysis and examine questions on these topics.

Cathal O'Mahony
Sessions
IB Business Management SL/HL
Mastering Assessments: Strategies for Papers 1, 2, and 3
This session will review strategies for IB Business Management Paper 1, 2, and 3 exams. It will include insights on question formats, answer structuring, and critical analysis for exam success.

Maria Sayyed
Sessions
IB ESS SL
Food Production
We will take a systems approach as we look at both Aquatic and Terrestrial Food Production, particularly with an eye on sustainability. Paper 1- and Paper 2-style questions will focus on using examples in your answers.

Tamara Jannink
Sessions
IB ESS SL
Climate Change - Mitigation & Adaptation
This session will explore climate change, focusing on adaptation and mitigation strategies. We will evaluate the strategies' strengths and limitations and incorporate exam essay question techniques.

Steve Basaraba
Sessions
IB ESS SL
Pollution Management - Land, Water & Air
This session will look at the management of a wide range of pollutants to minimise the impacts on ecosystems and human societies. Practice questions will come from both Paper 1 and Paper 2.

Steve Basaraba
Sessions
IB ESS SL
Key Strategies for Acing Paper 1
In this session, we review strategies for Paper 1 questions. Practice questions will highlight how to identify what is being asked and how to structure your answer to achieve high marks.

Tamara Jannink
Sessions
IB Psychology SL/HL
Research Methods & Ethics SAQs for Paper 1
This study session will review essential research methods and ethics content and provide you with techniques to structure strong research methods and ethics SAQs.

Rachel Davis
Sessions
IB Psychology SL/HL
Research Methods and Ethics Essays for Papers 1 and 2
This study session will review some research methods and ethics concepts and provide advice on structuring ethics and research methods essays for papers 1 and 2.

Rachel Davis
Sessions
IB Psychology SL/HL
Structuring Essay Responses
This study session will advise how to approach and structure essay responses for papers 1 and 2, particularly emphasizing the contrast command term.

Rachel Davis
Sessions
IB Psychology SL/HL
Power Studies in Psychology
We'll review common overlapping or 'power studies' in Psychology. We will also review strategies for writing high-mark responses on Papers 1 and 2, focusing on critical thinking.

Caitlyn Homol
Sessions
IB Psychology HL
Paper 3 Exam Strategies
This study session focuses on tips and tricks related to Paper 3. It will cover relevant key content, highlight ways to apply it in various contexts, examine methods for structuring your responses to maximise marks, and discuss traps to avoid common mistakes.

Rachel Davis
Sessions
IB History SL/HL
Managing Time on Paper 1
This session focuses on effectively managing time on Paper 1, efficiently tackling the short-answer, source-based questions, and writing a strong essay that meets the top mark band criteria.

Garret Merle
Sessions
IB English Lit SL/HL
Nailing Paper 1- Key Tips and Insights
This session will focus on the close reading, annotating, outlining, and writing skills that will lead you to LAL Paper 1 success. We'll read a text together and discuss the model response.

Andrew Cohen

Dave Giles
Sessions
IB English LangLit SL/HL
Nailing Paper 1- Key Tips and Insights
This session will focus on the close reading, annotating, outlining, and writing skills that will lead you to LAL Paper 1 success. We'll read a text together and discuss the model response.

Andrew Cohen

Dave Giles
Sessions
IB English LangLit & Lit SL/HL
Small Strategies for Big Success
Join Andrew and Dave for advice on reading time, unpacking questions, and scoring big points on Paper 2. We'll discuss what examiners look for and how you can best study for this comparative beast.

Andrew Cohen

Dave Giles
Sessions
IB English B SL/HL
Ready for Exam Day: Paper 1 and Paper 2 Revision
Join this session to master Paper 1! We'll break down how to refine language, craft clear messages, and demonstrate strong conceptual understanding. Then, tackle Paper 2 reading strategies.

Veronica Santocildes
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IB French B SL/HL
Ready for Exam Day: Keys to Success for Papers 1 and 2
Join this session to master Paper 1! Discover how to write clear messages, refine your language, and strengthen your conceptual understanding. We will cover key strategies for Paper 2 Reading and Listening. À ne pas manquer!

Gilles Collong
Sessions
IB Spanish B SL/HL
Ready for Exam Day: Keys to Success for Papers 1 and 2
Join this session to master Paper 1! Discover how to write clear messages, refine your language, and strengthen your conceptual understanding. We will cover key strategies for Paper 2 Reading and Listening. No te lo pierdas!

Claudia Graf
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Expert IB Tutors

Andrew Cohen
IB English

Dave Giles
IB English

Veronica Santocildes
IB English, IB Language B

Clement Mustchin
IB Mathematics

Steve Smyth
IB Mathematics

Ellen Thompson
IB Mathematics

Paudge Brennan
IB Mathematics

Ashley Wallace
IB Mathematics

Anthony Ferraro
IB Physics

Gordon Hirons
IB Physics

Jim Irvine
IB Physics

Alejandro Rosselli
IB Physics

Erin Dallin
IB Chemistry

Jesica Stefanetti
IB Chemistry

Margaret Hennessy
IB Chemistry

Susannah Miller
IB Biology

Jesse Versluys
IB Biology

Phil Chatterton
IB Biology

Lindsey Gish
IB Biology

Nick Streithorst
IB Economics

Melissa Kendall
IB Economics

Maria Sayyed
IB Business Management

Cathal O'Mahony
IB Business Management

Aoife Murtagh
IB Business Management

Mira Jugoo
IB Business Management

Tamara Jannink
IB ESS

Steve Basaraba
IB ESS

Rachel Davis
IB Psychology

Caitlyn Homol
IB Psychology

Garret Merle
IB History

Claudia Graf
IB Language B

Gilles Collong
IB Language B

Bev Eatwell
IB Biology
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Study Sessions?
The Revision Village Study Sessions are approximately 1.5 - 2 hour online review sessions for IB students. Held as a Zoom webinar, they are freely available and open to all - including students, teachers, and tutors. Sessions cover a range of topics, including important concepts, assessment strategies and skills, or difficult questions in IB examinations. They are taught by experienced IB teachers, examiners, and workshop leaders from around the world, all of whom produce materials you can find on Revision Village.
Why are the sessions at such inconvenient times for me? What if I can’t make a study session?
While we would encourage students to attend live sessions, allowing for questions and live feedback, we will be recording each session and will generally seek to make them available for later viewing - linked where the original registration was located. However, for a variety of reasons we cannot guarantee that any particular session will become available after it’s been given.
Who are the Study Sessions for?
RV Study Sessions are designed to be most appropriate for students in the second year of the program who have previously studied the material under review. However, students earlier in the program may also find topics being covered they have previously seen, or may attend sessions on topics they haven’t yet encountered as a brief and intense introduction to a particular concept. Additionally, teachers and tutors may find the material examined in the RV Study Sessions helpful and useful as they work with students preparing for the IB examinations.
What time are the Study Sessions?
The times shown on the website and the registration for the Study Sessions are given in your local time. As sessions are being offered for students located around the world, not every session will be at a convenient time or date, but we strive to offer a selection of useful sessions appropriate for every timezone.
Do I have to pay / be a member for the Sessions?
The study sessions are completely free. You don’t need to have an active gold subscription, or even have a Revision Village account. These sessions are open to all.