Head of Sciences, TYCHR

Meera Krishnan

Meera teaches IB Biology and Chemistry at HL and leads TYCHR's science faculty. She spends most of her week reading student IAs, which has given her strong opinions about hypotheses that were written after the data was collected.

IB Biology HL
IB Chemistry HL
IGCSE Combined Science

2 posts by Meera

Writes about IB Diploma, Revision & exams, Internal Assessment.

IB Diploma Revision & exams

The six-week past-paper plan that actually moves an IB grade

Most students start past papers too late and mark them too kindly. Here is the six-week structure we use with Year 13 — what to do in each week, and the two habits that do most of the work.

4 August 20268 min read

IB Diploma Internal Assessment

What IB examiners actually look for in an Internal Assessment

The IA is marked against a published criterion, in public, in advance — and most lost marks come from four predictable places. A criterion-by-criterion look at where the marks actually go.

28 July 20269 min read

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