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MYP Biology sits in the Sciences group and is marked against four equally-weighted criteria - and it rewards inquiry and evaluation as much as knowing the content. Able students stall when they can recall systems and definitions but cannot design an investigation, evaluate data, or reflect on the impact of the biology.
MYP Biology is graded like all MYP Sciences - four equally-weighted criteria, each out of 8. Recalling the content is one quarter of the picture; designing investigations, processing and evaluating data, and reflecting on the impacts of the science carry the rest.
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CRITERION-BASED - 4 CRITERIA / TOTAL 32 / GRADE 1-7Applying scientific knowledge to explain and solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar situations
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Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questionsFraming a question and hypothesis and designing a safe, valid scientific investigation
Ongoing8 / 32Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questionsCollecting and processing data, drawing conclusions and evaluating method and reliability
Ongoing8 / 32Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questionsEvaluating ethical, environmental and economic implications using scientific language
Ongoing8 / 32Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questionsThe four criteria convert to a 1-7 grade by best-fit judgement using IB boundaries.
Figures shown for 0580 and 0980 syllabuses for 2025-2027.
CRITERION-BASED4 CRITERIA / TOTAL 32 / GRADE 1-70-8
Ongoing8 / 32Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions0-8
Ongoing8 / 32Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions0-8
Ongoing8 / 32Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questions0-8
Ongoing8 / 32Build fluent methods without calculator shortcutsReview mark-scheme working with timed past-paper questionsThe four criteria convert to a 1-7 grade by best-fit judgement using IB boundaries.
Year-5 students may optionally sit an end-of-course on-screen eAssessment of around two hours in the May or November session. Schools register, not students.
None of these are about ability. Each one is a mechanism in the exam, and every one of them is trainable.
Biology is content-rich, so students pour effort into memorising systems and definitions and leave B, C and D thin - capping the grade mid-band.
Biology rewards experimental design - a clear question, a hypothesis, controlled variables and a valid method. Students who only follow the sheet forfeit the top of Criterion B.
Recording results is not enough. Criterion C wants processed data, sound conclusions, and a critical evaluation of the method's reliability.
Genetics, ecology and health are rich in ethical, environmental and economic implications - ignore them and Criterion D is left almost empty.
Year-5 students sitting the optional eAssessment meet unfamiliar, applied task types under time. Without familiarisation, marks leak.
These are the main syllabus strands your child is expected to cover. We teach all of them, starting with the gaps that are costing marks first.
Tuition stays aligned to the exact paper or unit structure, so revision time goes where the marks actually move.
A simple four-step approach designed to build confidence, close gaps and improve exam performance.
We confirm the syllabus code, exam series and paper route for IB MYP. Everything else depends on this.
A diagnostic against the syllabus topics tells us what's secure and what isn't, so we teach the gaps rather than the whole book.
The same tutor teaches each week around school. Concepts build step by step, with the school's pace kept in view.
Past-paper questions begin early, followed by full timed papers marked against the published mark scheme.
Expert, vetted IB MYP Biology tutors who have taught the IB MYP specification. Past-paper work is reviewed against published mark schemes, so your child can see where marks are awarded and where they are being lost. UK-qualified teachers are available on request as a premium option.
Not "ib myp biology in general" - this syllabus, this tier and these papers.
Your child learns where the marks actually are, not where they feel they should be.
Shared whiteboard, worked solutions and lesson materials saved to review after the session.
The same tutor every week - and if that changes, we tell you first.
Share your child's details and syllabus code. We'll match the right tutor and arrange a free 30-minute demo session.
Not by default. It is assessed internally against four IB Sciences criteria by your school. Year-5 students may optionally sit an external on-screen eAssessment.
A Knowing and understanding; B Inquiring and designing; C Processing and evaluating; D Reflecting on the impacts of science.
The four criteria contribute up to 32 marks and convert to a final 1-7 grade using IB boundaries.
Yes. Criteria B and C centre on designing and evaluating scientific investigations, so experimental skill is core to the grade.
An optional end-of-course external exam of around two hours, externally marked by the IB, in the May or November session.
Usually because effort is concentrated on Criterion A. Criteria B, C and D carry three-quarters of the grade.
IGCSE is externally examined with written papers; MYP is criterion-based, inquiry-driven and mostly internal, with an optional external route.
We replace the tutor free of charge, with no rematch fee, and hand the full learning context to the new tutor so your child loses no ground.
