IB Chemistry IA Source Checker

Chemistry IA sources should support a chemically meaningful investigation with usable data, traceable conditions, uncertainty or limitations, and safe school-appropriate methods.

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Chemistry IA source check

Marksy reads the links or notes you give it, applies the rules for your IB assignment, and only stops to ask you something when the answer would change the verdict.

  1. Assignment
  2. 2Sources
  3. 3Clarify
  4. 4Verdict

Checking against

Chemistry IA

What usually works for Chemistry IA

Usually strong

  • Student titration, kinetics, energetics, equilibrium, spectroscopy, or materials data with repeats and uncertainty.
  • Reliable chemical databases with units, conditions, and source provenance.
  • Peer-reviewed or official sources used for hazards, constants, or method justification.

Example

A student-collected rate dataset with controlled temperature, repeats, uncertainties, and cited safety data.

Needs a second look

  • Database values with no temperature, pressure, units, or measurement context.
  • Hazardous methods that exceed school-lab safety constraints.
  • Pure recipe-style procedures copied without adaptation.

Example

A property database with values but incomplete experimental conditions.

Avoid or replace

  • AI-generated chemical data or uncited property tables.
  • Unsafe synthesis, ingestion, uncontrolled reactions, or disposal issues.
  • Revision notes as evidence for experimental results.

Example

A page explaining collision theory.

Where to find better Chemistry IA sources

If a source gets a warning, don't just add more websites. Search for sources that match the assessment rule and can carry real analysis.

Searches to try

If a source is weak

  • Replace ai-generated chemical data or uncited property tables. with student titration, kinetics, energetics, equilibrium, spectroscopy, or materials data with repeats and uncertainty..
  • Use database values with no temperature, pressure, units, or measurement context. only as context unless your teacher confirms they can carry evidence.
  • Add one source that gives direct evidence for the IA, not just general background.

Good places to look

  • Student titration, kinetics, energetics, equilibrium, spectroscopy, or materials data with repeats and uncertainty
  • Reliable chemical databases with units, conditions, and source provenance
  • Peer-reviewed or official sources used for hazards, constants, or method justification

Questions people ask