Lebanese Baccalaureate - General Sciences (GS) study materials
Lebanese Baccalaureate - General Sciences (GS) study resources

Lebanese Baccalaureate - General Sciences (GS) study plan

Lebanese Baccalaureate - General Sciences (GS) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Mathematics

  • Build a one-page formula sheet for functions, limits, and continuity from memory, then correct it against your notes

  • Solve 20 limit problems of increasing difficulty, classifying each as direct substitution, factoring, or rationalization

  • Derive the derivative rules (power, product, quotient, chain) and apply each to 5 practice functions

  • Write out the conditions for continuity at a point and test 6 piecewise functions against them

Your checkpoint

A corrected formula sheet plus a 20-problem limit set with written method labels and error log

Week 2

Mathematics

  • Compute derivatives of composite, trigonometric, and exponential functions without referring to worked examples

  • Construct and interpret a sign table for a function's derivative to locate extrema and monotonicity intervals

  • Solve 8 optimization and rate-of-change word problems, stating the quantity to be optimized before differentiating

  • Integrate basic antiderivatives and apply the fundamental theorem to 10 definite integrals

Your checkpoint

A timed 45-minute mock section of 10 calculus problems scored and annotated with error categories

Week 3

Mathematics & Physics

  • Solve 15 problems combining algebraic/trigonometric manipulation with kinematics or dynamics quantities

  • Set up and solve 8 systems or sequences problems drawn from physics-style contexts (e.g., geometric growth, arithmetic accumulation)

  • Derive the kinematic equations from constant acceleration and verify them dimensionally

  • Explain in writing how a calculus derivative maps onto velocity and acceleration in a motion graph

Your checkpoint

A 10-problem cross-domain set (math methods applied to physics contexts) with full worked solutions

Week 4

Physics

  • Draw free-body diagrams for 12 scenarios and write Newton's second law for each axis

  • Apply conservation of energy and momentum to 10 collision and incline problems, stating which principle you used and why

  • Solve 8 circuit problems using series/parallel rules and Ohm's law, computing equivalent resistance first

  • Describe wave properties (frequency, wavelength, speed, interference) and solve 6 problems linking them

Your checkpoint

A mid-course diagnostic: 15 mixed physics problems attempted under time, scored, with a written list of the three weakest sub-topics

Week 5

Chemistry

  • Balance 15 chemical equations including redox, assigning oxidation states explicitly

  • Perform stoichiometric calculations (moles, limiting reagent, percent yield) for 10 reactions

  • Predict acid-base behavior and compute pH for 8 strong and weak acid/base solutions

  • Draw and name 10 organic molecules, identifying functional groups and isomer relationships

Your checkpoint

A stoichiometry and pH problem set (18 items) with unit-checked answers and a one-page reaction-type summary

Week 6

Chemistry & Biology

  • Connect reaction energetics and bonding concepts to 6 biology examples (e.g., ATP hydrolysis, enzyme kinetics)

  • Diagram and explain the stages of cellular respiration and photosynthesis, labeling energy inputs and outputs

  • Solve 8 genetics problems (monohybrid, dihybrid, sex-linked) showing Punnett squares and probability reasoning

  • Compare DNA replication, transcription, and translation in a structured table built from memory

Your checkpoint

A genetics problem set (8 items) plus a hand-drawn energy-flow diagram linking chemistry to respiration and photosynthesis

Week 7

Biology & Sciences (combined / integrated scientific paper)

  • Answer 6 integrated paper prompts that require combining two or more domains, outlining the reasoning chain before writing

  • Practice extracting data from a described experiment and stating a valid conclusion and limitation

  • Write full-length constructed responses to 4 past-style integrated questions under timed conditions

  • Self-grade against a rubric you write yourself, listing every point where reasoning skipped a step

Your checkpoint

Four timed integrated written responses, self-scored against a rubric, with a revision of the weakest one

Week 8

Mathematics & Physics & Chemistry & Biology & Sciences (combined / integrated scientific paper)

  • Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them

  • Re-derive every formula on your sheet from memory and flag anything you cannot reconstruct

  • Re-work every logged error from weeks 1-7 and confirm each is now solved correctly

  • Build a final one-page per-domain summary of the highest-frequency methods and traps

Your checkpoint

Two scored mock exams with an error-trend comparison to the week-4 diagnostic and a final consolidated summary sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on the timed 10-problem calculus section and be able to label the method used for every limit and derivative

Week 4: Score at least 60% on the 15-problem mixed physics diagnostic and name your three weakest sub-topics in writing

Week 6: Correctly balance all 15 equations and solve at least 7 of 8 genetics problems with valid probability reasoning

Week 8: Improve mock-exam score by at least 10 percentage points over the week-4 diagnostic and have zero unresolved logged errors