Abraca - May 2026

Daily Class Schedule For March & April

Here Is The Pre-Exam Day Case Paper. Get A Hard Copy In Class. Staple It Into Your Composition Notebook.

Abraca Breakdown Paragraph 1

Abraca Breakdown Paragraph 2

Pre-Seen Case Dissection (1 Hour + 20 Minutes)

Q & A Paper 1 Exam

May IB Exams Calendar

OLD- Just Watch & Listen Carefully To This 22 Minute Video. Don't Take Notes Yet.

Publicly-held Company vs Privately-held Company

List Of Required Context Key Terms

Cement Versus Concrete

A Deeper Dive Into Concrete

Watch How Cement Is Made

The Chemistry & Concerns About Cement

Cement & Concrete Are Unsustainable

How Cement Could One Day Be Carbon Neutral

Solidia Technologies Has Invented A Low-Carbon Dioxide Cement

This Is A Concrete Company Willing To Use A Lower Carbon Footprint Cement.

Zero Emissions Cement

Are Geopolymers Better Than Portland Cement?

Cambridge University Is Testing Their New Super-low Emissions Cement Product

The Company "Brimstone" Can Make CO2-Free Cement!

What Is The Greenhouse Effect?

A Year In The Life of Earth's CO2 Levels

Carbon Trading As A Way To Reduce CO2 Emissions

Carbon Taxation Can Reduce Carbon Emissions

A Company That Captures & Removes CO2

Carbon Capture Is Not Enough

Holcim Is Reducing Their CO2 Emissions = "Decarbonization"

The Most Carbon-Intensive Products

Halting Deforestation As A Solution

Intro: Concrete Was Used In Ancient Rome

Full Explanation: Roman Concrete Versus Modern Concrete

Can We Make A Green Concrete?

Alternatives To Concrete

How To Fix The World's Concrete Problem

What Are Concrete Aggregates?

How Is Limestone Used In Construction?

Special Limestone

The Production Process For Manufacturing Lightweight Clay Aggregate

See How Clay From The Earth Is Turned Into Clay Aggregate For Making Concrete

Recycled Plastic Aggregate In Concrete

See How Plastic Is Shredded

Recycled Glass As An Aggregate In Making Cement

Solar Farm Installed At A Cement Factory

What Does A Concrete Company Do?

Here Is A Real-World Example Of A Huge Concrete Company

Business To Business (B2B) Versus Business To Consumer (B2C)

The Supply Chain In The Concrete Production Industry

Value Chain Versus Supply Chain

Becoming More Market-Oriented Comes Through Adding Value

CCES = Sustainability

Holcim's Sustainability Plan (Say This On The Abraca Exam)

How Holcin Imbeds Sustainability In Making Their Cement

Holcim's Recycling Strategy

Recycling Concrete

Benefits & Challenges Of Recycling Concrete

What Is A Circular Economy?

"Increasing Efficiencies"

Examples Of How Cement Companies Are Becoming More Efficient

The Wins From Becoming More Efficient

Circular Concrete Is Already Available

The Tragic Costs Of E-Waste

Toxic Metals In E-Waste

Heavy Metal Pollution

Reuse, Repurpose, Reengineer. Last Resort = Recycling

Where Can One Find Gold And Other Precious Metals In Old Electronics??

How To Collect Gold From Old Electronic Devices

How To Extract Gold From Computer Parts (Part 1)

How To Extract Gold From Computer Parts (Part 2)

Cornell University Invents Safer Chemical To Extract Gold

Holcim Highlights & Recognizes Their Employees

Holcim Hires For Their Operations In Australia

Holcim's CEO Presents Their Growth Strategy To The World

Holcim's 4 Major Growth Strategies

Holcim's New Marketing Plans

A Possible Partnership With Greece's New Mega City: "The Ellinikon"

Expansion Into Latin America

Saftey

Holcin Demolishes A Plant In Westport New Zealand

CCES Assignment = 4 Pages

CCES Definitions. Read The Definitions Again & Think Of Connections To BON & The Festival Business. Write Down Your Reflections.

Review The 15 BM Tools. You Will Be Asked To Use Some Of These On The Different IB BM Exams. There Are Practice Tool Kit Questions In The Exam Prep Course (Scroll Down To The Bottom).

How Can Each Of These Be Applied To This Business Case? Title The Top Of A New Page With The Name Of An Analysis Tool.

Create A SWOT Analysis For Abraca ABC

Create A STEEPLE Analysis For Abraca ABC

Start Writing Chapter Connections

Use The Inquiry Sections

EXAM TIP: How To SPOTT The Most Important Details In The Case Study & Elaborate On Them In The Intro To Your Long Answer

EXAM TIP: ACRONYMS To Help You Remember What To Talk About In All Long Responses On Your BM Exams

TRY THIS! Abraca Practice Questions. Write Out Your Answers But Use All Available Resources (While You Still Can)

UPDATE: Review Video: How You Should Approach Your Paper 1 Exam When You Are In The Exam Room.

UPDATE: You Will Answer All Of The Part A Questions. Here Are Some Mock Exam Questions To Answer Now.

UPDATE: You Will Choose One Of The Two 10-Mark Questions In Part B. Here Is How To Get All 10 Marks (INCLUDES 5 MOCK QUESTIONS TO GET READY NOW)

Use Your Black Pen

Remember To Do Section B First (You Choose One Of Two Presented 10-Mark Questions). Use 30 Minutes For These 10 Marks & Then 60 Minutes For The 20 Marks In Part A

Ask Your Teacher To Open The Special Version A Case Study Booklet For The Section A Questions With Line Numbers If You Don't See It Anywhere In This Section.

Use Your Black Pen

Review This Video Again: How You Should Approach Your Paper1 Exam When You Are In The Exam Room.

Ask Your Teacher To Open The Special Version A Case Study Booklet For The Section A Questions With Line Numbers If You Don't See It Anywhere In This Section.

Quizlet & Blooket Links

When You Are Writing Your Exam Answers Play The Role Of Small Business Consultant

Know These Rules For Writing Your Answers