Extended Essay (EE)

What is it?

An Extended Essay (EE) is intended to be an academic-style research paper on a topic of your choosing in one of the available IB subjects. As such, it is intended to adhere to certain formal guidelines. At its core, the Extended Essay is aimed at cultivating or developing a range of skills and attributes. These attributes are: inquiry, research skills, independence, critical thinking, writing skills, referencing, organizational skills, and creativity. It is a key part of the IB Diploma Core and students must pass the EE in order to qualify for the IB Diploma.

Students will not begin their EE until Winter of their junior year. This allows for students to explore the various IB courses and discover their area(s) of interest for further research. Each IB student will work with an OHS Faculty content advisor to help guide their research.

Previous OHS IB Extended Essay topics

When picking an EE topic it is important for students to pick topics they find interesting and would like to know more about. Students will be spending a lot of time researching and writing about their topic. Being interested and engaged helps students stay motivated.

• To what extent does T.H. White present a lack of inherency to human morality in The Once and Future King?
• How Were the Romans able to Win the First Punic War Despite a Completely Inferior Navy?
• To what extent did the veiling of women become a political symbol in Iran during the years 1935-1985?
• To what extent is the increasing algae growth in Utah Lake in correlation to whirling fish disease; how is it impacting the conservation efforts of the Bonneville cutthroat trout?
• How does the increase in Muslim migrants effect European powers and Europeans from 2000 to 2017?
• What impact did American culture have on women’s participation and success in the modern Olympic Games from 1900 to 2000?
• To what extent is the release of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf significantly caused by carbon dioxide pollution and water pollution of a human-induced nature from Asia Pacific?
• Does Kimchi produce inhibitory effects against the common sinusitis bacteria Staphylococcus Epidermis, Staphylococcus Aureus, Corynebacterium ssp, and Pseudomonas?
• To what extent did Stevie Wonder’s innovation in complex chord progressions and his use of chromaticism and other stylistic techniques redefine pop music in the late 1960s and early 1970s?
• What effect does plyometric training have on the one-repetition maximum performance of high school football players on squat, bench press, and power clean?
• To what extent can blockchain change the financial industry?
• To what extent are the origins of disparity correlated to the policies which are used to combat homelessness in Salt Lake City, Utah and Finland?