Reflection - Ideas for next year?
We need to spend more time during the topic selection with a few key items.
1. Pick a topic you are interested in.
2. Make sure you find a secondary data set OR are able to collect enough data BEFORE the rough draft is due and weather changes.
3. Students need to review some example IAs before they begin their own. Possibly have them use the IA rubric as we go through this.
The internal assessment investigation consists of:
identifying an ESS issue and focusing on one of its specific aspects
developing methodologies to generate data that are analyzed to produce knowledge and understanding of this focused aspect
applying the outcomes of the focused investigation to provide understanding or solutions in the broader ESS context.
NOTES - See IA notes from St. Louis IB Course
DUE DATES
Rough Draft - Early Dec. - Digital Copy in Google Classroom
Final Draft - Mid Feb. - Digital Copy in Google Classroom
Overview and Planning guide - to help with some starting ideas
Inspiring Topics (Google Presentation goes with the Overview and Planning Guide) - a list of articles to give students ideas.
Statistical Analysis options
Grading Rubric (use to check your work after completing each section) (IB Source Page)
Example IAs
Tree and Invertebrate Biodiversity (primary data example) - 29 out of 30
Antlion Populations - 16 out of 30
Car Free Days and Air Pollution (secondary data example)- 28 out of 30
Data Sources - Please submit any good ones to Mr. Golz for future years.