G4 Project

The group 4 project is an interdisciplinary activity in which all Diploma Programme science students must

participate. The intention is that students from the different group 4 subjects analyse a common topic

or problem. The exercise should be a collaborative experience where the emphasis is on the processes

involved in, rather than the products of, such an activity.

In most cases students in a school would be involved in the investigation of the same topic. Where

there are large numbers of students, it is possible to divide them into several smaller groups containing

representatives from each of the science subjects. Each group may investigate the same topic or different

topics—that is, there may be several group 4 projects in the same school.

Students studying environmental systems and societies are not required to undertake the group 4 project.