Welcome to Extended Essay Grade 11 Open the Edublog site / Managebac / Start with a discussion: with an elbow partner discuss what you know about EE On a piece of paper: write one thing you would like to find out about the EE – pin to a bulletin board Prepare exit slips

What? A 4000 word essay

What? Language A Physics Language B ESS Business Visual Arts History Theatre Geography Music Economics World Studies Maths Biology Chemistry

Why?

When? First Draft of 4000 words due in June 2017 Extended Essay Symposium June 2017

Final essay due December 2017 When? Final essay due December 2017

Choose a subject – you must be studying it (except for World Studies) HOW? Choose a subject – you must be studying it (except for World Studies)

Speak to the teacher and ask them to supervise you HOW? Speak to the teacher and ask them to supervise you

What next? Discuss ideas for the essay with your supervisor and then write a proposal in Managebac including a ‘working research question’

Start your Researcher’s Reflection Space (RRS) in Managebac What next? Start your Researcher’s Reflection Space (RRS) in Managebac

Life 101 November 30th Chosen subject Met supervisor Written proposal When? Life 101 November 30th Chosen subject Met supervisor Written proposal One entry in RRS

WORLD STUDIES EXTENDED ESSAY WHAT IS A WSEE?

THE AIMS OF THE IBDP WSEE IS TO: GLOBAL SELF SIGNIFICANT SENSITIVITY

THE WSEE GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY… To investigate a topic that is personally meaningful connected to your interests or future plans. To be interdisciplinary – to work in work with the terminology and concepts from 2 or more subjects – to borrow from areas of knowing To explore topics of global and local significance To nurture your international mindedness/global citizenship by exploring the complex problems of today: Poverty Digital divide Religious upheaval Artistic revolutions Sustainability Conflict

Focus through one of 6 Global Contexts: Conflict, peace and security Economic and environmental sustainability Equality and inequality Health and development Language, culture and identity Science, technology and society

Examples: Bio. & Geo. History & music History & economics Film & history Language A & psychology Visual art & history Geo. & Econ.

EXAMPLES FROM NIS: ANALYZING TABLET USE ON YOUNG CHILDREN – PSYCHOLOGY & BIOLOGY MEAT CONSUMPTION IN CHINA AND THE IMPACT ON GLOBAL GREEN HOUSE EMISSIONS – BIOLOGY & GEOGRAPHY POETRY AS A PERSONAL EXPRESSION OF LIVING THROUGH GENOCIDE - HISTORY & LITERATURE

Where can I get help?

What if I am leaving?

Did all the questions get answered? Check the bulletin board

Make an EE folder on desktop Download the EE guide What now? Make an EE folder on desktop Download the EE guide Bookmark the EE page on Edublog Log in to EE on Managebac and find the RRS (journal), the assessment criteria and the proposal Look at some example essays from Edublog

Exit slips What would I like to be told about in the next EE session on November 30th? OR What would I like to do in the next EE session on November 30th?