1. Internal Assessment First exam 2016 DP Biology Emma Nason PhD

2. the same style for Physics, Chemistry and Biology worth 20% of the final assessement with a total mark out of 24 now only one scientific investigation (unlike previous years) compulsory for HL and SL requirements for the IA are the same for HL and SL enables students to demonstrate the application of skill and knowledge can investigate personal interests What is the Internal Assessment? Emma Nason PhD

3. It MUST be your OWN work You will have support from me however! Each student should be aware of the IB animal experimentation policy and guidelines You can expect me to read one draft of your work and comment on it The next draft will be the final one! All work will be run through Turnitin to check for plagiarism Guidance and Authenticity Emma Nason PhD

4. This one assessment should take about 10 hours to conduct. How long do I have to do it? Emma Nason PhD

5. It should be a professional, academic piece of work It should be about 6 - 12 pages long If it is much longer than this...it will be penalized for lacking in conciseness. It must have a proper contents page It must have in-text citations It must have a proper bibliography in the required format for our school What format will my report be? Emma Nason PhD

6. It could be: a hands-on laboratory investigation using a spreadsheet for analysis and modeling extracting data from a database and analysing it graphically producing a combination of spreadsheet/database work with a traditional hands-on investigation using a simulation (make sure though, that this is open ended and interactive) You may well have qualitative as well as quantitative data. Can you give me some ideas? Emma Nason PhD

7. How will I be assessed? Emma Nason PhD

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