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- thanks!
- Hi Jonathan It has what we call filtered student access. So you can make it accessible to your students if you wish, but any other time it's not available to them. Best wishes, Paul
- Do students have access to this page?
- Hi Jonathan, I'm sorry about that. I will investigate the problem and try to fix it. In the meantime, the two images are based on rock armour. The first protects a house and the second a lighthouse. The lighthouse image shows how defences protect...
- Hi, the photos for Student Activity - Advantages and Disadvantages - Processes and Possibilities are not all available.Can you please provide the name of the managment techniques that are linked to the activity so I can find appropriate photos.Many...
- Thanks for the feedback Paul.
- Hi JonathanThe pages generally over-support with activities. Please don't feel you need to use every resource on the page. Feel free to select activities and use them in your usual lesson-planning process. Best wishes, Paul
- Great stuff, but how can you possibly do this in an hour?
- Hello Claire, I am afraid I have lost access to the site. I am going to replace it with some new material. I hope this helpsBest wishes, Paul
- Hello,I seem to remember that the image of the neighbourhood in Rio used to be interactive, with "dots" that would open up. Now it just seems to be an image. Has something changed and if so, can it be corrected? Thanks.
- Hi Peter Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. I think this would be perfectly suitable provided it is linked to aspects of the syllabus. For example, how does forest biodiversity influence water storage, infiltration/run-off? Or perhaps...
- Hi Paul - I have a student who is currently started research the following RQ - How has increased urbanization in Vietnam impacted on the pattern of housing development in Ho Chi Minh City? The student is based in HCMC, and the student...
- very good site. I had not realised it.
- In the 'old' days biogeog was a thing and it is not really apparent in the IB (but biodiversity is). We did fieldwork on biodiversity and ecosystems (forrest, heathland, dunes etc). Would a comparison of two areas of forest biodiversity...
- Hi Phillip, I've had a couple of messages like this in recent weeks. The videos are all working at my end. The problem normally resolves itself at your end quite soon. It could be something with your browser or your cookies. Give me an update,...
- Hi Paul. A lot of the videos on this page are restricted. This message appears. Please check the Google Workspace administrator and/or the network administrator restrictions. Could you please advise? regards, Phil
- Hi Zhadyra, the infographic has been taken down, but I've linked it to an updated resource from the same organisation. It is also developed well in the video below.Best wishes,Paul
- Hello! "Using the interactive infographic for Sub-Saharan Africa explain:" - I didn't find the interactive infographic, is it there?
- Hi Michael That must be an update. Thanks for pointing it out. I will update the quiz and the text it is based on. Best wishes, Paul
- Q9 answer does not appear to be correct, the CIA World Factbook suggests this to be $1,600
- Hi Angelina, yes it would. The benefit of the table approach means that it generally limits word count.Remember annotations of no more than 10 words, doesn't count. So this can be done on photographs or diagrams showing methods.Best wishes,Paul
- Would the information within the table for the Methodology count towards the number of words?
- Thanks, Paul for your insight. Much appreciated
- Thank you Paul, it brings clarity now.
- Hi Ajay, I'm afraid this does happen and it is a little frustrating for the teacher. They can actually answer any three they want to but it is generally a big mistake. You should grade the student's paper on the 3 they answered. This would...
- Hi Paul, I have a query regarding chosing options in Paper 1. Are the students allowed to choose any options in paper 1, even if they did not study in DP course. For ex. I taught options D, E and G in HL for the preparation of Paper 1, and...
- Hi Ismat, I have placed a direct link to the case study in the student textbook so that these activities can be completed there. Best wishes, Paul
- Hi Jack, this is a good question. IB are not defining what they mean by it so this could be economic, cultural, political depending on the diaspora. I am referring generally to the North African diaspora and I use the Best Country rankings...
- Hi,Struggling with global element of the diaspora's influence - what does the IB expect the students to be able to comment on when discussing their global influence? As none of the IB books/spec comment on it directly. Local influences...
- Hi Ismat, I'm sorry about this. It appears the website is down so it's a bigger problem. I will need time to work on a fix or a new case study here. Thanks for letting me know. I will prioritise this. Best wishes, Paul
- Greetings - These pages seem to have disappeared: Read the following page and write down how FKND is organizedRead the following page and describe the aim of the projectRead the following page and describe the social justice issue...
- Hi Nadim, there was an internal link missing to the correct page. Thanks for letting me know. Best wishes, Paul
- Hi Paul,I can't find the website titled Climate Change Vulnerability and the Pressure Release Model. Has it changed title?
- Hi Lynda, it is widely recommended that the EE is based on primary data collection. For this reason, I recommend local studies at a manageable scale. Human trafficking has the appropriate scale. Thinking of methodologies for this, the student...
- Hi Zhadyra, it's there. You can find it in the video, Berline tackles shortage of labour and in the text below the video. Best wishes, Paul
- Hello! I did not find any text about immigrants (the task from the worksheet: 6. Read the text in the site and describe the positives of immigrants into Germany )
- Hi Paul, Do extended essays in geography have to be based on a field study? I have a student who wishes to do a research essay on the impact of human trafficking and its increased prevalence along a specific highway and another who wants...
- Thanks Paul !
- Thank you for this clarification.
- Hi OriaI think this would make a Geography EE in its own right. I also think it needs narrowing to a specific location on the reef. So for example, a student might study the impacts of tourism on one bay, likewise this should be localised to...
- Hi Paul,One of my students is proposing a World Studies (Geography/ESS) essay with a likely title: "To what extent is the growth of tourism impacting marine life in the Great Barrier Reef?".I would be very grateful if you could offer some advice...