DP essentials
Researching
This section covers the processes involved in the types of research you will need to undertake. Your supervisor will give you advice on how to go about gathering your research by suggesting resources...
DP essentials
Your responsibilities
This page lists all that is expected from you during the research and writing of your Extended Essay. It includes your Research Reflection space, RRS, the need to have three mandatory reflection meetings...
DP essentials
Aims & objectives
This page looks first at both the official and the unofficial aims of an Extended Essay and discusses how your EE can help you not only gain bonus points in your Diploma but also in your university applications...
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Writing a bibliography
A bibliography is a list of every source used to research and write the Extended Essay. Part of your responsibility as a supervisor is to ensure that advice is given on how to compile a bibliography....
DP essentials
Researching
This section looks at the processes involved in the types of research you will need to undertake. Your supervisor will give you advice on how to go about gathering your research by suggesting resources...
DP Core
Researching the Essay
Once the Research Question has been formulated students need to find evidence to both inform and support their argument. Even if much of their data will be generated by their own experiments (see below)...
DP Core
Plagiarism
Plagiarism can be a real problem with Extended Essays. It is the first time many IB students have been faced with writing a research paper using the work of others and without guidance many will be unaware...
DP Core
Correct referencing
Referencing is the process whereby all sources of information and ideas from others that have been used in the Extended Essay are acknowledged in a standardised way so that their source is uniquely identified....
DP Core
World studies
The extended essay pages on this website focus specifically on chemistry extended essays. However you should be aware that some of your students might opt to do a world studies extended essay that could...
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Unnecessary equations? Free
This blog questions whether IB chemistry is becoming too reliant on simply plugging data into given equations rather than encouraging students to think through problems using their understanding of the...