Hi Hannah, I think your approach of contrasting examples is wise. The examiner should never know if something is local to the student or not and so I also have allowed students to go with their interests.
1.3 SustainabilityBeyond my comment about Geo vs ESS, I'd be curious whether you could quickly get data for this. The RQ would need more defining about what was being measured.
How is ESS Assessed?Hi Paul, sorry I didn't answer your question as I was pondering it. My instinct is that she has drifted too far towards Geo. It's not totally out of ESS but a mean moderator may not like it.
Independent Investigation - IAHi Zoe, I have a student who has written an IA focussing on gender and access to water quality in sub saharan, Africa. I apologies if you have answered this question already. It is my first time teaching the course and I worry that she has drifted...
Independent Investigation - IAAnd this https://thinkib.net/ess/page/48212/presenting-your-data
Practising Data & Stats Skills - RecyclingHave a look at this https://thinkib.net/ess/page/64908/introducing-the-ia-to-students-part-2
Practising Data & Stats Skills - RecyclingThe stats test is the last thing you do. Step 1 - present your raw data in a table Step 2 - plot your raw data to see if there's any early patterns, maybe with a box and whisker plot - but not necessary to present this in a report Step...
Practising Data & Stats Skills - RecyclingIt's important to realise that displaying your raw data in a table is essential in your IA. It is separate from processing and setting up a statistical test. You might include simple descriptive statistics - means and standard deviations...
Practising Data & Stats Skills - Recycling
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Site authorMany thanks - I've added a link on the page.
5.1 Soil Documentary