IB+Extended+Essay

Extended Essays
Rewarding, fun and challenging describes extended essays in Biology.

How about this for a starter - if 12 year olds can publish scientific papers you can too: media type="custom" key="24342818"
 * Introduction to EEs at DCS**

Take time to review the introductory presentation before developing your EE research question and approach media type="custom" key="28580191"

How to Read a Scientific Paper from the American Society of Plant Biologists is a good starting point. You will be producing in effect a scientific paper for your EE plus you will need to read and understand scientific papers if you are going to use them to support your research,
 * Reading scientific papers**


 * Good advice and documentation**
 * [|DCS Bridge]
 * [|Great advice and a template] from i-Biology. The template even includes a self-assessment at the back you can use to check your progress.
 * IBO guide to Extended Essays


 * More advice and excerpts from the IB guide**
 * student responsibilities
 * advice from examiners
 * researching and writing
 * presentation of the essay
 * use of media/additional materials
 * what is the viva voce?
 * assessment


 * Before you start in earnest you need an outline. The key components include**
 * Background to your extended essay
 * Formulating a hypothesis is not needed, but you might find it helpful
 * A rough method, the key being a good idea of how you will measure your dependent variable
 * Preliminary experiments will help you refine your method

This rubric containing 'elements', guiding statements and questions based on the Biology specific EE advice from IBO. It can be used both for student self-assessment and as a basis for marking EE and giving feedback. The rubric provides a useful framework, but feedback should not be limited by it. media type="custom" key="28580189"
 * EE Marking Rubric**