How to structure a Group 4/Science Internal Assessment (IB)
1 Introduction
- What is your research question?
- What is your hypothesis?
- What is the rationale/purpose/significance of this project?
- How did you become interested in it?
- Is it something you came across in class?
- Background theory or knowledge
- What should the reader know before reading this paper?
2. Methodology
- List all of your apparatus, reagents, organisms etc, including quantities.
- List all the steps required to carry out the experiment
- This should be comprehensive but clear, such that anyone could take your methodology and repeat your experiment precisely as you conducted it.
- Did you change the method at any point? And why?
- Briefly discuss any potential hazards or ethical issues as well, if relevant.
3. Results
- This should be your raw data, organised neatly in a table for example.
4. Analysis
- Presentation of the raw data in a meaningful way e.g. in a graph, chart
- What formulas or calculations or tests did you use (e.g. Chi-squared)?
- Justify your choice, if relevant
5. Evaluation
- What uncertainties exist in the experiment?
- What were the sources of systematic error and random error?
- How significant were these uncertainties/errors? Can you quantify them?
6. Conclusion
- Did your results support your initial hypothesis?
- How could you make the experiment more precise/accurate?
- How reliable are your results?
- What can you conclude from your results?