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1. Just to make it clear - we will not give you a topic for your EE, but we will help you refine and expand on your original ideas for a topic. You are marked on your choice of topic so we can't help you with that.
2. Before doing anything, read the Extended Essay for Dummies thread. At the very least, we recommend you take a look at the 5 Cardinal Rules of the EE!
3. Before asking anything about format or requirements for the extended essay, we suggest you read the IB Extended Essay Guide first (which you can download from here).
4. Make your thread titles descriptive. At the minimum, mention the subject area and if you have one, the topic! For instance "History EE on Nazi Propaganda" is better than "EE help please". The people who know about history and nazi propaganda will click on the first thread and probably miss the second one. Help us to help you - give it an accurate title!
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Want to share the title of your extended essay? Or perhaps need help choosing one? This is the place. Psychology - The Psychology of Road Rage: A discussion of psychological explanations of road rage and policy implications.
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Extended Essay for Dummies How to Start Your Extended Essay, How to Avoid Last Minute Panics, How to Effectively Get Help with your Extended Essay and More About to start your EE? Have you read the IBO Extended Essay Guide yet? If not, read it before continuing! Also please note - start a new thread if you want help with your EE! People do not regularly read this thread and you may not get a response. 1. So what exactly IS the Extended Essay? This is actually an extremely important post for many people to read, because many people fail to understand the significance of exactly what makes the Extended Essay unique, and go off in completely the wrong direction! It i…
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My IB Coordinator told me that it is super rare to get an A in EE and the majority of people get a C on EE... is that really good then? is getting an A practically impossible? i was just wondering what other people got...
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The title is pretty much self-explanatory (lol) but if not, this is a post about writing an a1 language ee, primarily focused on english obviously, and based largely on personal experience. If you have any questions about this post (turned out longer than I expected!) or the ee itself, send me a message. Also, if you have a draft and are looking for feedback, I might be able to help. Ground rules first - you need to have a good grasp of your the language you are writing your extended essay (latin and ancient greek possibly excepted) -- and this probably means a good grade in the relevant class. Choosing good supervisor, and one you are on good terms with, is also a good i…
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hey guys im doing a survey for my ee on itgs. Only answer questions that apply to you http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2ZDTTP
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Hi all, I just replied to a specific/topic-based EE question, and I'll repost my reply here as some of the hints/tips/advice/comments could be useful to others Ok, so it's been over a year since I did my EE, but I'll try my best to give you some help/tips. - Your topic is wayyyyyyyyyyy too broad for an EE. You should try and make it a local topic, even if it's from a broad origin. I did mine on the effect of falling economic growth (as measured by GDP) in Australia (very broad) on the residential property market of the Brisbane postal code of 4000 (extremely specific). Ultimately I didn't like my topic as there were too many variables, but I managed to still get an…
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There have been many questions about citation and referencing. Here are some good links to help you: MLA Guides http://www.utoledo.edu/library/help/guides/docs/MLAstyle.pdf Footnote Instructions and Samples http://www.aresearchguide.com/7footnot.html http://www.aresearchguide.com/samplefootnote.html http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/04/ http://fc.lovett.org/~rmartin/footnotes/ http://dept.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/stylesheet/mla-foot.htm Bibliography / Works cited page Instructions and Samples http://www.easybib.com/ (automatic) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/ http://www.aresearchguide.com/sampl…
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The word limit for the EE is 4000 words. If you go over this limit you lose marks. There is no minimum but for most subjects, you should expect to go above 3500 words. For experiment based subjects like sciences or math you can go as low as 2500 if there is sufficient formulae working (math) or data (sciences) or other things not included in the word count but suffices to show that you've done work on the essay. The word limit for the Abstract is separate and is 300 words. The following are not included in the word count: footnotes, appendices, abstract. Any direct quotations included in the body of the essay are included in the word count. If you don't want to include…
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Hey guys! so while i was going through the threads, i saw that none of them actually gave good pointers on how to write a very good abstract. So i've got a few notes which i'll share with everyone. They were handouts which my supervisor had given me, but i just condensed it into one. Good luck! HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT An abstract is a concise, stand-alone statement that conveys the essential information contained in an article, book, research paper, or document. Written in a direct non-repetitive style, the abstract should: - Identify the problem (research question of thesis) investigated. - Describe the scope or method of investigation. - Summarize the results. - …
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Here are the links to the Extended Essay examples we have on our Files archive. To be able to download files, you have to be a VIP member or a VIP subscriber. Please see the FAQfor information on how to become a VIP or how to buy a VIP subscription. If you want to donate and contribute files to our archive, please see this announcementor this FAQ section. Extended Essays Biology & Environmental Systems Chemistry Economics and Bussiness & Management Group 6 History Language A1 Language B Mathematics Other Group 3 subjects Physics Psychology
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Its hilarious to think of a site that is considering helping future students when their time is so limited especially on an IB basis. How can new users "benefit from [the site]" when you are proposing them to post 100 comments/posts. I mean take my intention as an example. I want my second post to be an economic guide to "benefit [the site]" ,with my essay attached to it, but how would it be possible for me to open my own essay, or my other friends'. T_T [administrator] ; Dues, lc, and hms, please see to my request upon giving more acknowledgeable privileges to the new IB'ers. I understand by what you meant when you thought that people could "benefit themselves only". B…
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hey... me doin my essay on ants.....repelling ants using common household materials like vinegar, turmeric, lemon, cucumber.....and many more.....its interesting.......getting positive results........almost complete.......... BUT CAN ANYONE FRAME A RESEARCH QUESTION FOR ME PLZ
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Hey, I need help with possible RQs for Joseon Dynasty era in Korea. I want to look at the early-mid stages of the Dynasty but don’t really know what specific RQs to come up with (to what extent, how did...,) type of stuff. I am super interested in Confucianism/Neo-Confucianism or the creation of hangul but idk if they are too hard. I have access to a uni library so I am not worrying too much about sources. It doesn’t have to be limited to the two topics i mentioned above. I just want to write about something in that era.
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Hi everyone, I'm in year12 and seeking some advice on my EE choices. I do both german and econ at HL: I currently have a B2 in german, aiming for C1 next summer. Econ EEs seem so hard(my teacher said the ones who don't care about their grades do it) and simply just doesn't interest me, compared to german culture & language, which I would love to research&write about. p.s. i wanna study business management at uni Is a language b ee just too difficult? Do you have any suggestions, experiences or advice? Thank you!
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HELLO I want to write my extended essay on physics, and do it on special relativity. I have two possible topics (not well defined yet): 1.- Special relativity's time dilation proven by muon decay 2.- Special relativity effect on magnetism (i.e. why non permanent magnets work when electricity is conducted through them, from a special relativity approach) Now, these two topics are something I'm really interested in. I really wanted to do an EE on astrophysics but I think is better if I stop at relativity. The question here is, are any of my topics appropriate? How can I achieve an 'original' approach with them? Any suggestion on narrowing the area of s…
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Hello! So I just got my first Extended Essay draft feedback, and the main thing she said was that I have to include more analysis of historiography. What is the best way to go about doing this? Thank you so much in advance!
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I am very interested in the topic of cancer and am wanting to write my EE over it. I was thinking maybe a biochemistry essay of sorts, but I am having problems coming up with a good RQ. I've read on other sites that cancer is too broad of a topic for an EE, but I have access to a cancer researcher and a research center and am very passionate about this topic so I do want to write it over this if possible. Any ideas or feedback?
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Hey IB lads, I just started IB1 and my teachers and peers are already working/deciding on EE subjects and their topics. I'm really lost right now because I don't even know what subject I want to do the EE in. Some of my peers are already reserving teachers as their EE moderators and I'm scared I will be one of the last ones to get one which results in less time with my moderator. My subjects are Math HL, Physics HL, Psychology SL, English A L&L SL, Finnish B HL, and Chemistry SL. 1. Do you guys have any tips on choosing an EE subject and then a topic? 2. Are there any trends like "English A EEs do worse" or "Experimental EEs are impossible to get an A in…
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I am writing a Language & Literature Category 3 Extended Essay in which I analyze political victory speeches. My question will be "to what extent does X impact Y?", but I fear that the answer will be "not at all" or "barely." Will not finding anything hurt my essay? TLDR: LangLit Cat3 EE discovers nothing
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Hey! So, my RQ is "To what extent would the merge between David Jones and Myers be an effective economic growth strategy?". This is due real soon and I need help with what I need to write in my body paragraphs. My teacher has suggested that I talk about economies of scale. I also want to do a finance type of processed data, such as a profit and loss account. Could anyone suggest what type of finance table would be suitable for the RQ, as well as other things I could write about in my body paragraphs. Thank You.
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Hey so I have a question. If lets say I do my IA in biology and follow an experiment that has been done before but I change a few things to make it my own? e.g the effect of temperature on seed germination but instead of copying the exact temperature conditions, I come up with my own. Is it plagiarism? Do you have to come up with your own experiment?I'm freaking out
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Hi all, I have decided to write my EE in History and I'd love to know your opinion on whether the analysis of the accuracy of a historical movie is a valid History EE topic. To be more precise, I'd like to analyse the historical accuracy of "Schindler's List". Any tips highly appreciated:)
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Hi, For my mathematics Extended Essay I am considering and conducting research on the following topic: Comparing the efficiency of classical and quantum algorithms in the factorization of semiprimes I came about this after doing some reading on RSA factorization and discovering the importance of primes and semiprimes, and was curious how advances in quantum computing posed such a large threat to cybersecurity. My EE supervisor (whom although I think is very proficient in mathematics doesn't seem to be well acquainted with this topic) approved my topic first time and found it suitable. However, I have encountered several challenges that are forcing me to reconsider t…
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hi! i am writing an EE under the visual arts guidelines, with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and it's author, hirohiko araki, as my main focus. i need help coming up with good research questions. i love araki and his work and i would really love to write about it, particularly his most well known series, jojo's bizarre adventure, but i am having a bit of an issue on where to start. i am currently a junior, so i have a lot of time, but i would like to start considering these things right now. i would much prefer if you helped me while having at least a general knowledge of what jjba is or who araki is, but its fine if you don't! …
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Hi, I'm trying to decide on an Economics EE topic and namely around analyzing the most fitting market structure for an industry, for which I've been using this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0j4_Jo3fMQ My main question is if I want to analyze the market structure of my local real estate market, is that too broad? Because obviously there's the buying and selling of homes, the developers who buy land, lenders, banks, etc. So with the EE in mind, is my best bet to broadly discuss all of these elements of the RE market or to focus on the financing, housing markets, etc more specifically? Thanks!
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Hi guys, I'm planning to do a history ee about the Dred Scott case. Is the RQ "To what extent was Roger Taney justified in his ruling for the Dred Scott case?" a viable question? Thank you so much
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Hello, I was searching in the internet for some EE examples or ideas, and I found this nice forum, I hope I get some ideas in here. First of all I decided to produce my EE on Mathematics. This might surprise you but that means that I am the second student ever making an EE in mathematics in my school, no one wants to do it. I read the extended essay in mathematics that the other student produced, and it was about statistics, theme for which I hold no particular interest. I am in Higher Level mathematics, and was thinking to produce an extended essay on Chaos Theory, but I really cant think of an idea on how to approach it. It would be nice if I get some feedback from you…
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I was doing math EE about finding the least amount of moves in a Tower of Hanoi game with N amount of disks and P amount pegs. Then, I found out that mathematical formulas are not enough and coding is needed to find the answer. Right now, my work contains a little bit more coding than math but I was able to get an answer to the question so I am thinking about adapting it to comp sci by doing something such as writing a program to tell which disk to move, step by step to complete the game etc. However, I've looked up examples of comp sci EE and my topic is very different from them as my topic would be more related to math while having a some more coding than calculation. …
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The research question I have chosen for my Extended Essay is "Do common commercial pesticides stunt the germination and growth time of Phaseolus vulgaris (the common bean)?" I am planning on buying 5-10 bean seeds and testing different pesticides on each sample, and then measuring the rate of germination and the time it takes for the bean to grow stalks (having another sample with no pesticides as a control group, of course). Firstly, I want to know if this question is narrow enough. Secondly, is my experimental process too simple for an EE? I think if I talk about the importance of beans in many parts of Africa and the world, and then talk about the biological …
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So the EE which I decided to do a couple months ago was a conventional history one about the muslim conquest of spain, but I'm considering switching my topic entirely while still trying to keep my EE in history. The two main ideas I have are reconstructing proto-coast salish(or another small group of indigenous languages), and writing about how the salish languages were impacted by colonialism(both territorially and linguistically). I've seen that others have been able to do quasi-linguistics essays but seeing that there's obviously no IB subject for it, what's possible seems rather vague. I should mention that my advisor does not have a degree in linguistics and I'm not …
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So, I'm doing my EE on a topic within the visual arts and I'm close to finishing. I noticed many of IB's example EEs have abstracts in addition to introductions but my supervisor hasn't said anything to me about adding an abstract. Is an abstract necessary and is it included in my word count? (I don't have much room left and I don't want to exceed 4000)
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Hey so I have an idea for my Extended Essay that I really, really like but I am afraid is too common. More detail below but the part that I am scared about is that it is to do with the corona virus. Will examiners be expecting everyone to do that and be bored of it? If combining the rest of my idea with the corona virus is not a good idea, any advice or suggestions would be great! So I play for a womens football club several days a week and football is basically my life. I want to incorporate it in my academics, particularly the Extended Essay. The manager of my football club (who I can contact easily) has many contacts with other football clubs across Europe (Leeds …
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I chose to do my ee in Spanish. Great. Well, I’ve been talking to my advisor but still lost. We’ve neared my ee being about magical realism in “Like Water for Chocolate/Como Agua Para Chocolate” but idk how to actually MAKE a research question if that makes sense. Like okay i got the magical realism and the story but like how do i put these 4000 words onto paper?
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I'm in year 12 and I have started my EE halfway.. but until now I still dont know what should I do for my EE. Can anyone please help?
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Hi there! My EE is about Robin Hood ("To what extent was Robin Hood real?"), and while I didn't have trouble finding sources, they were all too expensive and I only bought 3. My library had NO books about him, so I had to order mine online. They're great, very detailed, with insight, facts, timelines and whatnot. One of them even has a poem from the 1400s, the first written account of Robin. Besides the 3 books, I have about 5 reliable websites I'm drawing information from. My question is, how many book sources and internet sources do we usually need? I emailed my supervisor, but he didn't answer my question, only said I was "on the right track". Thank you!
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Hi, I'm really late in thinking of an EE topic for bio and I have to do something completely research based. I was thinking of doing something in phylogeny and I thought of either selecting a gene that is commonly found in several species and seeing whether they have a common origin, or I could also select a trait and find whether it has been evolved as a result of some event of divergent evolution. Can I get some specific ideas?
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So, for my EE i'm planning to have Biology as my area, I have a few things in mind for the actual question, its along the lines of - developing a cure for autism by using gene therapy. - The stimulation of fetal hemoglobin as a cure for sickle cell anemia. - Assessing behavior to a biological diagnosis and treatment for ADHD. or - How methamphetamine abuse relates to dopamine levels found in the brain of a living organism and how the level of dopamine in a methamphetamine addict could correlate to the abuser developing Parkinsons disease. Which one would get a higher score? And be somewhat easier to write about? And also, how would I write about it? Thanks!
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Hey guys, I’m new to IB survival so I’m not sure that i post this in the right place!! So I’m IB and i decided to do my EE on english b category 3. I am considering doing it on a book which has symbolism in it. I searched a lot of books and found out that animal farm by George Orwell is a good one. However i am not sure if it is over done or not! Can you guys help me? The deadline is on next week!!
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Hello, I wanted to ask if someone could clarify me what counts as words in a math ee. My ee has plenty of sequences of numbers, mostly in the form of triplets, as well as numerical and algebraic expressions. Do numerical expressions count as words? When listing the word count, should I clarify that the word count refers only to the actual English words and not mathematical symbols? If someone could exhaustively list to me what mathematical notation counts and doesn't count into the word count., I'd appreciate it. Thanks
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I intent to write my Extended Essay on the effect of the two-party system on voting patterns in the United States, and how/why a multiparty system would change voting patterns. However, my school does not offer IB Global Politics. The GP EE guide lists the following as potential topics: "An evaluation of the ability of Mexican migrants to achieve a political voice in county X in Arizona." "To what extent should we be worried about the use of 'big data' in election campaigns? The case of the Obama 2012 campaign." How do these two topics connect to the Global Politics curriculum? Does that knowledge apply to my topic? Would my topic better conn…
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Hey guys, I have vacation going on, so i thought i would use this time to think of an EE topic in advance. So what I was planning to do is comparing Frankenstein - Mary shelley and The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson. I would like to know if this is a good topic to go ahead with. I've emailed my english teacher about this but he is not replying at all. I would really like it if anyone could give me their opinion or advice on this. Thank you in advance.
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I'm a IB junior and its time at my school to start thinking of topics. I really like Ayn Rand and read all of Atlas Shrugged last year and really liked it, and would have fun doing my EE on it. I can't think of any topics that I specifically like though. Anyone familiar with her work have any ideas?
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Hi guys, recently I'm deciding my biology EE topic. My research question is about the caffeine effect on metabolism rate and i really want to do the plant experiment, but I'm not sure for how difficult this experiment will be😂. Had anyone done the similar experiments before? or any suggestions? Thanks!!
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Hi! So for my English Extended Essay I intend to do a feminist analytical comparison of two books, or how they portray against typical conceptions of women at the time. But I'm having trouble choosing which exact books to choose :(( Do y'all have any feminist fiction book recommendations? Any help would be really appreciated!! :))
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Hey guys, I’m new to IB survival so I’m not sure that i post this in the right place!! So I’m IB and i decided to do my EE on english b category 3. I am considering doing it on a book which has symbolism in it. I searched a lot of books and found out that animal farm by George Orwell is a good one. However i am not sure if it is over done or not! Can you guys help me? The deadline is on next week!!
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Hello,I have decided to write my EE in physics. I am going to investigate electric guitar pickups and I need help adding more 'depth' to the essay.Currently, I plan to create my own model pickup by winding a coil of enamel coated copper wire around it, and seeing how it picks up sound from a vibrating string. I will be changing the amount of turns on the coil, as well as the cross sectional area of the coil to see how it affects the induced current. I also plan to experiment with how the position of the pickup along a string (on a sonometer, that is) affects the output.The topic question i have so far, is: How does pickup winding and pickup position along a string affect …
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Hey everyone! I have decided chemistry as my extended essay subject. It is the subject of my personal interest. But I am facing difficulties in choosing the topic for the essay. Interested areas include thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, and equilibrium. What is the chemical difference to our bodies in choosing organic foods over foods treated with pesticides? suggestions on the above mentioned topic are also appreciated and also want some new ideas.
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Hello guys! I am a student who did IB in germany, but unfortunately continuing by IB in south korea. So I am writing my EE, and I need to collect some data. So if you don't mind please do this short survey. Thank you very much!! https://forms.gle/QgAsBy4BMbtTrzPT9
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I'm planning on writing my History Extended Essay on the rise of the Ottoman Empire or the fall of Al-Andalus and I was hoping to get some feedback on my research questions. They are, to what extent was the fall of Constantinople a cause in the global rise of the Ottoman Empire or to what extent was the Battle of Grenada a cause in the fall of Al-Andalus. Thanks
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I am doing my ee on chemistry and I have time as a variable in one of my experiments. Is this a good variable to consider or not because of uncertainties?
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