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I am writing my Extended Essay in English B HL and can't relly on the guidance of my supervisor as I am actually rewriting it and the first time got a D under his guidance. So I am at choosing my research question and thought to match it up with the law, as I plan to study law in university. I have had ideas but am not sure if they have high mark potential. These are some of my ideas: Category 2 Culture - How has the modernization of the English language affected the legal language over time? Category 1 Language - How different is the English legal language from the English common language? These are the only two research que…
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Hello All, As you know by the title, I need EE help. Basically, I chose to do a biology EE cause it is my passion. At the beginning of our topic selection, I met with my advisor and told her that I wanted to do something with E.coli. Over the next several meetings I had with her, I decided upon studying how the different pH's of different foods inhibit E.coli growth. Long story short, on the LAST day of school my advisor tells me that I can no longer choose a topic that has to do with bacteria or else I will not score well. Apparently, IBO changed their guidelines that effected my class and when I asked my advisor about it she said: "yea, they can do that and we have…
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BM EE Help
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Hey! I'm starting my EE research. My topic is about the acquisition of Flipkart. For the EE, is there any analytical tool that is suitable for analyzing the acquisition? Besides SWOT Analysis, any tool suggestions are welcome (both within and beyond the scope of the syllabus). Thanks:)
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Hi Guys. I would love your opinion on my extended essay biology experiment, which looks at the negative effects of pesticides on the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems. I was going to go to lake michigan and 5 nearby ponds and gather water samples from them. Then I was going to look at whether or not pesticides were in these water samples. I would then conclude whether or not pesticides are contaminating water ecosystems. The experiment is too basic, which is why I would love opinions.
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Hello everyone, For my EE, I have decided to make it over the Nuremberg Trials and in History/Group 3, since I love learning about history and have am interested in law as well. My current research question is as follows: "To what extent were the Nuremberg Trials hampered by tensions between the Soviet judges and Western ones?" Basically, I wanted to analyze how the beginnings of Cold War tensions and oddities of the trials, such as how the Soviets themselves participated in the invasion of Poland, may have hindered the proceedings of the trials through the relations between the Soviet prosecutors and judges and those from the US, UK, and France. I am still in t…
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Hello, I'm starting the DP in September and one week into it, I have to announce what I'll be doing the EE on. I've already started thinking about it, and I'd either do it on the feasabiliy of interstellar travel within our lifetime (Physics) or on something about mathematical philosophy (not sure exactly what yet but it would be theoretical for sure. However, both subjects would mean I have no data. Does it matter whether I have data or not and are these, more generally, good subjects for an EE? Thank you very much!
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Hi everyove, its the middle of the summer and iM SUPOSED TO WRITE MY EXTENDED ESSAY and submit the draft on august 26th. Originaly my research question was Effect of changes of the pH on photosynthesis of aquatic and terrestrial plants or How are terrestrial and aquatic plants impacted by changes of pH, measured by oxygen release during respiration, something in this manner. But as I started writung it, there is really not much to write about for 4000 words! Any ideas? I am already demotivated by this topic... My advisor is no help and she just said "yeah, ok you can do that' withour even discussing the topic and experiment. Now I want to write it on astrobio…
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I am doing my Math EE on cryptography : comparison of RSA and Diffie-Hellman on the basis of mathematical function, ways to solve them, and performance. I just completed it, yet I feel so unsure about it. Is there enough math? Is it too much computer science?, etc. I wrote 3960 words. Any suggestions? Thanks =)
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Hey Everyone. I m doing my EE on " The Scarlet Letter". MY exact question is "How does Nathanial Hawthorne's potrayal of the Puritan society expose religious hypocrisy?" I feel like I should change this question or tweak it quite a bit. Also now I'm confused on what exactly I should be writing about too. Is this question okay or should I change it?
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Hello, all who have clicked on this post I would like to simply ask you one question about my ee, specifically whether you guys think its tooo simple or not. So, for my extended essay, I've chosen to do physics (o god), and the sub-topic of astrophysics (double o god), I have come up with an idea for my ee, which is Investigating how the Luminosity, Mass and Surface Temperature of Main Sequence stars are interconnected. Is this too simple for an ee, or do you guys believe it has the potential to be a good if not decent ee? Oh, and the essay will be a database EE, (creating an experiment, and fitting data to come with some conclusion) (I won't go over t…
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I decided to do my EE during summer and I’m unsure on what to include and need help. My question is “ To what extent has Apples high pricing strategy enabled Samsung to gain market share?” I decided to talk about the 4 Ps and product life cycle and pricing strategies. All of these are related to chapter 4 of the business course which would be marketing. Can I include something from the finance topic? Should mainly look at how much units they sold and what strategies did they use to sell them over the years?
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help a may2020 student out doing his ee. the survey requires u to finish an iq test and a chinese proficiency test. thxx:) https://forms.gle/LUiKf75cJrBhBBVQ9
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Hi, I’m doing my EE on the yellow wallpaper and the bell jar, but I’m having trouble formulating my question. Currently I have something along the lines of “How do Sylvia Plath and Charlotte Perkins use symbolism of the bell jar and the yellow wallpaper to represent female entrapment and mania”. It’s very rough and I really need some help refining it and also advice as to how I should go on from here. Thank you!
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So I am having trouble narrowing my question, I want to do my extended essay about the coral reefs dying and how this can affect the human kind. Is this a good topic? Im confused on how to make a RQ out of this.. any advice would help, thank you.
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Hey, I'm doing my EE in English on a novel. I was wondering if I could use characterisation as a literary technique in the RQ like as a substitute for maybe symbols or any obvious technique or does characterisation even count as a literary device? For instance- How does the AUTHOR use characterisation to of NAME to explore the THEME in the Novel? So would that be allowed??
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If yes, what kind of sources would be valid for a maths EE?
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This is quite a long story but I'm going to make it as short as possible. So when I first got my EE form, I put English Literature as my subject and put my two suggested supervisors who are both familiar with the subject. However, I was given a completely different supervisor who bases her teaching on VA. Though she told me I can focus on any subject like History, English or VA since she majors on them on the first meeting I had with her. Moreover, the DP Coordinator a few months ago, asked what subject my EE was and I said English whilst I had already submitted a VA EE. I don't really know why I did that, I just didn't have a proper RQ at the time and my supervisor …
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Hi all, I am currently working on an Extended Essay discussing Women in combat roles in WW2, could someone pleases share an resources they have on this topic? I am having some trouble finding enough information. Thank you!
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Research Question: "To what extent does the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for hobbyist purposes invade civilian privacy in Karachi?" Is this fine? Any way the wording of this question limit the scope of research?
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Hi guys, I'm doing my EE on Khaled Hosseini's two novels 'the kite runner' and 'a thousand splendid suns.' I'm planning on focusing on the importance of friendship and how the friendship between the characters of the two books lead them to carry on courageous acts. I'm struggling to form a proper research question and I'm unsure as to what I should really focus on. So, any feedback on this overall topic would be much appreciated :)
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Hi, I'm doing my EE in English A Literature and am going to focus on something to do with Macbeth. Would I have to compare this to another of Shakespeare's works or can I solely look at Shakespeare's characterisation in Macbeth? Which would give me more marks? Thanks
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Hi everyone, I'm currently in the process of writing my EE and am doing a comparative study on two anti-war novels of WWII. My exact question is: "How and to what effect do Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut use black humour to satirise free will within Catch 22 and Slaughterhouse 5?" I'm at the point of finalising most of my research but am very concerned that everything I'm looking at might be completely useless and won't actually help me write the essay when it comes down to it. So, what I am hoping is that someone on here can provide some insight on what to research and think about in order to ensure that the research doesn't prove completely useless and what t…
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I need ideas for my physics EE. I want do do something in optics Idealy in optics involving something like polarization of light, diffraction, reflection, reflection, interference, or basically anything¡g in unit 9. Nonetheless, I don´t have any ideas, and I need help desperately. All the ideas I have are questions wich have already been solved,and I really need ideas. HELP
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I need help picking a book for my extended essay on Spanish does anyone have a recommendation?
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I am interested in knowing how others structured their science discussion section. In my EE I've conducted an experiment to see how three different factors that all affect the rate of transpiration in trees change the rate when combined. The experiment went smoothly and I'm halfway into finishing my EE but I'm having troubles with writing the discussion part. I know that a lot of this part of the EE has to do with comparing your results with data you can find from other sources and discuss why your data and the other data may differ for example. I've been reading scientific publication online for the past week but I am unable to find studies on the effect of combina…
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Hello everyone, I am a doing DP1 at the moment and I would like to hear some opinions about my research question in biology. My research question is: "Is there a significant difference between gamers and non-gamers reaction time?". I will use a click test which records the reaction time of when someone clicks on the computer screen when it changes to green. Please tell me if I should be more specific or what I could improve in this question. Thank you very much!
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Hey so I was looking into doing an extended essay on ITGS and My question is "what effects do scientific software's such as PASCO and PHeT have on students" I'm not sure if the question Is a bit too broad or perhaps doesn't make sense at all, should I rephrase it? The question explores how students benefit from using these Simulator/software (for example in their physics IA's) versus ones that don't (one's who manually have to conduct the experiments with uncertainties as well as risks and or just understanding from plane diagrams) Gimmi your thoughts on this :o!
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Hi, I'm doing Chemistry for EE and right now i've been looking to do something food-chem related. I've talked to my supervisor to discuss some ideas, but they've all been rejected as they are more for IA rather than EE. What can I add to an RQ to give it the extra depth it needs? My original idea for a foodchem question was: How does ____ ( physical property, eg. grind size ) of _____ (any food, eg. ginger, coffee beans) influence the amount of _____(compound in food, eg. Gingerol, Caffeine) that can be extracted from it? I also thought of something like how the coating of effervesence tablets affect the rate at which it dissolves. As you can see, my topic…
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My teacher says I need to include a specific piece of economic theory in the question. Problem is, my essay focusses on several aspects of economic theory. My essay is structured basically as: 1. Allocative efficiency 2. Productive efficiency 3. Labour market 4. Effect on taxicab drivers 5. Indirect tax implemented by the government There's no way I can synthesise all of those things into one aspect of economic theory, because... it's lots of aspects of economic theory? Is that OK?
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Hi, my first post here i'm sorry for any mistakes.... So, I decided to write my EE in English B and my supervisor said she only supervises essays in culture so i thought I'd write an EE on some interesting phenomenon in the western part of the US - it's obviously anglophone and i'm also interested in western US. My current ideas are: reasons of decline in UFO belief/sightings in the US since the 1990 (like, X-files no longer aired, the Internet, new trends etc) - my teacher said it's too "useless" for an EE (like, it's not too scientific), but it approaches some cultural phenomenon, so i'm not giving up on it yet why is there decline in western movies prod…
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Dear IB survival community, I am currently planning my Economics EE. I chose to investigate the market structure of my local coffee shop industry. I think this is a topic which allows for lots of primary research, however, I definitely want to include some relevant secondary sources in my essay as well. My supervisor has told me to look into economic books that deal with market structure analysis. Does anyone have any suggestions for that matter? Or any other useful tips or resources I could use for my essay?
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Hello everyone, I am a French-Canadian studying IB in Estonia; I need help to find some topics and ideas to make a great research question for my EE in biology. I thought I could do a simple experiment which would give me a sufficient amount of data; it must be simple because as you know, we have a lot more to do than just the EE haha . My field of interest includes food, bacteria, drugs, human and animal physiology, microbiology, medicine, hormones, immune system and enzymes. If you have any ideas for interesting topics, experiments or ideas to make a great research question, please let me know in the comment section below. Thank you very much and have a fantastic …
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Hey Guys! I wanted to do my EE on theory of dreams by Carl Jung. My teacher said it was way to hard and she insisted I picked another topic. i was thinking I wanted to do something related to dreams so I thought about the next question: To what extent do dreams actually posses a symbolic meaning? But I was also thinking about: To what extent do humans love with the eyes? (gender-specific perception) and the change of perception based on attractiveness I’m very confused! Do you have any suggestions? Which is the best question so far
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Hey guys, I'm writing my ee in economics and the research question is: To what extent has the "Amazon effect"created an impact on high street retail department stores in the UK? The issue is I'm not sure what area to specify into. Whether it be looking into the unemployment-aspect of it to go into macro Econ or the price wars and price competition. There is also the option to look into the land value and real estate value as these department stores are shutting down so more land is available for other business to take up. I have been advised that the best way to decipher which path to take is dependent on the data I can get but i am finding it difficult to approach…
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When I was picking my EE topic I wanted to write about MMO games. Both my mentor and teacher said that it's too vague so then I narrowed it down to League of Legends. After explaining to them that I did not know what subject area this would be under, my teacher said that it should be Group 1 Category 3 for Literature. I was reading the guidelines and I don't understand how a video game would fit in this subject area. My question is "How are gender stereotypes demonstrated in League of Legends?" Would this question fit in group 1 category 3? If so, how do I write about this? I was told to compare the game with another game but I wasn't sure how that would apply to the…
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I am doing a physics research EE on Normalization of the wave-function, I really don't have research question yet. But I was wondering does your EE research have to be perfectly correct or does IB look at the process and everything.
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Hello guys! i am looking forward to do my ee in maths and very interested in calculus. But I am stuck on finding my rq. Can i get some ideas?
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The EE question I came up with was "To what extent is the market for airplane travel from Lisbon to Porto a contestable market?". Contestable markets is an economic theory invented in the early 1980s, that differs from the classical ones, and suggests that an oligopolistic or monopolistic market will provide at the productively efficient price, not the maximising MC = MR, because of the constant threat of new entrants taking way their market share. Airlines generally are an example, but it depends on the barriers to entry. This topic seems very interesting, and I have a lot of sources, but "Contestable markets" is not a topic in IB economics. Is it still ok to do thi…
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The EE question I came up with was "To what extent is the market for airplane travel from Lisbon to Porto a contestable market?". Contestable markets is an economic theory invented in the early 1980s, that differs from the classical ones, and suggests that an oligopolistic or monopolistic market will provide at the productively efficient price, not the maximising MC = MR, because of the constant threat of new entrants taking way their market share. Airlines generally are an example, but it depends on the barriers to entry. This topic seems very interesting, and I have a lot of sources, but "Contestable markets" is not a topic in IB economics. Is it still ok to do thi…
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I'm writing a history EE about Quebec and I'd say about 1/3rd of my sources are entirely in French. There were one or two that I could find actual English translations for, but otherwise, a significant amount of my citations are not in English. Could this create a problem for me? I know that French is one of the three "accepted" IB languages (I think the others are English and Spanish), but I'm worried that my sources could be considered "wrong" if a majority of examiners could not read them. Thank you!
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I am 2 months into collecting data for my Chemistry Extended Essay, when I realised that my experiment has failed terribly and all the data collected is invalid. I have been researching hard over the course of the last few days to find a new topic but I still haven't found anything conclusive. Does anyone have any suggestions for good Chemistry Extended Essay topics, for which I can complete the experimentation for in approximately 15 hours. I am open to people sending me research papers or articles to help me find a suitable topic. I am sorry if we are not meant to ask direct questions like this but I am very desperate and need my results before school clo…
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Hi, I'm planning to write my EE based on my English B subject. I'm actually having quite a hard time forming a solid question, but I've thought of a couple of topics. - the book "No Longer Human" by Dazai Osamu. I could talk about how the author showcases the struggle of the main character, a social outcast, trying to fit in the society, before he decided to commit suicide. -"Animal Farm/1984" by George Orwell and how it reflects the modern society/government. Since I'm living in Thailand I'd mainly focus on the Thai politics. -How mental illness was portrayed by the show "13 reasons why," and what impact it may have on the viewers. …
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Hi! I am just about to have to submit a proposal for an EE. I was wondering would this work for an essay and is it too narrow? How did the increased availability of sexual education in Thailand work to decrease their overall population? I don’t know if this relationship is too implied. I was also thinking about comparing the availability of sexual education in Thailand vs. the U.S. or some other country. Would that work better? Honestly I am just confused on what determines if an EE topic will work or not.
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A month away from the end of Year 1, and it's been two (maybe three?) weeks since we were asked to start thinking on our extended essay topics. I want to write an essay on the high fantasy genre. I've been researching about it for some time now, and I have somewhat of a topic ready (I think): "How and why does George R. R. Martin twist high fantasy genre tropes in his novel A Game of Thrones"—the first book in the series. The "How" and "Why" are pretty clear in my mind, and I've been writing down any points related to them. For now, I really only want to know your honest thoughts about this topic. Does it still feel too broad or too narrow, or too vague? Is "twist" not th…
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Hey guys, So I'm kinda panicking right now. My EE has already been submitted to IBIS, and lmao today is the deadline. Theres a blue checkmark and everything. But I realized I didn't put my candidate number on my title page :/ I put a section on the side where it had my name, and I put "Candidate Number: " but forgot to type it in afterwards. Is putting it there absolutely necessary? THANK YOU
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I want to write my extended essay in biology but am worried about the originality of my experiment. I want to do something on how antibiotics can change the growth of plants, but I don't know if that is too simple. I have been looking at some experiments, but just cannot figure out how to make it more original. Any help would be very appreciated.
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Does it have to completely new or is it acceptable if there was a study done with the same topic before
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Hello, I am an IBDP Y1 student, and we must come up with a topic for our extended essays soon, so we can write them over the summer. I am interested in Physics, but so far we have done only kinematics, the option (engineering), and waves, so there's not much I can do. Our teacher showed us a sample EE (https://www.easthartford.org/uploaded/ciba/Physics_1.pdf), and I found it very interesting. I also want to do something related to rotational mechanics, as it is easier for me, and more interesting. I was just wondering, would I be flagged for malpractice if I do something similar to this sample EE? Of course I won't actually plagiarize it, nor will I copy anything fr…
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Hey, so I started to think of a topic for my biology extended essay long back at the start of grade 11 but I still have not been able to come up with a topic!. I have to submit my final topic in 2 days and I don't know what to do. I had an idea to see the effect of different music on the growth rate of bacteria but I think that may be too simple. Can someone please help me with this topic or has any other good idea's? Really appreciate the help in advancee!
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I'm doing my EE soon, and I wanted to do something with Psychology. I've a huge interest in Criminology, so I wanted a statement about that, but it's hard to find something that relates to Human Behavior. A girl from my class already has a topic about childhood influences behavior, so I want something different from that. Anyone has an idea on Anthropological Criminology?
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