Extended Essay
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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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I really want to look that "Lord of the Rings" for my EE in English Literature, because I feel like there are so many different themes and aspects to delve into. Does anyone have an idea on how to make it more narrow? I was thinking of arguing against the idea of "authorial intent" and exploring the ways in which the series is a reflection of WWI and WWII
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Hey! Sooo... I'm about to begin writing my extended essay, and though I've got some ideas I liked to write about, I'm somewhat stuck with the research question. Could someone help me design (or give ideas) for a research question to begin writing about?? Or maybe tell me some tips if you're writing / wrote on these subjects?? I'm trying to decide myself between writing about the Naval Technologies implemented during the XVIIth century because of the Pirates (defense mechanisms, bigger, fatter ships, etc.) or Spanish Linguistics, maybe jewish influence on the language. Thanks!! I'll appreciate all your help 😅 Lukas
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Hey guys, so my EEs is on risk perception of GMOs, and how this influences implementations in countries. So I have psych as part of my interdisciplinary and bio. So do I do APA citations or MLA citations??? I'm so confused and this is due tomorrow and i just realized this. Welp
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I would like to do my IB Extended Essay on something in musical theatre, and i would like to talk about themes of a show, however that easily spills into politics? will i get a lower score? does ib not like politics? Thank you!
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Hi guys I'd first like to thank all of you who helped me pick books for my EE. It was so sweet of you all, and it helped a lot! I have finally picked a book, "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. I love this book so much, and I actually have the urge to write 4000 words about it. Problem is, I don't have a topic as of yet If any of you have read the book, please suggest something, otherwise I have to do my EE on a book by Kiran Desai, AND I DON'T WANT TO!!! Thank you so much!!
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My CAS coordinator informed us that we need to write 500 words per reflection but I took an insight to some reflections suggested by the IB and they only had a few sentences. So my question is, do I really need to have 500 words? Also, does CAS require efficient planning and acting upon that plan (such as holding a formal dinner for the school) or can it be something I learn in a day?
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Hey. Now that the ib Extended Essay marking has changed from previously being out of 36 to now out of 34, what's the passing mark for the EE? And what are the grade boundaries for it?
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I want to do my EE on sports science biology. My topic so far is: How do steroids help athletes in sports? could anyone give other topics in biology i could write on
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I just started first year of IB. I have to find a suitable research question for geography. So far I have: "How has Japan improved its coastal defences since the 2011 tsunami?" Can anyone suggest a better research question which is relating to this topic because I do not think my one suitable. Thanks.
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Hi we were told to start thinking about our extended Essays and introduced to the idea. I am interested in subjects such as History and World Religions and I also want to incorporate my passion for technology within my topic. (side question: would the topic "Radar changed the engineering/battle strategy,tactics of WW2" be good enough or is it too narrow or broad?) Thanks for the help. Much love :)
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I need help proposing some claims and counter claims on the significance of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the victory of the North Vietnamese.
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I was wondering wether it would be a good idea to write my English Literature EE on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and if any of you had ideas on what topic I could use.
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so guys I'm doing my extended essay in english a on pride and prejudice. my RQ is- How does the the author use irony to develop the plot and structure of pride and prejudice? I've to mark ALL the ironies given in the book and I'm running short on time. does anyone have an idea where i can get them online or something?
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Hello! I'm currently writing an extended essay for history about Nazi education in Germany and how it was implemented. This is my current research question: "How did Nazi Education Policies affect the growth of the Third Reich in Germany?" However, I've found that the question's phrasing isn't conducive to analysis. My essay is becoming more and more narrative, but I'm not sure how to fix it. I'd love some help with fixing my question! Thank you!
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hi, I've decided to do my EE in Spanish and have some ideas for what it could be about. Any thoughts on the following topics (which would be the best/worst, which is too specific/broad, which doesn't match IB requirements, etc) Here are my current ideas. How does Spanglish demonstrate the creation/balance of hybrid cultures in the US? (¿Como demuestra "spanglish" la creacion/equilibrio de culturas híbridas en Estados Unidos?) How has the increasing popularity of reggaeton impacted language use for youth in the US? (¿Como el crecimiento de popularidad del reggaetón ha impactado el uso de lenguaje en jovenes en Estados unidos?) To what extent i…
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Ok, so for my EE I wanted to do something that actually interested me and wasn't insanely boring so I chose genetics. I ended up working with a genetics lab at the University of Colorado using CRISPR to remove genes from a type of fish called a lamprey. So, it turns out that I broke every regulation about animal experimentation, but my supervisor and coordinator thought that it would be ok because I was doing it in a lab with government approval under supervision from actual researchers. They sent an email to the IB and the response that came back neither approved or rejected my EE. My supervisor suggested that I might tell the IB that it is a theoretical experiment, but …
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Hiii We've just been told to think about our EE topics and subject areas and I know I want to do mine on Psychology, because I take HL Psych and I am considering going into the Psychology/ Psychiatry field after IB. However, I have no clue what topic I want it to be on, so if you have done your EE (on Psych especially), please give me some ideas or advice on this. Also, in terms of research, what is the process normally like? I just want to have an idea about how everything is done. Thank youuu :>
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Hey, I was wondering if doing my extended essay on short stories by Isaac Asimov is okay? I don't know if anyone has read them, but they're a great read and that's why I'm choosing them. My topic is more specifically "How does Asimov use humor to make strange ideas more familiar to the reader". What do y'all think?
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I've pretty much decided that I'm going to do my EE in Spanish B, but I don't really know what sort of topics I'm allowed to do and what topics would be deep enough to write 4000 words on (other than the literature option). I am interested in doing the literature option because I do enjoy that kind of analysis but I would appreciate some recommendations on which books to read - also is the comparison of 2 authors or comparing and contrasting 2 works (all in spanish) a recommended option? What are the other options for a Language B extended essay?
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Hi, guys. My EE topic due date is like literally tomorrow, so I really need major suggestions by people. (I have ideas below.) I'm taking English A SL, but I'm considering to take Category 3 English Extended Essay. Are there any other people who are in the same situation as me? Taking English EE but it's not their HL subject? I approached and talked to my English teacher / English Supervisor today and like they kinda don't recommend me to do it because my English language proficiency need to be Very high, especially when the markers are Native English speakers, so they'd expect so highly in terms of the language use, etc... But, like my situation is so…
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Hi all I'm struggling to decide what subject I should do for my EE. My top 2 choices right now are History (which I take HL) and Spanish B (which I take SL) but I don't know which to choose. I am very interested in both subjects and I think I'd be happy doing either. Any ideas of which would be easier to get an A or perhaps better for my college apps? If I do History, I'm thinking about doing Law and how laws have changed or discrimination/bias in law.... OR world war 1 as a direct cause of world war 2 (treaty of versailles, paris peace conferences, etc.) - I think it's a really overdone topic, but I am really interested in the build-up to WW1(starting with franz fe…
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Hello all, Arabic is my native language and i will be doing my EE in Arabic B because i take arabic BHL, which the IB coordinator at my school suggested. My supervisor suggested a topic that she said was really good and would get me a good grade hopefully an A. the thing is that i dont really know how to write an EE in arabic. what do i write first? what do i write in the introduction? in the abstract? can i use online resources? Please Private message me if you can help me and ill give you my topic maybe you have good knowledge in it.
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Hello, So to start I wanted to preface with the fact that I really wanted to do my extended essay in music since its one of the only subjects I'm passionate about. I am a musician and I have taken music appreciation at my local community college and am currently in music composition SL. As far as the topic of the EE goes I really wanted to do a comparison of modern pop song's lawsuits. In the essay, I would do an in-depth analysis of the compositional and theoretical aspects in the section of two pieces of music where one was supposedly plagiarized from the other. I would then compare the two pieces and come to a conclusion on whether the lawsuit was accurate, p…
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Hi guys, so this is my situation. for my extended essay, i planned to go for computer science subject on something about machine learning. My research question was about how effective a boosting model was in predicting stock prices. So i asked my teacher, and after reading my outline he said that he considered this an ITGS essay. What do you guys think? Can it be used for CS? What should i alter and how to improve? Thanks. P.S. i am also unsure of this topic is too advanced for me as i am not really experienced in the R language or programming in general, but have someone close who is very familiar.
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Hi guys, my EE sort of 'proposal' due date where we seriously consult to the EE supervisors and all that are next week's Wednesday, and honestly I'm still so so confused and I need help or just some suggestions or anything, please. Here are the subjects I am taking: Economics HL, Mathematics HL, Physics HL, Chemistry SL, English A SL, MandarinAB. So, since the start, I've always intended on taking Economics EE because from all my other subjects, it seemed impossible for me. (I've been getting rock bottom scores for Math and the school have no more supervisors for Physics). So, I've been researching a lot for like a few months now, but until now I've got nothing.…
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I have to choose my EE subject and I'm thinking about Economics and Global Politics. I like both subjects equally and find them pretty much related to each other. I have to submit my choice next week and I still have no idea what to choose! What are the cons and pros for these two subjects? I was thinking maybe it is more difficult to do the research for Economics or am I wrong?
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I'm don't know if should do an EE on Economics and Mathematics - For econ, I am going to investigate price discrimination in an airline company in Brazil. - For math, I thought of doing about numerical methods to approximate factorials and investigate to what extent are they useful. I take both these subjects at HL, and I am at a level 6 in both. But I fear of doing it about math. How hard is it to get a level B in the EE about Maths? Is it easier to get a B in econ? Honestly, what do you think of both my research questions?
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Hey y'all! Can you give me some ideas on my research q? My ideal topic is E-commerce in Business. Was interested in amazon specifically. DM me if possible. Thanks, Elias
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Hi everyone, For my extended essay I am doing a simple maths relation model studying how microtransactions affect the fairness and replayability of games. Hence, I need to collect raw data with at least 100 responses to run a few stats like normal distribution and such. Could you kindly help me in my EE? Thank youuu!!! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP6RKs5R7iA8Hp3-4YIP9Cx9o7_PpC8cCZ1CSvc88SV2DekA/viewform
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Hey all, I'm having trouble narrowing down my potential topics/research questions for my EE. I've got renewable energy in Australia (wanted to do an world studies on that and incorporate economics but was quickly shut down by my supervisor), or water pollution in New Zealand. I'm very interested in water pollution and I think there's a lot of material specifically on pollution in New Zealand (agriculture/dairy industry etc). The only issue is that it is very similar to my IA where I examined macroinvertebrate populations and abiotic factors indicating pollution in different waterways around my state, definitely talked a lot about water pollution. I'm not sure i…
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Hi all, I am wondering how strict are the IB about using properly a referencing style. For example, I want to use footnotes in my EE and I didn't know that for that you need to use the Chicago/Turabian style, and I have all my references in APA. Will I get penalized for that in the presentation criterion, or as long as I'm consistent with my referencing it's fine? Because in the IB guide for "Effective citing and referencing" it is mentioned that "IB students are not expected to show faultless expertise in referencing but are expected to acknowledge all uses of other people’s work". And lastly, if I use footnotes to reference ideas from the text, can I write re…
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So, my class was told that our EE's are due next year in May and our first draft is due in a few weeks. I heard History is a great subject to look into for the EE but our teacher advised us not to focus on it since our class doesn't take that subject anymore ( ☹️ ). Anyway, I plan on finishing my TOK, CAS and EE before the year so I can focus on my studies next year. Unfortunately, I still haven't come up with a satisfactory topic yet for EE. I thought of doing it on the Western influence on Japanese art but I doubt I'd find any articles or information that could potentially build a 4,000 word essay. So I was hoping if anyone could please give me some interesting topics f…
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I am planning to write about “The analysis of cinematography, sound, and dialogue in family-centred dramas, specifically Interstellar, A Quiet Place, and The Killing Of A Sacred Deer”. My school doesn’t offer film as a subject but I am planning to study as much as I can about different film techniques and all that jazz online this summer. Is my topic good and worthy enough for an A (hypothetically speaking, if I write very well)?
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Hey everyone! Im in G11 and about to start writing my EE. I want to write an EE in Economics but I'm not sure what topic I should do, can you guys give me ideas pleasee. Im interested in football and maybe how FIFA affected the economy of the hosting country, but im not sure if this would be approved or not. Please gives tips, would really appreciate it! Thank you
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Guys yesterday we had to submit in our EE's and today I realized that I did the word count wrong (included the citations but not the titles) and also did my citations wrong (I didn't include the page numbers of the books)! what do I do??
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Hi there! I'm currently an IB junior, and I need to choose a topic for my EE. I'm thinking about doing a Music EE but I'm not in IB Music. I've heard that my Music EE score would be negatively impacted if I don't take IB Music. But I consider myself to have substantial knowledge on music analysis, including proper terms and notations. I plan to explore the use of functional and non-functional harmony in modal jazz from 1950s to 1970s. I'm also thinking about doing EE in Visual Arts, and I'm currently in Visual Arts SL, but I'm not sure what type of question I could write about. From my research, most of the Visual Arts EE papers seem to focus on the analysis of …
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Hey guys, so I was thinking about doing a Music EE but I'm not really sure how to start? I have suggested to my supervisor that I wanted to potentially analyse the variations of the main theme from Kingdom Hearts but I think one of the biggest issues is that I will most likely have to notate the scores myself. I've come up with some other questions that I could potentially look at if I still decide I want to analyse Kingdom Hearts: 1. To what extent does the music of Kingdom hearts incorporate Japanese culture? 2. In what ways are the themes of kingdom hearts video games expressed through the music? 3. To what extent does the music of Kingdom hearts o…
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Hi everyone! Guys, I wanted to ask, is it permitted to put a picture on the cover page of my EE in English B HL? Of course, with reference! I'm waiting for your replies!
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I want my EE to be something about the Russian revolution but I am not sure if my question is good enough. Any advice offering on how to revise this question would be much appreciated. To what extent did the Bolshevik party’s role change the legal landscape of Russia to what is today?
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Hi! I want to do my written commentary comparing Apple and Huawei companies and their success, but I don't know how to make a proper research question for that. Can anyone help me? Thanks
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I want to do Biology EE on comparing the Chinese diet and the Mediterranean diet, but I don't know how to make an proper research question for that. Can anyone help me? Thanks
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I have an economics EE. I have a bibliography already, however, I was curious if I need to have intext citations? Thanks
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Hey I'm writing about "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Neuromancer". My current research question is "How is technology and its significance portrayed in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Neuromancer"? From reading the EE guide for Group 2 (English B) I think it fits category 3: The essay should be an analysis of a literary type, based on a specific work or works of literature exclusively from the target language. In the case of a comparison of texts, all texts must originally have been written in the target language. What I want to know is whether my RQ is appropiate, or if I should aim to restructure it.
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Tomorrow I'm meeting with my supervisor to talk to her about my experiment. I am growing basil plants and only 3/50 have sprouted (from seed) and are growing. I planted them on August 27th. Will I be able to get my diploma and get a D or above even though I can't pull data from the experiment? I'm really stressing out and have worked my butt off for this to fail.
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I am currently doing my economics extended essay on the following topic: How will the new steal tariffs affect the steel industry in the province of Quebec? I just need some advice on what exactly I should focus on analyzing.
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Hi everyone, I am currently about to post my second reflection for my extended essay, and I wanted to get some feedback before I uploaded it. My RQ is "What is the effect of the exchange of ligands in the electrolyte on the Electrode Potential in a voltaic cell?" After preliminary testing of my original Research Question, I decided to change it. I found that originally, it was too broad, the methodology too complex, and the original experiment was a failure; it did not yield enough results. In response to this challenge, I developed a different RQ, which was far more successful, and I feel that I have developed a greater interest in this topic. Anoth…
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How to prepare good outline?
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I’m thinking of studying machoism in Hemingway works. I was thinking of using a two novels (A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bells Toll), two short stories (The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and Up in Michigan), and a biography. My research question is “How does Ernest Hemingway promote machismo in his literatures?”, but I’m not sure if it’s precise enough. I’m also not sure if the subject has enough material or if it’s entirely appropriate for an EE.
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Hello Folks, My Research question for my social & cultural anthropology essay is How have Indian traditions & culture impacted the Jewish cultural identities & their culture in Mumbai”. As part of my primary research, i have interviewed & surveyed a head of a Jewish community center in Mumbai. I have garnered a lot of information about the history, modern day statistics, rituals, comparison between Mumbai & Jerusalem as an abode for Jews, personal experiences of Jews in India and so on. My secondary research mainly includes you-tube documentaries, a limited amount of research publications & some community forums. I am unable to d…
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