Guest Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 So guys, is it a good idea to do your IA on bacteria? would that be too dangerous? or is it even allowed in IB? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Umm it depends on your topic I guess? What's your RQ? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 It is gonna be about how does antibiotic concentration affect the antibiotic activity. I have a plan but I have to grow my own bacteria ...... ( which might be quite dangerous） Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karolina.jj Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 it sounds really interesting, but I'm not quite sure your school will allow you to grow some bacteria even safely placed in the lab... The easiest way to solve it is to simply ask your teacher whether it will be possible, if you have good arguments they may let you do it Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrodinger's CAS Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Our bio teacher informed us we can do IAs involving bacteria as long as we use the incubator in the school, under his supervision. Maybe you can suggest that to your teacher? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamkha Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Excuse me, What about the time restriction? IB states the time recommendation approximately 10 hours, because my experiment will need at least 24 hours for incubating bacteria. do you think it will be okay to do experiment more than 10 hours? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugo Tadevosyan Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Excuse me, What about the time restriction? IB states the time recommendation approximately 10 hours, because my experiment will need at least 24 hours for incubating bacteria. do you think it will be okay to do experiment more than 10 hours?If I'm not mistaken 10 hours means 10 hours of lesson, so you have approx 3 hours of bio each week (SL) You will have 3 weeks if you're SL to complete it ( I may be mistaken) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bguloglu Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 I did my extended essay on bacteria, and I got a non-pathogenic strain from a local university, but I had such a hard time. Since we didn't have a flow hood at my school for microbiology, my samples were constantly being contaminated with other bacteria that would just fall down into the agar or broth I was using. One thing you could do is use a medium that is selective for specific species to see whether any contamination has occurred. It is quite fun though to work with bacteria, because it's not something you usually do. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaa Tar Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 My Extended Essay revolves around bacteria too, and my school provided me with B.Subtilis and E.Coli. I think schools are allowed to provide you with bacteria that are less harmful. In my case the E.Colis couldn't have possibly caused any harm Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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