The group 4 project: Wind

[shdlrud]

My group is doing a group 4 project where our aim is to compare two different places in the city and see the effects of wind on people and the surrounding environment. We are comparing locations where there are lots of cafes with an area that is extremely windy. We figured that cafes with outdoor sitting areas are less windy to not affect the customers.

We have got design and physics sorted but a bit stuck on the other two.

Would anyone have any suggestions for chemistry and biology?

[Hedron123]

We cannot give you ideas for your project 4 task (it is against IB regulations). What you can do is come up with ideas for us to comment upon. Sorry and g'luck!

[Tilia]

You don't have to include all the science areas in your group 4 project and the actual lab you do is not assessed. You can basically do anything, no matter how crazy

[Vvi]

Do you take all of those sciences? If you don't, then it's not necessary to include them in your experiment. The project would end up being extremely long and you would have difficulty coming up with possible experiments for all of them.

If it's because you have been placed in a group with other students who take biology and chemistry, can't you switch groups to someone who takes the same sciences as you? Otherwise you are adding parts to your experiment which you yourself won't be graded on anyways.

[Tilia]

Do you take all of those sciences? If you don't, then it's not necessary to include them in your experiment. The project would end up being extremely long and you would have difficulty coming up with possible experiments for all of them.

If it's because you have been placed in a group with other students who take biology and chemistry, can't you switch groups to someone who takes the same sciences as you? Otherwise you are adding parts to your experiment which you yourself won't be graded on anyways.

But since the lab isn't assessed, you don't have to do something connecting all sciences? All groups in our school had people from all sciences, and our experiment was only related to physics.

[Vvi]

IB Biology syllabus:

"The intention is that students from the different group 4 subjects analyse a common topic or problem. The exercise should be a collaborative experience where the emphasis is on the processes involved in scientific investigation rather than the products of such investigation. In most cases all students in a school would be involved in the investigation of the same topic. Each group may investigate the same topic or different topics—that is, there may be several group 4 projects in the same school.

Ideally, the project should involve students collaborating with those from other group 4 subjects at all stages. To this end, it is not necessary for the topic chosen to have clearly identifiable separate subject components".

So basically the last sentence is what Tilia said, you don't have to incorporate all the subjects (DT, Biology, Chemistry and Physics) in your Group 4. There are only 2 marks from the entire Group 4 that are taken, and they aren't related to your science. They are marks for personal skills and groupwork.

[shdlrud]

Okay,

I am not sure we are able to do that at school but I will ask the teachers for more information as well

Thanks