Ib Bioligy - Internal Assesment Guide
SCOTCH COLLEGE
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Writing Group 4 Internal Assessment:
A guide for Scotch College Biology students
Introduction
Practical Work
There are really two aspects to the practical work in Biology, general practical work and experimental work submitted for Internal Assessment.
General practical work includes small experiments, demonstrations and class activities that will be set for you to complete. You may be required to submit some of these for assessment but these are for SJII purposes only and will not form part of your final Biology grade for the IB.
Internal Assessment is formal assessment that you are required to complete on your own and will be marked by your teacher. The grades are submitted to the IB and the work will form approx 24% of you final IB Biology mark. These pieces of work are very important and you will have many opportunities to obtained good results.
Internal Assessment
Work submitted for IA must be submitted under the following criteria headings:
Design
Data Collection and Processing
Conclusion and Evaluation
Each criteria has a specific set of aspects which must be met in order to obtain full marks. These aspects are used by your teacher when marking the piece of work. Not all criteria are assessed in every activity; you will be told which are going to be assessed before each task begins.
DESIGN
Your design section should be broken down into subheadings.
Introduction
The introduction should be about one quarter to half a page long.
It should:
- Be clear and to the point
- Introduce to the reader your topic
- Explain to the reader the what variables may be involved
- Briefly explain to the reader how you plan to collect your data. What method or technique.
- Where errors might occur in your method. What might you have to be careful of?
- Explain why you finally decided on the variable you choose to investigate
Think of
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Writing Group 4 Internal Assessment:
A guide for Scotch College Biology students
Introduction
Practical Work
There are really two aspects to the practical work in Biology, general practical work and experimental work submitted for Internal Assessment.
General practical work includes small experiments, demonstrations and class activities that will be set for you to complete. You may be required to submit some of these for assessment but these are for SJII purposes only and will not form part of your final Biology grade for the IB.
Internal Assessment is formal assessment that you are required to complete on your own and will be marked by your teacher. The grades are submitted to the IB and the work will form approx 24% of you final IB Biology mark. These pieces of work are very important and you will have many opportunities to obtained good results.
Internal Assessment
Work submitted for IA must be submitted under the following criteria headings:
Design
Data Collection and Processing
Conclusion and Evaluation
Each criteria has a specific set of aspects which must be met in order to obtain full marks. These aspects are used by your teacher when marking the piece of work. Not all criteria are assessed in every activity; you will be told which are going to be assessed before each task begins.
DESIGN
Your design section should be broken down into subheadings.
Introduction
The introduction should be about one quarter to half a page long.
It should:
- Be clear and to the point
- Introduce to the reader your topic
- Explain to the reader the what variables may be involved
- Briefly explain to the reader how you plan to collect your data. What method or technique.
- Where errors might occur in your method. What might you have to be careful of?
- Explain why you finally decided on the variable you choose to investigate
Think of