IB Biology Internal Assessment Planning Guide for Students - IA Tips and Prompts

Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this 12-page IBDP Biology Internal Assessment Planning Guide contains success tips and prompts to help students plan and develop a Research Question for their IA investigations. This document can be used as-is by your SL and HL IB Diploma students to help them think of an idea for their Biology IA investigation report for their IB Bio Internal Assessments (IAs). This document can be printed or emailed to students, or added to your Google Classroom.

Save yourself time - don't recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.

Features:

• Ready to use
• Includes teacher notes
• Includes steps for planning an IA
• Includes things to avoid
• Links to official IB policies and FAQs
• Links to Useful Resources for inspiration
• 28 idea prompts given (each of which could lead to multiple investigations)
• Real-World links

Help your students develop Research Questions which allow them to carry out successful IA scientific investigations. This guide is a teaching tool I have used for many years, with a large number of my students achieving 7s in their IAs after using this guide.

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