Internal Assessment Guidelines
During the second year of the IB Biology HL class, students have the opportunity to research, design, perform, and write up their own investigation. This project is known as an internal assessment (IA). Read the following documents for further information.
During the second year of the IB Biology HL class, students have the opportunity to research, design, perform, and write up their own investigation. This project is known as an internal assessment (IA). Read the following documents for further information.
General Information
The internal assessment, worth 20% of the final assessment for IB , consists of one scientific investigation.
The individual investigation should be sufficiently challenging that allows the student to access the highest level of marks.
Student work is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB.
The performance in internal assessment at both SL and HL is marked against common assessment criteria, with a total mark out of 24.
The internal assessment task will be one scientific investigation taking about 10 hours and the write- up should be about 6 to 12 pages long. Investigations exceeding this length will be penalized in the communication criterion as lacking in conciseness.
It should require a purposeful research question and the scientific rationale for it.
The individual investigation should be sufficiently challenging that allows the student to access the highest level of marks.
Student work is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB.
The performance in internal assessment at both SL and HL is marked against common assessment criteria, with a total mark out of 24.
The internal assessment task will be one scientific investigation taking about 10 hours and the write- up should be about 6 to 12 pages long. Investigations exceeding this length will be penalized in the communication criterion as lacking in conciseness.
It should require a purposeful research question and the scientific rationale for it.