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I mean I'm not an IB coordinator or anything and so to be honest I don't really know in this context. I would generally speaking say though that if it was part of the syllabus at any point in time your topic is probably not broad or extensive enough to warrant a full IA topic and I would generally speaking steer very clear of any such experiments just because the IB can score you very very low if you do anything similar to the experiments that they used to do or well at least currently do, so just to be safe I would kind of steer past the experiments that they used to do and just try and find other experiments. I mean there are so many different ones out there that I'm sure you can find another topic without too much searching that would just negate that risk.

I will however say your topic doesn't have to be super different for example if you're talking about them using an experiment using catalase you can literally just use any other enzyme and that's totally different enough to be sufficient for your IA. It really doesn't have to be crazy complicated, so if you're talking in terms of a topic like that then feel free to do something similar just be very careful about the exact experiments that are prescribed by the syllabus, because even if your school doesn't teach those to you (even though they should) you will get marked down and that has happened in the past for certain students that didn't experience those teachings at their schools and didn't know that kind of information.

Thank you so much! It's just that we're seriously running out of time with the IA thing and because of the new syllabus my teacher didn't know it wasn't part of it anymore. I was gonna do the Winkler method and water salinity 😭 but we talked about an alternative idea which is like hand or knife splitting effects the dose distribution in a tablet, but idk how I feel about that one

Oh man, that sounds super frustrating. I'm sorry you're dealing with that! Worst case scenario, you can always do some sort of enzyme experiment and simply measure how enzymes respond to different conditions (temp., enyzme concentration, substrate concentration, etc.) because afaik that's always part of the syllabus and you can calculate the activation energy required or there's a couple other ways that you can connect it to the syllabus. These kind of experiments work super well because you can find enzymes in just about any biological system i.e. even if your school is broke and doesn't have money to buy purified enzymes, you can derive the enzyme from bovine meat for example or other kinds of meats or plants. Depending on whatever enzyme you're focusing on you would simply have to choose the correct meat or plant that has a high concentration of that specific enzyme. If you did do this, though, you should make sure that your write up is really good because these topics are done quite frequently, so any kind of mistakes that are made, or quite likely to be noticed very easily.

@@zeldawaite Hi, Zelda! I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your help. I don't know why, but every IA idea I tell my teacher about, they seem to disapprove of (temperature on buffer capacity, different catalysts on a reaction and they're also telling me enzymes are too biology for a chemistry IA). I've ran out of time and they've made me do the tablet splitting one, but honestly I don't know how good I can make it. I don't even know what type of background info I can add for it. If you have any advice, I'd love to hear it, but you've already helped a lot, so again, this is mainly just a thank you. :)

I'm grateful you found it helpful :) GL on your IA!

Thanks for watching, I appreciate the feedback! :) I'm not an IB grader so I can't give you a definite answer by any means. However, I think another method if you're struggling to find journals specifically is perhaps looking into newspaper articles or commentaries on your work written in book reviews (ensure they're credible newspapers though or reputable literary critics). Naturally the less famous your work is the more difficult time you're going to have finding secondary materials, it is nevertheless very important to do this so I do think it would be worth your time. Keep in mind you can still score a top score by losing several points you just want to make sure that among all of your categories you don't lose too many points. If you really can't find anything relating to it, then perhaps, consider taking the loss of the points in that category and just make sure that you perfect everything else which could still get you a top grade. That being said that shouldn't be your first choice and if you even found two articles I would try and find the one or two quotes in those journals that correspond at least in some capacity to what you're writing about and figure out a way to integrate them, which it sounds like you did. Remember quantity is not quality so even if it's only two or three quotes but those are highly relevant that's much better than you just drizzling 10 or 20 other quotes that are completely irrelevant into your paper. I don't remember since it's so long ago that I wrote my paper but I think in my entire paper I also only had something under 4-5 quotes of external articles but they were relevant which is what mattered. If you only have two across the whole paper but they're relevant I think that's probably ok. The point is you're trying to illustrate that you can critically think about someone else's work and as long as the two quotes are sufficiently used to do that I think you should be fine. ---sry for the ramble and not sure how helpful this is but good luck!!!

@@zeldawaite Perfect, thank you so much!

Hey sorry for the late reply I didn't see this earlier. My bad :/ Research questions are often only finalized at the very end once you've written your entire paper, so I wouldn't be too concerned about it yet. I think your starting question is pretty good the one thing I would say is that what you mean with an inhibitor versus a catalyst is somewhat unclear from your research question itself and to be honest I think you could literally stop your question after "How does Margaret Mitchell develop the theme of grief in her book Gone with the Wind?" Personally, I think that's a solid question that you can delve into and in your research process there's likely to be some sort of pattern that emerges in terms of how she represents grief which you could later on integrate into the research question, but that's just my personal take. I've never actually read the book, so I don't know too much about it, but those are my "off the top of my head" thoughts. Not sure how helpful that is but good luck!

Hey, no I'm not. I was very much learning French at the time and I'm still not fluent in it.

Hey, depending on whichever documents you want just look under the comment section in the video from my school playlist corresponding to whatever you're looking for. I.e. all of the English EE documents are located under the English EE video, the biology IA information is under the biology IA videos, etc. I'm not quite sure what exactly you're looking for so it's probably easiest for you to just go and look under those videos for what you want.

Damn rip! I had to do something similar but you'll make it through it and honestly, as annoying as it is, it truly is really good practice and you'll be grateful for it later bc you won't be figuring things out for the first time, but I know the pain is real right now. Good luck though ;)

You totally got this Alexandra!!!! To be honest, I really crammed out my EE in a few days, so imho if you still have a month to go, you're wayyy ahead of the curve and you'll figure it out ;)

Hey, thank you for watching! The subject reports used to be publicly available on r/ibo alongside free past papers, however, the IB filed a legal complaint forcing them to take it down, so the cheapest way, you can access them now (unless some other platform has managed to collect them and upload them of which I have no knowledge) is asking your school IB coordinator. All coordinators (and often teachers) should have access to a copy of the IB subject reports for each exam session. Nevertheless, many IB coordinators won't release these to their students for whatever reason or they will only discuss certain things mentioned in them during the classes they teach. Your best chance afaik now is just to go and ask them for access because the worst they can say is no. Edit: I did a quick Google search and it seems like at the moment at least some of the subject reports are available on this website for free: other-resources.papacambridge.com/other-resources/ib/ib-subject-reports . Be aware that all of the 3rd party websites publishing these documents could (and likely eventually will) be forced to take them down by the IBO through legal actions, as the copyright for these papers belongs to the IBO. For whatever reason IBO has been trying harder in the last few years to remove these documents/ past papers (probably because they want to make extra money by selling them), which is also why r/ibo was forced to take them down. Therefore, if you need/ want copies for multiple classes I'd download all of the ones that you want immediately just so that you have them in case they do shut down the websites.

@@zeldawaite Thank you so much you're so helpful!

Hey, yes you can but as mentioned in the video the more frequently the topic has been done the more likely it is that an examiner will immediately spot any errors because they already know which common errors they're looking for that students often make. On the flipside the advantage to it, is that often it will be much easier to find secondary sources and gather information which leaves you more time to perfect the actual experimental write up which is ultimately what you're graded on. Regarding your second question, control variables are any kind of variable that could impact the results of your data and should therefore remain constant. For example, if I was instead measuring the relationship between blood pressure and age I would want to control for caffeine intake because it raises blood pressure and will affect the metric that I'm measuring (i.e. my dependent variable blood pressure) but I wouldn't care and therefore wouldn't have to control any other medication's or anything they're using unless they also affect the dependent variable as well (I hope that example made sense and didn't confuse you more sorry if it did). While the examples you mentioned of race and skin color are sometimes useful control variables for experiments, they are only going to be useful if the dependent variable you are looking at will change as a result of someone's skin color or race. Lmk if you have any follow up questions and I'll try to answer whatever I can, but I hope this made things a little more clear for you.

You can email me at zeldaswaite@gmail.com or you can dm me on instagram @zeldawaite, email is preferred though

That's honestly so sweet to hear 💛 It's sometimes a little difficult to tell if something was actually useful or not without these comments so I'm very glad you found the video useful! Really I didn't do any of that work though it was all you, congrats on the excellent score!!! 🌟 🔥 🌟 If you still have it around and don't mind, would you actually be willing to link the EE checklist you mentioned you found helpful just so I can add it to the links below this video as a resource for others as well?

Thank you very much for that feedback and I'm sorry about any inconvenience that caused, especially to your poor ears!

Man I remember that anxiety and it was not a fun trip lol but glad that you found the video helpful and good luck on your chem IA! 🍀

To each their own :)

Hey thanks for watching and sorry that this is a little delayed! It's a solid topic, however you are going to run into the problem that this topic is done extremely frequently (as in one of the most frequently done topics) and hence any error you make will likely immediately be downgraded. I think you would likely be better off chosing an enzyme and vary the temperature with that as it will likely give you a similar data set to analyze in terms of it's connection to the IB syllabus reaction rate. If you do this topic make sure you quadruple check your IA as seriously anything that is erranous or left out will be immediately recognized as examiners have likely seen the same experiment as an IA many many times and therefore know what should/ shouldn't be included.

Hey I've only ever tried the Rombaut shoes in this video but based on those overall I absolutely love mine! They did take some time to walk in but they are so comfortable and I remeber also thinking that the first time I tried them on. If you are getting the boots I will say the ankle can be a little tight depending on how thick the socks are that you wear/ your own anatomy but it's not crazy tight and can probably be fixed with thinner socks. Tbh I don't notice breathability too much myself but I definitely don't feel that my feet have overheated or anything similar even when I wear them in hot weather.

Hey! My jackets I all purposefully purchased oversize which is why they are significantly too big and also why tbh I can't give you a completely accurate answer to your first question. Having seen some of the smaller fitting jackets though I do think that they are designed to be a little big and loose fitting so I'd say there is a good chance you could size down and be completely fine (obviously varies by brand somewhat though). Regarding your second question, no. I wore mine in 30+°C and I was relatively fine. That being said, for me, it was also benefitted by the oversize fit allowing a draft of air (if that makes any sense lol) and I would still say it's more of a spring temp. kinda clothing piece.

@@zeldawaite How much did you size up ? Just wondering so I can get a better understanding of the fit.

Hahaha I totally see that lol

Hahaha I definitely feel you on that. Sucks when there is cool stuff you can't get in your county :( Idk where you are, but maybe it's worth looking online for you or ordering from another country and just biting the bullet with the customs fees if its not super expensive.

Hahaha lowkey now I might make a video with just all black outfits

Hahahaha thanksk, my parents fault ig lol :)

I'm happy it helped you and gl on your work!

Hey, my page size is A4 with narrow margins. When I was doing my IA I also didn’t find anything but I’m almost entirely certain I didn’t have any points deducted for the format I used and if so it was max 1 point. If you do change margins make sure to submit it as a PDF tho bc a lot of ppl forget this and when others download their work the format gets totally messed up with words cut off etc. and that will lead to communication mark deductions but other than that I’m pretty sure a4 narrow margins is completely fine.

@@zeldawaiteis this on google docs?

Hey, I was a bio HL student

In theory you don't have restrictions as long as you work within the relevant safety parameters. Typically any antibiotic experiments have to be done in a safety regulated lab i.e. typically a university or company research lab, so if you have access to that probably, if not I would highly advise against it. Also if you do chose to work with antibiotics you should definitely read up on the safety guidelines regarding working with microbes/ antibiotics because even if you work in a safety regulated lab there are several other guidelines you ought to follow (ex. reducing the antibiotic disks you use to only the necessary ones, incubation temperatures, etc.)

Hey nw hope it helped :) Tbh your general research idea is quite interesting, however there are a few things I would be mildly concerned about. Firstly, usually if you're working with types of molds or organisms you're required to also be able to identify the kind of mold/ organism which can be somewhat difficult as you can't necessarily control the kind of mold that grows on your plates unless you have incredibly sterile environments. I'm not entirely sure if this applies to the chemistry as well, but it definitely does to the biology IA. Considering your topic heavily centers on biology I would assume that you probably have to be able to properly identify the species but that's something I'm not too familiar with to be honest. Also, if you did continue with this research question, which definitely has a good amount of secondary sources you'll be able to access, you should definitely watch out that you don’t fall into the trap of focusing too much on biology. At the end of the day you are trying to write a chemistry IA meaning that you should definitely focus significantly more on any sort of chemical reactions that occur between the hydrogen peroxide and the inhibition of growth, so if you do end up choosing this topic I would try restricting your discussion of whatever mold/ bacteria you are working with to maybe one max 2 paragraphs in the intro and focus the rest of your introduction on the chemical reactions taking place/ how those relate to the syllabus. I'm not sure anything here was very helpful but I hope something helps!

@@zeldawaite that was very helpful, thank you so much!

Yea I realized that later, I'm sorry about that

@@zeldawaite Yeah that was killing me

literally cannot thank u enough

Hahaha glad it helped you :) Good luck on your IA 🍀🍀🍀

Thanks for watching and yeah I still totally am, it's baaaaaad hahaha

Thanks for the offer and watching the video, but I'm alright. Have a good night too!

Appreciate that :) Hope you gained some kind of inspiration from it!

Damn that sucks, I have ordered from them many times and have never experienced issues like this, but I hope you somehow find a way to get your money back or a refund. I'm sorry you experienced this

I love that song haha tx for making it publicly available

@@zeldawaite Stoked you found it. Appreciate the support.

I would recommend trying to identify weaknesses in your experiment that could introduce errors in your data. The controls will then be your solutions to the potential errors you identified.

@@zeldawaite Thank you! Would you recommend only using scholarly articles for background information or alternative websites?

That's awesome congrats!!!

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Yea, there definitely should. For my IA the controlled variables are what I talked about under the variables section in the table. It's the table on pg. 3 of my IA, but obviously the variables will differ depending on your experiment.

Hey, you should always write a health & waste disposal part, just in your case, it will likely center more around how you kept the participants safe and considered ethics in your research. You do have to in-text cite, but you don't need to footnote on each page as far as I know, however, I would double-check with your teacher. Most research papers use some type of numbering system, where you superscript or subscript the sources with numbers and then number your citation at the end. The method differs slightly based on what specific citation format you use, but I would recommend looking at some research papers to see what I mean in case my description wasn't clear enough. This method is personally my favorite, as it saves space, but if your teacher is grading your IAs this year, then I would try to follow what they instuct.

Hey, super sorry for answering so late, I hope it's not too late :/ The science IAs are not double spaced, however certain other IAs (ex. in English are double spaced). I hope this wasn't too late, sry again and GL!!!

Hey, you need to do a stats analysis regardless, it will depend on the type of data you collected though

Hahaha thanks :) It's my favorite movie!

It's Mia from pulp fiction during the overdose scene

Hey, there used to be a website that offered them for free (ibdocuments.com), but the IBO took them down, so I would recommend either asking or continuously checking to see if other websites that share PPQs have them and if they do I would recommend making a copy for yourself immediately, as the IB will likely eventually make them take it down for copyright infringement. Alternatively, you can ask your teachers. Every school receives a copy annually, however, not all teachers are willing to share it--always worth asking though.

It works, thought about doing that myself before I chose my topic, but be careful regarding control of contaminants. You ought to make a stock solution as otherwise you can't assume the concentration of other compounds in the honey will be the same for all trials.

@doobydoes4956 Which bacteria you will choose? :)

@@AslUsluer I ended up switching to garlic and testing it’s antimicrobial properties on lactobacillus. The reason for this is because lactobacillus is the intestines and garlic can act as a probiotic as well. So it acted as a lowkey interesting experiment to see whether garlic juice would kill lactobacillus or help it grow. Spoiler alert by serial dilution it had very strong antimicrobial affects. I think I secured a 6.

@@doobydoes4956 That should be really exciting to experience :) Where did you find lactobacillus also did you make the experience in your schools lab.?

Thanks for watching, I'm glad you found it helpful!

Hey thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it! I'll try and slow down a bit in the future, but a bit hard to control lol :)

Oh sick that sounds interesting and happy to help :) GL with your IA!