Geography IA Checklist
IB GEOGRAPHY
FIELDWORK
(Antigua 2012)
Your geography internal assessment is an important part of your IB examination and contributes 20% towards the final grade for HL students and 25% towards the final grade for SL students. The booklet is designed to help you to get the best mark possible in your internal assessment. If you read the IB marking criteria, follow my advice and tick every box, then your internal assessment should be of a high standard.
Your coursework will be assessed on seven criteria.
Criterion A
Fieldwork question and geographic context
3 marks
Criterion B
Method(s) of investigation
3 marks
Criterion C
Quality and treatment of information collected
5 marks
Criterion D
Written analysis
10 marks
Criterion E
Conclusion
2 marks
Criterion F
Evaluation
3 marks
Criterion G
Formal requirements
4 marks
Total
30 marks
Within each section you should include the following:
Front Page (this is included in the formal requirements mark)
DETAILS (what to include)
COMPLETE
Your name
Your candidate number (you can get this number off Mr Starr)
Your school code (the school IB code is 0202)
Your research question
Your word count (remember your word count must be less than 2,500 words)
A relevant photo or image
A: Fieldwork question and geographic context (0-3 marks) – 300 words
DETAILS (what to include)
COMPLETE
Your research question again (this time it must be referred to in your introduction)
Relate your research question to geographic theory e.g. TBD and globalization.
Link your research question to the IB specification (Leisure, sport and tourism)
Explain why it is important to carry out research about tourism and globalisation
Introduction to study location. Where, size, brief history, functions.
Your hypothesis (ses). I recommend three hypotheses.
Location map or maps (these must have a title and be referred to in your introduction)
Expected findings. Explain why you expect your hypothesis to be true, refer to theory.
This
FIELDWORK
(Antigua 2012)
Your geography internal assessment is an important part of your IB examination and contributes 20% towards the final grade for HL students and 25% towards the final grade for SL students. The booklet is designed to help you to get the best mark possible in your internal assessment. If you read the IB marking criteria, follow my advice and tick every box, then your internal assessment should be of a high standard.
Your coursework will be assessed on seven criteria.
Criterion A
Fieldwork question and geographic context
3 marks
Criterion B
Method(s) of investigation
3 marks
Criterion C
Quality and treatment of information collected
5 marks
Criterion D
Written analysis
10 marks
Criterion E
Conclusion
2 marks
Criterion F
Evaluation
3 marks
Criterion G
Formal requirements
4 marks
Total
30 marks
Within each section you should include the following:
Front Page (this is included in the formal requirements mark)
DETAILS (what to include)
COMPLETE
Your name
Your candidate number (you can get this number off Mr Starr)
Your school code (the school IB code is 0202)
Your research question
Your word count (remember your word count must be less than 2,500 words)
A relevant photo or image
A: Fieldwork question and geographic context (0-3 marks) – 300 words
DETAILS (what to include)
COMPLETE
Your research question again (this time it must be referred to in your introduction)
Relate your research question to geographic theory e.g. TBD and globalization.
Link your research question to the IB specification (Leisure, sport and tourism)
Explain why it is important to carry out research about tourism and globalisation
Introduction to study location. Where, size, brief history, functions.
Your hypothesis (ses). I recommend three hypotheses.
Location map or maps (these must have a title and be referred to in your introduction)
Expected findings. Explain why you expect your hypothesis to be true, refer to theory.
This
References: Bibliography (a list off all the books and websites that you have used to help you in your coursework. They should be written in the following format.) Greenfield, D (2009) Geography Coursework is Fun, 1st Edition, Greenfield Publishing, RAK, UAE