IB Physics Internal Assessment
FINAL draft formatting guide

1. The report begins with an appropriate title, with your full name, IB Student number, and date:
Yes
2. The first section of the report is titled “Introduction,” and includes:

Scientific context (necessary background for reader to understand the question)
Your question (what you were hoping to discover by conducting the experiment)
Why you were interested in this particular question
What you hypothesized might happen, and why you thought that

3. The second section of your report is titled “Methods” (or similarly appropriate). It includes:
Begin with a paragraph briefly describing the overall set-up
Materials used, both specific equipment and specific supplies (or specific online simulations or databases)
How you conducted the experiment
Labeled diagram or photograph of the experimental set-up
Safety/ethical/environmental considerations you addressed

4. The third section of your report is titled “Results and Analysis.” It includes:

Your raw data (organized and “tabled up” appropriately)
Your processed data, annotated (labeled and described)
Your written interpretation of the processed data
Assessment of the impact of measurement uncertainty

5. The fourth section of your report is titled “Conclusion and Evaluation.” Includes:

A discussion of conclusiveness (Can research question be answered? If so, how? Justify. If not, discuss.)
A comparison of your results to accepted scientific context
The relevant strengths and weaknesses of your investigation
Suggestions to improve and extend your investigation

6. The final section (unless you include an Appendix) is “Works Cited”:
Sufficient (Final draft must be in a standard format, such as MLA)
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