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, how? 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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