In the 11th grade research course, students were asked to give a presentation on their work so far and talk about their next steps in the Extended Essay.  Here is one example for an EE in Physics from student, Daniel M! Great job!!


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New this year to ISP has been the research course -- required for all of our diploma programme juniors.  The new course addresses how to begin the research process, how to inquire, how to research deeply, and how to add to the academic discourse in their subject area.  Students are more engaged in this than I have ever seen anyone be in the research process! 
   
    Seniors are complaining that they didn't have a research course!
    A junior taking the class said, "I used to hate EBSCO [a da...
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IB Film students were just about to start on a series of research heavy final projects.  In order to support them in this endeavor, we had a research seminar specific to their task for class. 

Students were led to explore the features and materials in Ebrary and EBSCO, as well as how to broaden and narrow their search terms in order to get the best search results for film topics!

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11th grade IB Literature students participated in a research seminar.  This seminar covered the basics of researching, how to choose a research topic, how to find good sources, databases through the library, and source citation. 

Students then completed a research task for their upcoming oral presentation and used the seminar to do an assignment about the research process.

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The IB Extended Essay!  This task asks students to do high quality and challenging research in order to pursue answers to a research question in a topic that interests them. 

The library supported 11th grade students on the start of their IB EE journey by giving a lunch research seminar, ordering EE books, obtaining Ebrary - an online database for non-fiction books, and helping individuals with research problems.

The library also supported 12th grade students as they brought their essays to a ...
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11th grade IB Film came in to the library in order to do research on an era of film of their choosing.  Students used the library databases, the collection of Film DVDs, and the collection of IB Film reference books, and were reminded about good sources for their research.
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Students from IB 11th grade art came in and took old books and materials that the library was discarding.  Students then took a couple of months and turned our library "trash" into beautiful library treasure.  Many of these works of art are now on display on the library shelves!


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At the beginning of the school year, students in 11th grade IB History came in for a review of good research methods.  We reviewed types of sources, where to find good sources, and how to critically decide if a source is right for your project or not!

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