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IB Environmental systems and societies (ESS) SL Internal Assessment Example
How does adding different brands of common dish soap (Fairy, Pril, Charm, Lux, and Lemon Fairy) at a concentration of 0.5 mL·L⁻¹ to Bahraini coastal seawater affect the pH levels after 24 hours?SL
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7
Official IB Result
IB Grade: 7
Criteria A: A: Research question and inquiry
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A.1Research question and inquiry
Excellent
Criteria Feedback
You state a clear, focused, and measurable research question that is tightly linked to a relevant environmental issue.
Your background context shows good awareness of the marine chemistry problem and gives the inquiry a meaningful local frame.
The investigation is framed in a way that is testable and feasible, with variables and time conditions specified.
Some contextual claims are stronger than the evidence can support, especially where the wording implies ecosystem-level outcomes from a pH-only investigation.
The inquiry would be stronger if it used more cautious scientific language and matched claims more closely to the data actually collected.
Criteria B: B: Strategy
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B.1Strategy
Excellent
Criteria Feedback
You identify an existing strategy that is clearly connected to the environmental issue and the research question.
You explain a real tension between environmental protection and economic/operational practicality, rather than merely naming perspectives.
You extend the discussion toward policy application and source control, which gives the strategy section analytical purpose.
The strategy discussion would be stronger if the link between the policy response and detergent pollution specifically were made more direct.
Some of the broader social or cultural claims need clearer evidence or tighter explanation so they read as supported tensions rather than general observations.
Criteria C: C: Method
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C.1Method
Excellent
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Criteria D: D: Treatment of data
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D.1Treatment of data
Good
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Criteria E: E: Analysis and conclusion
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E.1Analysis and conclusion
Good
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Criteria F: F: Evaluation
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F.1Evaluation
Excellent
Criteria Feedback
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