IB Geography SL Internal Assessment Example

The student identified a geographically relevant investigation in a real coastal dune setting.

The student linked the question to appropriate geographical ideas such as sea-spray deposition, psammosere succession, and surface roughness.

The student included locational maps and attempted to show the study area within its wider regional context.

The question is slightly misaligned with the variables actually measured, because dune formation itself is not directly investigated.

The maps do not clearly show the sampling transect or exact data-collection points.

The site description is not precise enough to make the fieldwork location fully clear.

The student used appropriate fieldwork techniques such as quadrats, an anemometer, repeated readings, and a transect-based approach.

The student showed some awareness of reliability by repeating measurements and collecting more than one reading at several sites.

The student's methods are generally relevant to investigating environmental change across a dune system.

The methods are not explained with enough clarity or consistency across the datasets.

The pH procedure is not scientifically clear enough to show proper calibration or a robust testing method.

The sampling pattern is not fully consistent, which weakens the coherence of the investigation.