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Higher-level IB science students share results of original research in annual poster session
The seventh annual IB higher-level science poster session took over the Estes Athletic Center on the morning of Friday, January 24. About 20 students in IB Higher Level biology and physics classes presented the results of their original internal assessment lab experiments. Students in standard level science interviewed each presenter in order to begin to make their own plan for an independent project later this winter. Topics included:
  • The Effect of pH on the Activity of B-Galactosidase
  • The Effect of Height on Tidal Lung Volume
  • The Effect that Changing Resistance has on the Time Constant of a Discharging Capacitor
  • Soaring Science: Chemical and Physical Investigations into Electricity
  • How Does the Mass on a Spring Affect the Angular Frequency?
  • The Effect of Tension on the Frequency of the Second Harmonic in an Elastic String
  • Types of Beverages on Stomach Acid pH
  • How Visual and Auditory Stimuli Affect Human Reaction Time
  • How Does the Concentration of Hydrogen Peroxide Affect the Rate of Iodine Formation in the Iodine Clock Reaction?
  • The Effect of Different Light Cycles on the Bioluminescent Output of Plankton
  • How Meditation Affects Blood Pressure
  • The Effect of Salt on Bacteria Growth
In International Baccalaureate (IB) science courses, students learn through independent research, hands-on laboratory investigations, demonstrations and collaborative work within the class. Students are challenged to think critically and work independently in preparation for advanced scientific study at the college level. Higher Level (HL) IB courses encompass material requiring 240 teaching hours and two years of extensive study.

The IB Diploma Programme emphasizes a unique mix of intellectual challenge, intercultural understanding and respect, and independent research. The program academically prepares the student for the rigors of college. Completion of the full Diploma Programme or of individual IB courses can also give students advanced standing in college, count toward college credit and an advantage in the college admission process.

In 1994 Trinity Episcopal School became the first school in the Richmond Metropolitan Area authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a course of study designed for highly motivated students in the 11th and 12th grades. Trinity is still the only independent school in the area to offer the IB Diploma Programme.
 
Learn more about IB at Trinity at www.trinityes.org/IB.
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