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Choose one of these for an interdisciplinary pathway.

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Use this template to prepare your pitch

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Finding Your EE Topic: 6 Tips for Students

1. Follow Your Curiosity – Think about subjects or ideas you enjoy and want to explore more deeply.

2. Look at Your Passions – Consider hobbies, books, movies, or issues you care about.

3. Connect to Class Subjects – Link your favorite subjects to topics you’re curious about.

4. Ask “What If?” Questions – Play with “What if?” or “Why?” questions to spark ideas.

5. Use Media for Inspiration – Explore social media, YouTube videos, or documentaries to discover interesting topics.

6. Check Resources – Make sure there’s enough information online, in books, or in the library to research your topic

Tips taken from ISB Libguides

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Complete this form to outline your preliminary ideas for your Extended Essay. This is the initial step in securing supervision and topic approval.

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Please complete this form to outline your preliminary ideas for your Extended Essay. This is the initial step in securing supervision and topic approval.

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IB Extended Essay 2027 Pathways Explained | Subject-Focused vs Interdisciplinary Approach

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Consider feedback from the pitch and complete further research to outline a final EE proposal in a Google slideshow format.

Be sure to use all of the key elements in this template

Add your final proposal to Toddle

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This assignment outlines the first stage of the EE writing process, focusing on developing, pitching, and submitting your preliminary research proposal.

Phase 1: Preparing Your Pitch

Prepare a 5-minute pitch to clearly explain your proposal.

Think about and answer the following questions. Submit the form in IB Learner Classroom.

EE Pitch Outline:

Topic and Subject
In the subject of… I aim to explore the topic of…

Motivation and Engagement
Because I want to find out and understand why…

Research Question
This leads to my question,...

Method and Materials
To answer this question, I will need to…

Consider the following questions:

Is your investigation doable within the timeframe and in 4000 words?

Is the research question significant? Why is it significant? Who might be interested in your research?

Can you get all the evidence you need? How? Can you get the materials and equipment, can you do the experiments? Can you contact the people and get the information you need? What other resources do you still need?

Phase 2: The Pitch

Deliver your 5-minute pitch to the panel.

Be prepared to receive immediate, constructive feedback. You may take notes.

Phase 3: Final Proposal

Create your finalized and polished EE proposal. Use the feedback from your pitch as well as further investigating to write your proposal.

Add your final proposal to Toddle

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Supervisor

As you set out to write your extended essay, know that you are not alone. You have a supervisor. The role of your supervisor is to guide you. Here is a mind map to help you make sense of the roles, requirements and recommendations for supervisors.

Acceptable practice

NOT acceptable practice

Your supervisor can read several versions of your research question and guide you towards finalising your research question.

Your supervisor may not think of and write out your research question for you.

Your supervisor can give oral or written feedback on one complete draft of your extended essay.

Your supervisor may not annotate or edit any versions of your extended essay.

Your supervisor (or anyone else) can give generic advice, for instance telling you that you tend to write very long sentences, and perhaps the essay would read better if you shortened many of them.

Your supervisor (or anyone else) cannot put a red pen to your essay and show you where the full-stops (periods) should go, for example.

You can ask your librarian or your supervisor how to cite, for instance, a blog post or a paper read at a conference.

You cannot ask your librarian or your supervisor to check and correct all your citations and references.

You can ask for help in obtaining specific papers or articles - perhaps following up a reference in something else you have been reading.

Your supervisor (or anyone else) cannot tell you to delete this particular quotation and instead use a different quotation from a different writer's work.

After reading your first complete draft, your supervisor could tell you how many marks he/she thinks your draft would earn, if submitted in its draft form, using the assessment criteria.

Your supervisor cannot tell you how many marks your final version will earn or that your predicted grade will be your actual grade for the EE.

Tips

If you cannot make a meeting let your supervisor know.

Be prepared before meetings. Send your supervisor a copy of your RRS or your work ahead of the meeting. Agree on an agenda for the meeting.

Use your supervisor as a sounding-board for your ideas.

If your supervisor listens to you, it's suggested that you listen to his or her advice.

As well as longer RPPF sessions, arrange to meet frequently and briefly for check-in meetings.

Assessment

Keep in mind that the RPPF is assessed for Criterion E: Engagement. The supervisor writes comments about the candidate's level of engagment on the form. The examiner reads the supervisor's comments and can be influenced by these comments when determining marks. So candidates: make sure your supervisor wants to vouch for you!

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As you set out to write your extended essay, know that you are not alone. You have a supervisor. The role of your supervisor is to guide you. Here is a mind map to help you make sense of the roles, requirements and recommendations for supervisors.

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_Extended Essay Handbook for Supervisors

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ISB Libguides: IBDP: Extended Essay: The Research Process

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Resources to support students as they plan, write, edit, and revise their Extended Essays

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LibGuides: US IB Extended Essay (2026 2027): Research Questions

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LibGuides: US IB Extended Essay (2026 2027): Research Questions

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Academic Skills, The University of Melbourne

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Your Responsibilities as a student

1. Ensure that your extended essay aligns with a DP subject or subjects as per the subjects listed as available for the relevant examination session.

2. Ensure that your extended essay conforms with policies and expectations regarding academic integrity and ethics. This includes understanding the implications of the “B1 General regulations: Diploma Programme” section in the Diploma Programme Assessment procedures if there is a breach of these.

3. Read, understand, and use the relevant information and guidance ​​​available in the IB extended essay guide and support material. Refer to your supervisor for details and access.

4. Meet all internal deadlines set by ISB in relation to the extended essay.

5. Attend three mandatory reflection sessions with your supervisor.

6. Record your reflective statement on the RPF.

Source: American School of Madrid https://asmadrid.libguides.com/c.php?g=661086&p=4669289

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The EE, a component of the DP core, is a compulsory, externally assessed piece of independent research presented as a formal piece of academic writing. It is an in-depth study of a focused topic-undertaken either through a subject-focused approach or an interdisciplinary approach. Students choose from the list of available DP subjects for the examination session in question. This normally is one of the six subjects a student is taking (or two, in the case of the interdisciplinary approach) or a subject that a course student has a background in.

The EE is intended to promote academic research and writing skills, providing students with an opportunity to engage in personal research in a topic of their own choice under the guidance of a supervisor (an appropriately qualified member of staff within the school). Students produce a significant piece of appropriately presented and structured writing in which they communicate their ideas and findings in a coherent, reasoned manner, appropriate to the subject(s) chosen.

The updated EE puts a stronger emphasis on students using an interdisciplinary approach to research in order to address complex issues and questions. The world studies EE has been absorbed into a broader, more flexible interdisciplinary pathway within the new EE, where students integrate the lenses of two DP subjects. Focusing on one subject for the EE also is an equally viable research pathway for students, depending on the nature of the topic.
Course content changes

Two clearly defined research pathways: interdisciplinary or subject-focused

Categories have been removed from language A and language B essays

The understanding of reflection in the EE has been enhanced to focus more on the growth of the student through the EE experience, notably the transferable skills learned

Your Responsibilities as a student

1. Ensure that your extended essay aligns with a DP subject or subjects as per the subjects listed as available for the relevant examination session. Consult with the DP coordinator or the extended essay coordinator to obtain the details.

2. Ensure that your extended essay conforms with policies and expectations regarding academic integrity and ethics. This includes understanding the implications of the "B1 General regulations: Diploma Programme" section in the Diploma Programme Assessment procedures if there is a breach of these. The full document is available in Managebac files.

3. Read, understand, and use all the relevant information and guidance ​​​available in the IB extended essay guide and support material. Refer to the supervisor for details and access. The full document is available in Managebac files.

4. Meet all internal deadlines set by the school in relation to the extended essay.

5. Attend three mandatory reflection sessions with your supervisor.

6. Record your reflective statement on the RPF.

Source: Extended Essay Guide First Assessment 2027. International Baccalaureate Organization, 2025. p. 102

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LibGuides: US IB Extended Essay (2026 2027): Home

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LibGuides: US IB Extended Essay (2026 2027): Home

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How Do You Know If Your EE Topic Is Good Enough? [IB Student’s Checklist]

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Not sure if your IB Extended Essay topic is good enough? Use this expert guide to assess your EE topic’s quality, scope, originality, and scoring potential before it’s too late.