What is the Group IV project?
The Group IV project is an interdisciplinary project completed by students of all IB science courses. It is a collaborative effort that involves group study of some topic of interest. Students from each discipline are placed into groups and the members formulate research questions dealing with a topic chosen by the students themselves. The research question students formulate is based on what discipline the student represents. For example, if the topic is skiing, and the student is a Biology student, then they will come up with a research question focused on skiing with a Biology slant (e.g.: “How is heart rate affected by different types of skiing?”). An experiment is then conducted on the student’s research question, and data are presented via poster format in a poster session at the end of the semester in which the project is assigned.
