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Below you will find in-depth reports, thought pieces on modern education, as well as hundreds of tips on how to excel at the IB.
How to Nail Your Science IA Analysis
Carrying out a science IA analysis and the accompanying uncertainty calculations—in subjects like Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (SL and HL)—is one of the most challenging things to get right. Too often, I have witnessed students spending hours upon hours calculating percentage errors, only to find out that they got it all wrong. In this article,…
Quick Tips to Get a 7 In Your Science IA’s
Ah, yes, IB’s infamous Science Internal Assessments (IAs). Either you love the Science IAs, or you hate them. Regardless of your feelings about them, you must write them, and since they usually make up around 20% of your mark, they are worth doing well. In this post, I will gather tips and tricks for the…
EE Research Question: 5 Tips to get an A
Do you struggle with figuring out your EE research question? It is the backbone of your essay, after all. This one question will dictate everything else you will write. So, there is a lot of pressure to get it right! Like most other IB students, I struggled to articulate my research question. Finding the right…
The 7 Best IB Hacks!
We all know the IB isn’t easy. With six subjects, innumerable CAS hours and seemingly endless IAs and exams, IB students need some shortcuts! In this blog, we’ve put together some of the Lanterna team’s best IB hacks for tackling all parts of your diploma! The Core Record your CAS reflections – you’ll have to…
Can I Study Whilst Asleep?
IB students worldwide know the pain of getting less than enough sleep day after day because of studying into the late night. During some of these late nights you must have pondered, “Is there any way of me learning all this while sleeping?” You might have heard rumours that ‘listening to vocabulary while asleep will…
25 History IA Topic Ideas!
Are you about to start your History internal assessment? We know the struggle. One of the most difficult parts about the task is finding a good History IA topic because it feels like you can just write about anything. The IB breaks it down into 7 main different types of topics that you can choose,…
20 IB Physics IA Topic Ideas!
Choosing where to start with an IA can be the hardest part, and this is definitely true for the Physics IA. We know that our topic has to be somewhat related to the syllabus, but where should we focus? Thankfully, we’ve asked some of our favourite IB graduates for some of the ideas they pursued!…
30 IB Biology IA Topic Ideas!
Are you struggling with choosing your topic for your IB Biology IA? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. Finding a topic is one of the – if not THE – most important part of writing your IA, so we want to make sure that you get it right! Luckily, there are so many great topics…
25 IB Chemistry IA Topic Ideas
We all know that scoring superbly on internal assessments is a great way to boost our IB grades. But how do we get started on a lab report and, crucially, what should we write about? In general, keep in mind that for your Chemistry IA we want to measuring how changing one variable has an…
50 IB Maths IA Topic Ideas
IB Maths is a struggle for most people going through their diploma. To make matters worse, on top of just doing the dreaded maths exam, we’re also expected to write a Maths IA exploration into a topic of our choice! Where do you even begin such a task? How do you even choose a topic?…
