Sprint 2 - proving it will work

Interdisciplinary pathway → World Studies Extended Essay

Your WSEE research question

1. What is your RQ?
2. Highlight the globally significant issue in one colour, the localisation in another colour, the geography in a third colour and the other subject area in a fourth.

The materials, sources, data and evidence that support your research question

3. Provide at least four significant sources of data/evidence for each subject area that will help you address your RQ. For each source, extract some key highlights.
   • These significant sources should include →
     • At least one source for each subject area should be sourced from online library databases, such as JSTOR, ScienceDirect, or EBSCOhost. You could ask a librarian to help you with this.
     • One of the geography materials should have a strong spatial element and link to the localisation with your research question.
     • Use Elicit, which will help you analyse research papers at superhuman speed. A free account is fine; sign in with Google and use your school account to find some additional research papers. Make sure you can download the documents as PDFs.
     • Try searching perplexity.ai for your RQ and explore some of the suggested sources as well as the related searches.

The introduction to your WSEE - time to start writing! [You need to write at least 750 words, going beyond generalisations]

4. Describe and explain your significant global issue. Why is it significant? Why is it important? Is it contemporary? Ensure you have some dates, etc., that demonstrate the significant issue is occurring during your lifetime.
5. Describe and explain the localisation of this issue. Why have you chosen it? Why is it a good example?
6. What is your research question? Why is it worth asking?
7. Why does your research question require an interdisciplinary approach?
8. Why are you using geography to look at this significant issue? Which key concepts are you going to use? What does geography bring to the research? Which methodologies, models, etc, will you use?
9. Why are you using the second subject area to look at this significant issue? Which key concepts are they going to use? What does the subject area bring to the research? Which methodologies, models, etc, will you use?

Materials, sources, data and evidence [another 200 or so words here]

The discussions within your WSEE need to do the following →

• Highlight the materials, sources, data and evidence from the two subjects you will be using, with some explanation of why they have been chosen.
• You must demonstrate that you have selected a suitable range of relevant sources.

10. Add the sources of materials, data, and evidence from Task 4 to a table like the one below, with each row representing a different item.

Subject-focused pathway → Geography Extended Essay

Your EE research question

1. What is your RQ?

The materials, sources, data and evidence that support your research question

2. You should plan to collect a significant amount of primary data. Outline the data sets you will collect, where, when and how many.
3. Provide at least six significant sources of secondary data/evidence that will help you address your RQ. For each source, extract some key highlights.
   • These significant sources should include →
     • At least one source for each subject area should be sourced from online library databases, such as JSTOR, ScienceDirect, or EBSCOhost. You could ask a librarian to help you with this.
     • At least two should have a strong spatial element and link to the localisation with your research question.
     • Use Elicit, which will help you analyse research papers at superhuman speed. A free account is fine; sign in with Google and use your school account to find some additional research papers. Make sure you can download the documents as PDFs.
     • Try searching perplexity.ai for your RQ and explore some of the suggested sources as well as the related searches.

The introduction to your WSEE - time to start writing! [You need to write at least 750 words, going beyond generalisations]

This section outlines the global context. It is a hard-hitting section that should include data to illustrate the issue. This should be approximately three paragraphs in length. For example, if the essay examined the extent to which urban trees mitigate the impacts of heat waves in urban areas, focusing on the tree-lined streets of Geneva, Switzerland.

• One paragraph on the increasing incidence and severity of heat waves
• One paragraph on increasing urban population and therefore the vulnerable populations at risk from the impacts of heat waves in urban areas.
• One paragraph outlining some of the mitigation methods attempted in different cities, from a range of countries at varying levels of development.

4. What is your research question? Why is it worth asking?

Materials, sources, data and evidence [another 200 or so words here]

The discussions within your EE need to do the following →

• Highlight the materials, sources, data and evidence you will be using, with some explanation of why they have been chosen.
• You must show clearly that you have chosen a suitable range of relevant sources.

5. Add the sources of materials, data, and evidence from Task 3 to a table like the one below, with each row representing a different item.