mayyam85 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I'm a Math HL student and I'm not really that strong in this class so I'm finding this exploration quite difficult and I'm struggling really hard. Each time I choose a topic for my math exploration, I'm either told or I find out that it's too simple for the level of a Math HL student. My current topic is the SIR model but I can't find data values for the parameters and I don't know how to make it more 'HL'. I've decided to change my topic and discuss 'The square root of 2'. Would this be too simple?? If it is, what other mathematical concepts can I discuss to make it the level of HL. I've also been thing of something in calculus but I'm not sure what to focus on? PLEASEEEE HELP. I just really need to find a topic that is of HL standard because that is my main problem. THANK YOU!!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevG Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 You could do a simple topic and still be able to get a really high grade if you ace each and every component. The difficulty part is only on criterion E, you will be able to get a 3/6 if you do a SL topic, and go deep into it. So a 17/20 is still achievable, which I believe is still a 7 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 You could do a simple topic and still be able to get a really high grade if you ace each and every component. The difficulty part is only on criterion E, you will be able to get a 3/6 if you do a SL topic, and go deep into it. So a 17/20 is still achievable, which I believe is still a 7Yeah definitely agree with gusmanK said. Too many topic changes can leave you flustered and frustrated, which might make you unwilling to continue with the exploration. 18/20 is almost guaranteed to be a 7 but 17/20 is a 7 sometimes. If you see that getting 16+ takes WAAY to much time then it's better to settle for a slightly lower grade and but spend those time studying for the course and if you can just get one more 20-mark question (mostly) right then the loss of 1 or 2 marks from IA is easily compensated. For this reason, square root of 2 may be a better option compared to SIR models. Honestly all I did was playing around with different statistics distributions and right when I hit 5 pages I just cashed out and concluded. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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