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On a Higher Level

Students in IB higher-level sciences present lab results at annual poster session
The second annual IB higher-level science poster session filled the Estes Athletic Center with discussions of independent and dependent variables, hypotheses, summaries and conclusions on the morning of Wednesday, January 22.

About 30 students in IB Higher Level biology, chemistry and physics classes set up posters showing the results of internal assessment lab experiments. Each student devised their own experiment with guidance from science teachers. Topics included “The Effect of Mass on the Angular Frequency of a Spring” and “The Effect of Different Antacids on the pH of Hydrochloric Acid.” 

“This is now the second year we’ve had this event,” said Kasie Kemp, physics teacher. “This really prepares students well for the type of poster sessions they will be expected to present in college science classes.”

Hundreds of other students and faculty circulated through the gym, interviewing the presenters for details about their topic. 

"I was impressed by their creativity, the thoroughness of their analysis," said Head of School Rob Short. "Even when their experiments didn’t turn out exactly as they planned, they had the tools to analyze and understand why — and to eloquently communicate that to a wide audience."

International Baccalaureate (IB) courses emphasize a unique mix of intellectual challenge, intercultural understanding and respect, and independent research. The program academically prepares the student for the rigors of college. Completion of the full Diploma Programme or of individual IB courses can also give students advanced standing in college, count toward college credit and an advantage in the college admission process.

Higher Level (HL) IB courses encompass material requiring 240 teaching hours and two years of extensive study.

In 1994 Trinity Episcopal School became the first school in the Richmond Metropolitan Area authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a course of study designed for highly motivated students in the 11th and 12th grades. Trinity is still the only independent school in the area to offer the IB Diploma Programme.

Learn more about IB at Trinity at www.trinityes.org/IB.
 
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