A step-by-step writing frame for the IB Geography Internal Assessment. Pose a focused fieldwork question grounded in geographic theory, justify how you collected your primary data, then present, analyse and evaluate it — with the assessment criteria and the ~2,500-word fieldwork-report method built in.
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This is roughly how your exported DOCX / PDF will read. Use it to rehearse a focused, well-structured fieldwork report that answers the fieldwork question.
The IB Geography Internal Assessment is a written fieldwork report of about 2,500 words built on primary data you collected yourself in the field. This examiner-written writing frame walks you through the method step by step — pose a focused, answerable fieldwork question grounded in a geographic concept or model and a real, named study location; set out a sound methodology that explains how, where and why you collected your primary data, with a justified sampling strategy and equipment; present that data with well-chosen maps, graphs and tables, located where the geography matters; analyse the data in writing against the theory; conclude by answering the fieldwork question; and evaluate the reliability and limitations of your method. Each step is paired with the assessment criteria, worked good-and-bad examples and the traps that cost marks, and your report exports to DOCX or PDF.
Everything in the report flows from the fieldwork question. A strong question is narrow enough to answer with the primary data you can realistically collect, tied to a recognised geographic model or concept — bid-rent, a river's Bradshaw model, sphere of influence, microclimate — and grounded in a specific, located study area. From the theory you draw a hypothesis or expected pattern that your data can confirm or challenge.
A sound methodology explains the data-collection technique, the sampling strategy and why each choice suits the question, clearly enough to be replicable. Presentation then turns the numbers into evidence: choose the graph or map that reveals the spatial pattern, label everything, and locate data where space matters. The written analysis carries the most weight — it interprets the data against the theory, explains why the pattern occurs, and accounts for anomalies rather than just describing the graph.
The conclusion answers the exact fieldwork question directly from the evidence and states how far the theory held. The evaluation is then honest and specific about the reliability and limitations of your method — sample size, timing, observer error, sampling bias — weighing how much each matters and proposing realistic improvements. It is free to start: the planning sections are free, and the later sections are a one-time unlock per tool. Sign in to save your work and sync it across devices.