HL Paper 3: Case Study 2024

USEFUL RESOURCES

Note: resources will be added to this document as I find them. Suggestions are always welcome!

Case Study: “Rescue Robots”

How to study and prepare for Paper 3

• Read the case study 2024 Case Study.pdf
• Research the topics covered (section headers are a starting point)

• Take note of specific research results
• Be able to cite papers, organizations, universities
• Example: “...an MIT study in 2022 showed that…”

• Learn the “Additional Terminology”

• Be able to define all terms and use them in writing

• Study the “Challenges Faced” and “Problems to be Addressed”

• Prepare written solutions or responses
• Include information from outside sources

IB Diploma Exam Review Course

A full video course by John Iglar, IBDP Computer Science teacher and tutor at LearnFire, which includes a full analysis (including practice questions and answers) for the IB Computer Science Exam. The section on Paper 3 focuses on the 2024 Case Study, including practice questions. By request, he also added a section to cover the IA (internal assessment), providing guidance and tips on maximizing the grade on each criterion. There is also an invaluable section on study techniques that are proven to be effective.

Conquer the IB Diploma Computer Science Exam & IA (2023-2025) | Udemy

For a discount code, use the first 3 letters of the current month (all capital letters) + the year.

For example: in March 2024 use MAR2024, and in January 2025 use JAN2025

Resources by IBDP Computer Science teachers

Robert Griffiths, CS teacher from Colegio Gran Bretaña, produced these (AI-generated) resources:

• Terminology definitions: both short and detailed
• Multiple-choice questions and answers for each section
• Flashcards for the above definitions

Bill Mackenty’s (American School of Warsaw) excellent Computer Science Wiki has a page of definitions for terminology from the case study.

• https://computersciencewiki.org/index.php/Robotics 
• https://computersciencewiki.org/index.php/2024_case_study 

An overview video with good detail by Amith Ravinder, teacher at Aquinas American School.

• IB Computer Science - Paper 3 - Case Study (2024) - Rescue Robots 

Jeremy Kung (IS Riga, Latvia) and his class have created a website with resources and information:

• https://sites.google.com/isriga.lv/casestudy2024/home 

Quizlet flash cards

• Matthew Moran from the Dwight School (NY) published these Quizlet flash cards 
• James Shrimpton from Bavarian International School has also published Quizlet flash cards.

Some Selected Resources

Computer Science Cafe is in the process adding different pages with information about the 2024 Case Study

• IB COMPUTER SCIENCE | Comprehensive Resources for Teachers and Students 

Crash Course Computer Science (an excellent playlist for CS in general)

• Robots: Crash Course Computer Science #37
• Computer Vision: Crash Course Computer Science #35

Some practical articles

• Visual SLAM: The Basics
• A Comprehensive Guide on Human Pose Estimation - Analytics Vidhya
• Human Pose Estimation Technology 2023 Guide
• Ethical concerns in rescue robotics: a scoping review | SpringerLink
• Rise of the Robots | The Ethics of Robotics | PBS LearningMedia
• Sensor Fusion Tutorial | ideo.com     
• An example: Nuclear waste clear up helped by robot “dogs”  

Some helpful videos

• How vSLAM is Used For Robotic Navigation
• SLAM Robot Mapping - Computerphile
• Human Pose Estimation in Machine Learning Explained (2D & 3D)
• Deep Learning - 048  Human pose estimation as image segmentation
• Understanding Sensor Fusion and Tracking, Part 1: What Is Sensor Fusion?
• Robots to the rescue in post-disaster recovery