Brisbane State High School

Student name: Student number:

Teacher name: Class:

Handout: Week 5 – Monday 7th August

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Date handout: August 7 Week 5 Lesson 1 Draft due: Week 7 – Lesson 2
Date due: Week 9 - Monday 4th September

Subject Year 9 Science

Technique Student Experiment

Unit Three

Topic Scientific Skills

Conditions

Duration 4 weeks

Mode Written Response - Scientific Report Length 800 – 1000 words

Individual/ Group work* with individual report Other Submit draft and final copy of practical report
group to Turnitin and Showbie

Resources Investigation booklet and scientific skill lessons to help form your response.
available School science laboratory and library (online: internet and school intranet, databases, journals)

Context

You have completed the following practicals this term:

 Investigation 1: Insulation
 Investigation 2: Refraction
 Investigation 3: Water xylophone

Task

Analyse an experiment and create a justified modification (refinement, extension, or redirection) to address your own related
hypothesis and question.

You must select one of the practicals above as the basis for your methodology and research question. Present your findings in a
scientific report following the structure below.

To complete this task, you must:

Original Experiment:
 select an experiment to modify*

Background
 describe scientific principles relevant to the chosen experiment.
 describe potential limitations in the experiment that need to be modified.

Research Question and Hypothesis:

 design a research question that can be investigated*l
 design a hypothesis that can be tested*
 use scientific concepts and understanding to justify the hypothesis.

Modifications to the methodology:

 design and refine the method to ensure the systematic collection and recording of reliable data*
 justify the modifications in relation to the dependent, independent, and controlled variables.

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 Management of risks:
 describe how to manage safety and ethical considerations.
Results:
 systematically collect, process and record reliable data.

Processing and analysing data:

 analyse the data to identify sufficient and relevant evidence that links directly to the research question.
o identify the trends, patterns or relationships in the evidence.
o reference data or evidence
o explain the relationship between variables relevant to the research question using scientific knowledge.
Evaluation:
 analyse the method and identify the inconsistencies in the quality of data.
 explain how they may affect the reliability and accuracy of the data.

Conclusion:
 draw a conclusion that links to the research question.
 justify with reasons and evidence to support the conclusion

Demonstrate appropriate communication throughout:

 concise and coherent use of scientific language.
 accurate presentation of scientific report that is concise and coherent.
 accurate representation of graphs, tables and calculations.

Accurate referencing (in-text and reference list) of all sources in APA style.
Checkpoints

☐ Week 5 – Lesson 1: Handout Assignment + Clarity

☐ Week 7 – Lesson 2: Assignment Lesson DRAFT Due 4pm (submit to Showbie and Turnitin)

☐ Week 7 – Lesson 2: Peer Feedback + Feedback traffic lights

☐ Week 8 – Lesson 1/2: Assignment Lesson (Draft feedback and feedforward)

☐ Week 9 – Monday 4th September: FINAL Due 4pm (submit to Turnitin and Showbie)

Criteria Grade Awarded

Science Understanding

Science Inquiry Skills

Feedback

A B C
This folio of student work has the following characteristics:
Thorough description of models of Informed description of scientific Description of scientific principles
Research & Planning

energy transfer which can be principles relevant to the chosen relevant to the chosen experiment
understanding

applied to provide justified experiment

Scientific

explanation of phenomena. Description of potential limitations in

Informed description of potential the experiment that need to be
Justified description of potential limitations in the experiment that modified.
limitations in the experiment that need to be modified.
need to be modified.
 Design a question and justified Design a question and informed Design a question that can be

& predicting
Questioning
hypotheses that can be investigated hypotheses that can be investigated investigated using a range of inquiry
using a range of inquiry skills. using a range of inquiry skills. skills.

Design and refinement of methods Design of methods that include: Design of methods that include:
Planning and conducting

that include:  the control and accurate  the control and accurate
 the control, and accurate measurement of variables to measurement of variables.
measurement of variables to ensure the systematic collection,  systematic collection and
ensure the systematic collection, processing and recording of data. processing of data.
processing and recording of  description of the implications of  description of ethical and safety
reliable data. ethical and safety and considerations.
 description of how to manage considerations.
Science Inquiry

safety and ethical considerations.

Analysis of trends in data to identify Analysis of trends in data to identify Analysis of trends in data to:
Skills

and explain relationships between and describe relationships between

Processing and

 identify relationships between

and information
analysing data

variables to: variables to: variables.

 draw justified conclusions.  draw conclusions consistent with  reveal inconsistencies in results.
 identify and explain evidence.
inconsistencies in results.  identify and describe
inconsistencies in results.
 Analysis of own methods and the  Analysis of own methods and the  analysis of own methods and the
Evaluating

quality of own data to inform quality of own data to inform quality of own data.
justified explanation of effective explanation of effective actions to  explanation of specific actions to
actions to improve the quality of improve the quality of their improve the quality of own
their evidence. evidence. evidence.
Concise and coherent use of Coherent use of appropriate Use of appropriate language and
Communica

appropriate language and accurate language and accurate representations when

ting

representations when representations when communicating findings and ideas

communicating findings and ideas communicating findings and ideas to specific audiences.
to specific audiences. to specific audiences.