Experiment Report
Experiment
Task
The aim of this research project is to conduct electricity audit at your home and to write a report about it.
The project may be done both individually and in pairs (two students).
You should follow the following steps:
1. Sunday. Take a photo of the electricity meter reading. These devices are usually placed outside your home.
2. Thursday of the same week. Take another photo of the electricity meter. Calculate how much electricity has been used in your house during 5 days.
Data analysis. electricity saving strategy development.
3. Calculate the amount of used electricity in the class using your meter readings (use the photos which you have taken). Discuss the electricity usage in your home with your classmates, is it higher/lower or the same like everyone else.
Which steps can you take at home to reduce the amount of electricity consumption? Suggest 5 reasonable simple steps/actions which you can take at your home to reduce the amount of electricity consumption. The actions should be practical – the ones you can really implement.
At the end of the class everyone will report about their electricity usage per 5 days and at least 5 actions, which they intend to take at home to reduce the amount of consumed electricity.
Implement the strategy at your home. Keep a short diary of what exactly you do. After you are happy that all the actions are being carried out at your home measure the energy usage at your home again. You should do it at the same days of the week: (Sunday/Monday until Thursday/Friday). Calculate the energy usage again.
REPORT
Write a report on energy audit at your house.
The Report should include the following sub-headings:
1. Background. 200-300 words. Describe how electricity is used in your house and how the energy usage may be reduced.
2. energy saving strategy for your home. 200-300 words. Suggest 5 reasonable simple actions which you will take to reduce energy usage.
3. Methods: describe how you collected your information. (Don’t write about this)
4. Results. Show the photos of electricity and show your electricity usage before and after you implement your strategy. (Don’t write about this)
5. Discussion. Discuss you results: did your strategy of electricity saving work? If it did not work – why?. What can you do better next time. 200-300 words.
6. References. Add at least TWO references from your searches in the web in APA style.
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GRADING/MARKING RUBRIC
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0-9.0 |
9.3-17.7 |
18.0-20.70 |
21.0-23.0 |
23.10-26.0 |
26.10-30.0 |
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1. Analysis Examination and interpretation of information and/or resources |
Little or no evidence of examination of source material |
Constituent elements may be incorrectly identified; analysis may be attempted but unjustified |
Some key elements are identified, but may lack accurate interpretation, analysis or explanation |
Generally, key elements are identified. Generally accurate interpretation, analysis or explanation |
Key elements are identified. Accurate interpretation and evaluation show clear understanding with only occasional lapses |
Key are identified. Accurate interpretation and complete evaluation show clear understanding |
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/30 |
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2. Subject knowledge Understanding and application of subject knowledge and underlying principles |
Unable to evidence or articulate basic principles and knowledge related to the subject. Information may be irrelevant, incomplete and/or inaccurate. |
Limited knowledge of subject. Information may be significantly irrelevant, incomplete and/or inaccurate making information hard to follow logically. |
Some evidence of understanding key aspects of the subject, but details are lacking. Some irrelevancies and inaccuracies |
Generally accurate understanding of key aspects of the subject. Some irrelevancies and inaccuracies |
Accurate extensive understanding of subject. Minor irrelevancies and inaccuracies |
Complete and full understanding of subject. Extensive evidence of appreciation of the relative significance of all relevant aspects of the subject. |
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/30 |
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3. Delivery/Performance |
Unable to complete talk. |
Unable to complete talk or has memorized script without engaging audience. Major problems with enunciation, portions of speech unheard or unintelligible. |
Able to complete talk. Contains many mistakes. Voice and enunciation are ineffective. Little engagement with audience. Seldom attempts repair and recovery strategies. |
Delivers adequately paced and rehearsed talk. Clear enunciation and use of voice is inconsistent. Engages and maintains audience some of the time. Attempts repair and recovery strategies.
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Delivers well-paced and rehearsed talk. Contains a few mistakes. Clear enunciation and effectively uses voice most of the time. Engages and maintains audience. Occasional lapses in repair and recovery strategies. |
Confidently delivers well-paced and extensively rehearsed talk. Contains few mistakes. Consistently uses clear enunciation and effectively uses voice. Engages and maintains audience throughout. Fully focused and skillfully demonstrates repair and recovery strategies. |
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/30 |
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0-3.0 |
3.1-5.9 |
6.0 – 6.9 |
7.0-7.6 |
7.7-8.6 |
8.7-10 |
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1. Spoken language (Fluency and coherence, Lexical resources, Grammatical range and accuracy, Pronunciation |
Speaks very slowly with poorly linked ideas. Frequently unable to convey message. Only simplest vocabulary and sentence structures attempted. Inaccuracies cause serious misunderstanding. Pronunciation problems cause speech to be often unintelligible. |
Speaks slowly using simple connectives but with numerous pauses, repetitions and self-corrections. Some breakdown in communication. Vocabulary limited to familiar topics and rare paraphrasing. Sentence structures very limited in range and accuracy. Errors and frequent mispronunciation cause difficulty for the listener. |
Usually maintains flow of speech but with some areas of disfluency. Sufficient vocabulary to talk about topics but with limited flexibility and only occasional paraphrase. Mostly accurate in simple sentences. Errors and mispronunciation can cause misunderstanding. |
Usually maintains fluency, but with some correction, repetition or slower speech. Reasonably wide range of vocabulary with some paraphrase. Limited complex sentence structure and some mispronunciation, but can usually be understood. |
Usually fluent and shows a range of discourse markers, topic vocabulary and paraphrase. The range and control of simple and complex sentences and pronunciation features is reasonably accurate. Message is always understood. |
Fluent, flexible and coherent in use of discourse markers, topic vocabulary, style and paraphrase. Accurate and flexible use of complex sentences and pronunciation features. Easily understood. |
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/10
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Grading/Marking Comments: |
/30+/30+/30+/10= /100 |
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