Order 1223333: To what extent have human activities impacted the water quality in 5 waterways?
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Labscaffold.docxGeneralised lab scaffold
CRITERION 1 Identifying the context
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Aspect 1 – States a relevant, coherent and focused research question |
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How does the IV affect the DV, then add “focusing factors” such as where, when, what, who and how measured?
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Aspect 2 - Discusses a relevant environmental issue (either local or global) that provides the context for the research question. |
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What parts of the syllabus relate to this environmental issue?
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Aspect 3 – Explains the connections between the environmental issue and the research question |
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Suggest a hypothesis. In this way, the IV and DV are related to one another and the rationale behind the relationship can explain the connection of the RQ to the issue. Why is it important or relevant that we bother to do this? Why does it matter?
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CRITERION 2 – Planning
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Aspect 1 – Designs a repeatable method appropriate to the research question that allows for the collection of sufficient relevant data |
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Use bullets or numbers, quantify, add equipment to take ALL measurements, add sufficient range of values for IV and always have trials for sufficient data.
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Aspect 2 – Justifies the choice of sampling strategy used |
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Justify relevant steps as you write your plan.
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Aspect 3 – Describes the risk assessment and ethical considerations where applicable |
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Not just lab safety, safety working outdoors, possible sensitive data on pollution, making surveys anonymous etc.
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CRITERION 3 – Results, analysis and conclusion
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Aspect 1 – Construct diagrams, charts and graphs of all the data in an appropriate way |
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All RAW data shown, graph as suitable, must have IV vs DV
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Aspect 2 – Analyse your graph, stating all the patterns and trends |
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Aspect 3 – Interpret the patterns and trends to lead you to a conclusion |
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· Write a conclusion which answers your research question, and outline why you have reached that conclusion by quoting data
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CRITERION 4 – Discussion and evaluation
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Aspect 1 – Evaluate your conclusion |
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· Are you confident it is correct, does it make sense when you look at the background information
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Aspect 2 – Strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the method |
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· Did you find enough data? · What other data would you have liked? · How reliable were your websites?
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Aspect 3 – How could you make your method better? |
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· What data would you need? · Would you expand to other years / communities?
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CRITERION 5 – Application
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Aspect 1 – Justify an application |
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· How could governments or individuals use this data? · Would it help the environmental issue or problem?
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Aspect 2 – Evaluate your suggested application |
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· Would your suggested way of applying the data be practical or do-able?
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