Biology Group 4 Project 2015 The Biological factors influencing performance in running a mile

Topic: The Biological factors influencing performance in running a mile  Working in groups of 4  Presentation will be focused on the Biological factors influencing performance in running a mile.  A reflective statement written by each student on their involvement in the group 4 project must be included on the cover sheet for each internal assessment investigation.  Self-motivation and perseverance  Working within a team  Self-reflection

Procedure: 1. Collating, manipulating and analyzing data from other sources, such as: scientific journals, environmental organizations, science and technology industries and government reports. 2. Designing and using a model or simulation.

Story Board for Presentation Presentation can employ: ppt, Poster Board models or any approved creative process. An Idea of where to begin

Define the Project  What are you doing?

Why are you doing it?  What interests you about this aspect of your project  (Anyone who says they are doing this just because it is an assignment will lose credit)

Why should people care about your project?  What is the significance of your investigation?

What did you do?  Outline or diagram the process in 1-6 slides  Show how your investigative process fit into the scientific method:  identify problem  brainstorm ideas  focus problem  research background info  gather data (either by contacts or designing and conducting a scale model expt.)  present data  make conclusions  make recommendations

Who was on the team and what did each person do?  1-2 slides

How did your team specifically address issues from biology,  Describe in 1-3 slides

What experts or outside data sources did you access?  1-3 slides

What model or experiment did you conduct?  1-3 slides with pictures

How did you specifically use ICT (information, communication, technology)?  Data bases  Communication with experts  Data logging  Spreadsheets  Graphs and graphing software  Digital images or video  Presentation software

What did you discover?  3-5 slides  Facts are friendly  Show graphs, charts, data or quotes to support the outcome of your investigation.

Conclusions  Bullet point summary of results

Why is this important?  Bullet point explanation

Recommendatons  Bullet points  Feasibility  Costs  Environmental impacts  Safety issues  Social implications  Moral and ethical concerns (?)

Personal Skills

 Approach a project with self-motivation and follow it through to completion  Ability to work with others in a group situation and integrate the views of others  Show awareness of your own strengths and weaknesses and learn about yourself from this experience

Self-motivation and follow-through to completion  You are expected to get your assigned tasks done “yesterday”  Non-completion reflects poorly on the entire group  One person or a subset of the group doing most, if not all, of the work reflects poorly on the entire group

Work with others in a group situation and integrate the views of others  You MUST demonstrate that you can work in a team situation  Collaboration with input from all disciplines is a key success factor

Self-reflection of your own strengths and weaknesses and how you put yourself outside your comfort zone  This project is designed to be a learning experience  You are expected to tackle some personal weakness

Personal Skills - Documentation  Each participant is required to hand in a confidential paper with documentation of specific examples on how you personally met or did not meet these personal skills goals