1. Year 10 Biology
Individual Project

2. Your task:
Identify a project or investigation with biological or environmental theme.
Plan and implement project or investigation
Write a research report
Due Date - Monday 7th September

3. What is an investigation or project?
Investigation - Answers a question
Project - The creation of something

4. What should you include in your report:
Aim:
What do you want to test? Learn? Discover?
Hypothesis
What is your prediction of how one variable will affect another?
Materials
In dot points list the materials required for the project/investigation

5. Report continued... 3. Method Outline the steps you have followed
4. Results
May include tables or graphs to record results
5. Discussion
Reflect and discuss results in relation to your hypothesis
What was observed? What did the results show? How do they compare to your hypothesis and aim? Were your results accurate and were there any errors made?
6. Conclusion
Have you tested or proven what was in your aim and hypothesis?
How reliable or valid were your results?
Is further testing needed?
Make clear and logical statements to answer these questions

6. Today: Decide on working in pair or individually
Identify biological investigation or project you will be undertaking
Fill in worksheet including aim, hypothesis, materials and method

7. Lesson 2 Discuss famous biological experiments researched
Self reflection: What did you find about the famous experiment? What went well or could be improved? How will this influence your CAT
Finalise your Aim, Hypothesis, Materials and Method
Present in Keynote or a word document to two other peer groups
Peer feedback on project proposals. What potential difficulties may arise in project? How might the group overcome them? Was the information presented easy to understand?

8. Lesson 3 Today you will understand:
Independent and Dependent Variable, and controls
Bias

9. Variables

10. Bias

11. Lesson 4 Today you will be able to:
Identify ways to record data in scientific experiments
Begin data collection

12. Collecting Data

13. Key terms so far... Variables Independent Dependent Control Bias
Sampling
Response
Non-response
Measurement
Data Collection
Primary
Qualitative (Continuous and Discrete)
Quantitative
Secondary

14. Today By the end of class: Complete Questions 1-5 page 24 ‘Big Idea’
Commence data collection if possible
If you have finished data collection or are waiting for materials...
Complete questions 6-8 page 24 ‘Big Idea’
Begin writing report OR finalise poster of famous biological discovery.
CAT and Presentations DUE Wednesday 9th September

15. Lesson 5: Today you will: Understand how to analyse scientific results
Finish data collection
Begin to record and analyse your results

16. An award winning scientific investigation….
15 year old Victorian student Paige Bebee was announced as the 2015 winner of the Eureka Science Prize.
The prize recognises excellence in science communication.

17. How do scientists present their results?
Today
Read pages in the Big Idea
Complete questions on page 24
Must finish minimum of questions 6-8 THEN
Finish your data collection
If you have finished data collection...
Begin writing report OR finalise poster of famous biological discovery.
CAT and Presentations due Wednesday 9th September

18. Lesson 6 Today you will… Understand how to write a discussion
Validity and Reliability
Record and analyse results
Begin writing reports

19. Discussion: Analyse the data for trends, patterns, and anomalies
Analyse the data for accuracy - design/measurement errors and how significant they are
Analyse the method - your design - what worked well, and what changes could be made to improve the validity and reliability next time. (This is where you would discuss variables and bias)

20. Validity and Reliability
Is the extent that the test measures what it claims to measure
Reliability:
Refers to the consistency of measure

22. Key terms you could include in your reports:
Variables
Independent
Dependent
Control
Bias
Sampling
Response
Non-response
Measurement
Data Collection
Primary
Qualitative (Continuous and Discrete)
Quantitative
Secondary
Validity
Reliability

23. Lesson 7 Today you will: Understand what to write in a conclusion
Finalise reports
Finalise famous biological discoveries task
Prepare for informal presentation to your peers

24. Writing your conclusion...
Note the four things that you should include in a conclusion while watching this video.

25. Lesson 8 Today you will: Submit all CAT tasks
Present your projects to peers
Provide peer feedback