Week 1
How do we tackle a research assignment?
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learning outcomes
learning outcomes
I can identify the command terms in an assignment and understand how to answer the specific command terms in the research assignment.
I can use a rubric to guide how to to answer the command terms.
I can identify key search terms.
I can identify and extract information from strong sources.
I can summarise the information coherently, using technical and scientific language where necessary.
I can record those sources in a bibliography using Harvard style formatting.
Tasks
Tasks
Literacy & research
Define "Biodiversity". Analyse in the context of healthy resilient ecosystems.
Identify and explain the greatest threat to biodiversity in Australia and focus on a specific ecosystem
Provide a specific example of how scientific technology or knowledge is being applied to address the identified threat.
Analyse the positive and negative impacts of this scientific intervention, focusing on either the environment, economy, or society.
Use technical language e.g. habitat, species, interdependence, food webs, trophic levels, sustainability, resilience.
Create a bibliography of at least 3 different types of sources using Harvard formatting
Knowledge and understanding
Task 1: understanding the essay requirements
Task 1: understanding the essay requirements
Use your research skills to begin the essay - survey what is required - read Student Services Study Skills recommendations below.
Make highlights on the assessment task and break down the task into smaller pieces - the assignment scaffold will do that for you as well.
Only once you have clearly seen what is required do you start your googling. Begin by defining Diversity, and how that impacts ecosystem health. Make dot points on the scaffold and keep track of your links - they will be needed later to make the bibliography. DO NOT JUST INSERT LINKS INTO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY BY THEMSELVES. (See the rubric!)
How to use a rubric
How to use a rubric
Identify the command terms in the assignment - what do they mean?
Investigation skills
task 2: online investigation and analysing skills
task 2: online investigation and analysing skills
Use the Research Planning Guide & Key Terms for Biodiversity research from last term to help you structure your essay.
Literacy & research
task 3: structuring an essay
task 3: structuring an essay
Turn your dot points into sentences and paragraphs. Keep the word limit in mind and decide how many words you should use for each paragraph.
Use technical language
Document your sources completely.
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