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
Show
are friendly
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
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
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