Name: Student A

Homeroom: E-9C

Research Action Plan

MYP Assessment Criteria B: INVESTIGATION
Limited attempt to / partially / satisfactorily / effectively follows an action plan to investigate a
research question
Uses methods to collect and record limited / some / appropriate / appropriate & varied information
in line with the research question
Limited attempt to / partially / satisfactorily / effectively addresses the research question

Limited / reflection / detailed evaluation of the research process and results.

To help you successfully implement a research action plan you need to follow the steps below:
The
main
research
question
Sub
questions
By
answerin
g these
subquestions
, you will
enable
yourselve
s to
answer
the main
research
question.
Check
your task
sheet and
brainstor
m
additional
questions
with your
group.
Include
them all
here.
Methods
to be
used in
the
investigat

What aspects make up a utopian country and why?

What factors make up a country in general?

How do these different factors affect the country?
What causes these different factors?
What geography affects a country?
What politics are there and how do they affect a country?
What kind of economic system would be beneficial for my country?
What are the imports, exports, production, trade, tourism, currency and tax?
What kind of judicial system is my country going to have to keep the society fair?
Where is my country located? Is it land-locked?
What are the natural resources?
What relief would affect the country?
What was the history?
What religion is my country?
What languages are spoken in my country?
What cuisine, sport, music and leisure activities does my country have?
What social benefits are my citizens going to have and why?
What is the tax?

Where will you gather the information? (e.g. library)

I will gather most of my information from the internet. I will look at a lot of websites. These
have to be educational websites, suited for students around my age so that the information wont

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be too difficult or complicated to understand.

How/where are you going to record any relevant information?

e.g.
describe
the
capture
sheet.
How will
it be laid
out? Will
you
include
your subquestions
? How
many
websites
will you
access
per subquestion?
Why?

A lot of the information we are going to need to complete this assessment will be taught it class.
This is why I will be writing down a lot of relevant information in my notebook. However, if I
need more information from the internet, then I will copy and paste relevant work onto a blogger
page. I will access roughly two websites per sub-question because I need to make sure that all
the information I use is based off of solid facts, that will make my country realistic.

Identify
the
relevant
sources/e
vidence
that you
will use

Dugdale-Pointon, t. Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). N.d. Web. 7 June 2016.

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_napoleonic.html

Record
the
works
cited.

Gresham, Tom. What Kind of Training and Education Are Needed to Become a Cop? Chron.
N.d. Web. 13 May 2016. http://work.chron.com/kind-training-education-needed-become-cop2151.html
Jeffers, Regina. Influence of the Napoleonic Wars and Violence on English Society in the
Regency Period. ReginaJeffers Blog, 5 Feb. 2013. Web. 10 June 2016.
https://reginajeffers.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/influence-of-the-napoleonic-wars-and-violenceon-english-society-in-the-regency-period/
MadMonarchist. Threats to Monarchy Around the World. The Mad Monarchist, 12 March 2014.
Web. 26 May 2016. http://madmonarchist.blogspot.sg/2014/03/threats-to-monarchy-aroundworld.html
N.a. Alps Mountain Range. Worldatlas. N.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/alps.htm
N.a. Alsace Flammekueche. Regions of France. N.d. Web. 7 June 2016. http://www.regions-offrance.com/regions/alsace/food-gastronomy/flammekueche/
N.a. Bahai: unity for the greater good of humanity. Around the World in 104 Days, 20 Apr.
2013. Web. 10 June 2016. https://colleenday.wordpress.com/page/2/
N.a. Canada. Social Progress Imperative. N.d. Web. 1 June 2016.
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/en/data/spi/countries/CAN
N.a. Characteristics of Monarchy. Nd. Web. 21 April 2016.
http://www.governmentvs.com/en/characteristics-of-monarchy/model-14-3
N.a. Christianity. Infoplease. N.d Web. 11 May 2016.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/society/christianity-central-beliefs.html

N.a. Civil Law. RCD, n.d. Web. 26 May 2016. http://rcdlawyer.com/civil-law/

N.a. Compare 1917 Masters Programs in Business Studies. Masterstudies.com, n.d. Web. 8
June. 2016. http://www.masterstudies.com/Masters-Degree/Business-Studies/
N.a. Data Definitions. Social Progress Imperative. N.d. Web. 1 June 2016.
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi/definitions
N.a. Denmark. Social Progress Imperative. N.d. Web. 1 June 2016.
http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/en/data/spi/countries/DNK#scorecard/components/DN
K/
N.a. Download Public Transport Bus Flickr Photo Sharing. Pics.onemusic.tv, n.d. Web. 10
June. 2016. http://pics.onemusic.tv/download/Public-Transport-Bus-Flickr-PhotoSharing/?n=aHR0cHM6Ly9mYXJtOS5zdGF0aWNmbGlja3IuY29tLzg2NjgvMTYwMTQ5OT
U2NjNfZTI5YjYxZjNlOV9vLmpwZw==&search=Public+Transport
N.a. Facts About the Swiss Alps. Alpenwild. N.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.
https://www.alpenwild.com/swiss-tours/swiss-alps
Naik, Abhijit. Constitutional Monarchy: Characteristics and Examples. Buzzle, 3 Jan. 2015.
Web. 26 May 2016. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/constitutional-monarchy-characteristicsand-examples.html
N.a. Images of christmas. PlanWallpaper, n.d. Web. 10 June 2016.
http://www.planwallpaper.com/images-christmas
N.a. List of countries by forest area. Wikipedia. N.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_forest_area
N.a. Ocean, Fishery and Coastal Economies. N.p., 19 Apr. 2016. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.
N.a. Pine forest 9 Wallpaper Collection. Gundemiyorumla.com, n.d. Web. 27 May 2016.
http://www.gundemiyorumla.com/group/pine-forest/
N.a. Population density (people per sq. km of land area).The World Bank. N.d. Web. 27 Apr.
2016. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST
N.a. Swiss Cheese Fondue. BigOven, n.d. Web. 10 June. 2016.
http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/swiss-cheese-fondue/31615
N.a. Switzerland. CIA World Factbook. N.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html

N.a. What is the Civil Law? LSU Law Centre. N.d. Web. 18 May 2016.
https://www.law.lsu.edu/clo/civil-law-online/what-is-the-civil-law/
N.a. Why Choose to Live in the Artic. Ice prowl. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2016.
<http://www.iceprowler.com/arcticlife.html>.
Squires, John. Property For Sale In The Alps Buying A Property In The Alps. Prestige
Property Online, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 26 May 2016. http://www.prestigepropertyonline.com/property-for-sale-in-the-alps/
Staff. Are Police Officers the Real Terrorists? ThyBlackMan.com, 28 Nov. 2015. Web. 26 May
2016. http://thyblackman.com/2015/11/28/are-police-officers-the-real-terrorists/

Ting, Inga. Public transport in Australian cities among the world's most affordable. The Sydney
Morning Herald. 29 Sept. 2015. Web. 29 May 2016. http://www.smh.com.au/business/theeconomy/public-transport-in-australian-cities-among-the-worlds-most-affordable-20150928gjwkah.html
van Zuylen, Sue. Trethewy, Glyn. McIsaac, Helen. Geography Focus. Port Melbourne: Pearson,
2007. Print
What
steps will
you
follow to
address/
answer
the
research
question
?
Develop
an action
plan for
the main
stages of
the
investigat
ion. The
action
plan
should be
framed
by the
subquestions
but
should be
treated
like a
check list
of
thingsto-do.
Include
what
needs to
be done
and
when
you aim
to have it
complete
d by

Task

Date due

Check

Get divided into groups

and assigned a topic to
research. (My topic is
ecology of a country)

13.4.16

Start researching about

the different biomes and
how our country would
be affected by them.
What are the positives
and negatives

13.4.16

Delegate the work with

my partner and prepare
the presentation for
Friday.

13.4.16

Finish working on the

different biomes. I did
the rainforest, desert and
mountains.

14.4.16

Take notes during class

about geography of a
country.

15.4.16

Start thinking and

writing down ideas
about my own countrys
geographic details.

15.4.16

Brainstorm different
ways to present my
country to the class. (I
decided to do a website)

17.4.16

Learn about the different

political systems.

20.4.16

Decide on a political
system/government for
my utopia.
(Constitutional
monarchy)

21.4.16

Learn more about

defenses and talk about
what is necessary for the

26.4.16

economic section of the

county.
Write about the defenses
and start developing the
economic section.

28.4.16

Write more about the

economic side of the
country from the
economic questions on
the task sheet. (What is
its GDP? What
economic system? Who
do they trade with?)

29.4.16

Learn about judicial

systems in class and
finish a presentation
with partner on Islamic
law to present to the
class by Friday.

4.5.16

Present Islamic law and

continue working on the
judicial section of
country, now with new
acquired knowledge
about it. Answer the
questions on the task
sheet. (What judicial
system are you
following? How is crime
dealt with? What are the
punishments? What is
your police force like?)

6.5.16

Learn about the different

religions in class. The
focus was on the
different aspects and
beliefs these included,
including customs and
traditions. Then we
started deciding what
religions would exist in
our countries. (Mine has
a mix of the main
religions)

11.5.16

Continue developing the

religious part of my
country and continue
working on economics.

13.5.16

Talk about the cultural

factors of the country
and review knowledge

18.5.16

previously acquired
about the other topics.

Evaluati
on
Question

Continue working for 30

minutes on the sections
that need more detail.

20.5.16

Create the flag of my

country and write down
the meaning of the
colours.

25.5.16

Design how my country

is going to look like on a
local map with all of the
towns, cities, names and
main places in general.

26.5.16

Add more detail to the

judicial section.

28.5.16

Learn what makes up

the social factor of the
country and take into
consideration what I am
going to do for my
country.

1.6.16

Go on the website
Social Progress
Imperative and use
those factors to answer
the questions for the
social factor on my
country.

3.6.16

Start finding pictures to

add and finish off the
history section of the
country.

8.6.16

Continue finishing the

works cited.

9.6.16

Write the evaluation of

the action plan and
polish off the history of
my Utopia.

10.6.1

Collect all of the writing

from the blog and hand
in assignment on
Turnitin.

10.6.16

I think that my research method has worked really well and to my advantage because I managed
to collect all of the necessary information to create a country that is a country in my opinion.
However, I also had a different way of collecting information for this project that wasnt
mentioned above because I didnt anticipate it. During class, it turned out that when researching

s to
follow

different sections, like government systems, religions or judicial systems, we would divide all of
the different options amongst each other and then present our research and findings to the class.
This way everybody knows the knowledge about the different section options. Then the word
documents with all of the research from the other groups were posted on OneDrive, giving all of
us access to these documents and all of the information. Therefore I didnt have to research a lot
of the information anymore because we learned it during class from the presentations. I used
quite a lot of information from the Word Docs and then used their websites and works cited to
cite them. If I needed to clarify some things later on because the presentations didnt cover them,
I can easily just research it. This way I still accessed different sources of information to answer
the individual sub-questions.
I also managed everything really well time-wise. Every week when we talked about a new
section of the country, I would always start jotting down bullet points and transforming them
into writing for the blog. I would do this every week and work on it a bit almost every day.
Therefore, when the deadline approached, I had almost everything finished. I just had to polish
off some things on the blog. All in all, I think that my research method was very effective.