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Unit 1
Term 1 Semester/Year Semester 1 2017
Teacher Mrs Morritt Assessment Task 2 The Ecosystem
Assessment Task 2 Design Brief
Draw a portable worm farm to meet the criteria listed
Design and draw a portable worm farm. This portable worm farm would be used to investigate
factors affecting how efficiently earthworms recycle nutrients. Students in Science, and Food
Science and Technology classes could then investigate the factors that affect how efficiently the
worms interact with food scraps to convert them into worm castings and worm juices.
This research could be used to improve the efficiency of our permanent worm farms.
PROCESSES: Research and note-taking, Science Inquiry Skills Investigation, Concept Drawings
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Research Tasks
Access all Research Tasks from your class website:
http://integratedsciencegeneral11.weebly.com/recycling-of-nutrients-research-tasks-for-
assessment-task-2.html
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Assessment Task 2 Feedback Rubric of Research Tasks
Design a Portable Worm Farm to be used for Investigations in classes.
Name:
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Criteria and STEM Skills Feedback of level of Mastery
Needs more depth Competent Sophisticated
Research Task 3 Describes concepts using some Applies concepts to describe structures Applies concepts to describe structures
Design and build an InfoGraphic to scientific language and conventions. and systems and briefly explains and systems and explain processes in
explain how Annelid worms Develops representations lacking processes using scientific language detail, using appropriate scientific
contribute to the cycling of nutrients detail. Presents statements of ideas and conventions. Presents arguments language and conventions. Presents
such as carbon, nitrogen and water. with some development of an or statements that are not well clear and logical arguments that are
argument. Selects some scientific supported by evidence. Interprets and supported by evidence. Interprets,
Initiative and Enterprise information to support a point of view, compares scientific information to compares and evaluates scientific
Access and Analyse information but includes some irrelevant or support a point of view. Solves information to support various points of
Management; work as part of a team. incorrect information. Solves simple calculations with only minor errors. view. Performs calculations accurately
Agility and Adaptability calculations with only minor errors. with correct units.
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Criteria and STEM Skills Feedback of level of Mastery
Needs more depth Competent Sophisticated
Research Task 4 With guidance, formulates a research Formulates a research question, and a Formulates a research question, and a
Design a Science Inquiry Investigation question, and a testable hypothesis testable hypothesis that states the testable hypothesis that states the
for a group of students using your worm that includes dependent and relationship between dependent and relationship between dependent and
farm. independent variables. Plans an independent variables. Plans an independent variables. Plans an
Curiosity and Imagination investigation to collect appropriate investigation to collect appropriate investigation to collect appropriate
Collaboration and Effective data. Inconsistently identifies some data. Identifies some controlled data. Identifies controlled variables with
Leadership and Management controlled variables. Recognises the variables without detail. Attempts to specific detail. Designs quantities that
need to choose quantities that may be choose measurable quantities. may be measured and the units used.
measured.
Design a research question based on
the design of your portable worm farm
General Comments:
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Unit 1 Assessment Task 2
Science Inquiry Skills Investigation
Unit 1
plan, select and use appropriate investigation methods, to collect reliable data; assess risk and address
ethical issues associated with these methods
conduct investigations safely, competently and methodically for the collection of valid and reliable data
scientific knowledge can enable scientists to offer valid explanations and make reliable predictions
scientific knowledge can be used to develop and evaluate projected economic, social and environmental
impacts, and to design action for sustainability
Science Understanding
Earth systems/cycles in nature
interaction between the hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere are represented by biogeochemical
cycles