Subject Year 8, Science
Subject Year 8, Science
Technique Experimental
Investigation Format Scientific
Report Booklet
Unit Physics
Topic Energy
Student Name Teacher Due Date Friday Week 9Conditions
Conditions
Duration 2 weeks
Mode Written- Scientific Report Length 400- 600 words
Individual / group Individual Other Resources available Day Stile and notes
DE Booklets and notes.
All Conduct research using the internet
Context
Students have been learning how to identify different forms of energy and describe how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple systems. They have explored wasted energy and calculated energy efficiency. Students have learned how to analyse and evaluate data to identify trends and provide justified conclusions
Task
You will be investigating the elasticity and energy efficiency of bouncing balls. You will conduct an experiment, gather data, perform calculations, and analyse the data to draw a justified conclusion. You will then evaluate the experimental procedure and make recommendations for improvements.
To complete this task, you must:
Conduct a scientific investigation investigating the elasticity and efficiency of bouncing balls through energy transformation using a student designed method.
Create a scientific report as per the student report template provided.
Stimulus
Scientific report template with background information
Checkpoints
W8 L1 Part 1: Questioning and Predicting - Variables, hypothesis, review relevant
concepts
W8 L2 Part 2: Planning Design method and risk assessment completed
W8 L3 Part 2: Planning Conduct research and create raw data table 1
W8 L4/5 Part 3: Conducting - Data collection day. Conduct experiment and collect
sufficient and reliable data
W9 L1 Part 4: Processing Data - Class time to work on results (calculations & graph)
W9 L2/3 Part 5: Analysing data Class time to analyse and explain data
W9 L4 Part 6 & 7: Evaluating and drawing a conclusion
W9 L5 Self-review checklist
W9 FRIDAY Report to be submitted
Authentication Strategies
Day School:
Your teacher will compare the responses of students who have worked together in groups
Your teacher will ensure class cross-marking occurs
You must acknowledge all sources
You must submit a declaration of authenticity.
I __________________________ (students name) hereby certify that this assessment item is my own work. I am willing to answer questions if deemed necessary.
Distance Education:
Your teacher will ensure class cross-marking occurs
You must acknowledge all sources
You must submit a declaration of authenticity.
I __________________________ (students name) hereby certify that this assessment item is my own work. I am willing to answer questions if deemed necessary.
I __________________________ (supervisors name) hereby certify that this assessment is the students own work.
Supervisors Signature: _________________________
Scaffolding
Students are provided with
a well-scaffolded template to use for writing the scientific report.
a self-review checklist for students to review and improve before submission
Feedback
Year 8, Science Standards Elaborations
A B C D E
The folio of student work has the following characteristics:
Science understanding Physical sciences identification of different forms of energy in simple and complex systems
explanation of how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple systems, with progress towards some that are complex identification of different forms of energy in simple systems
informed description of how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple systems identification of different forms of energy
description of how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple systems recall of different forms of energy
identification of energy transfers and transformations in simple systems statements about energy transfers
and transformations
Science inquiry skills Questioning and predicting identification and construction of questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and the making of justified predictions identification and construction of questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and the making of plausible predictions identification and construction of questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically guided identification and guided construction of questions and problems for investigation directed identification and directed construction of questions and problems for investigation
Planning and conducting planning of investigations that:
describe how to manage safety and ethical consideration
identify and describe how variables are changed, measured and controlled
accurate collection of reliable data planning of investigations that:
describe the implications of safety and ethics considerations
identify and describe how variables are changed, measured and controlled
accurate collection of data planning of investigations that:
consider safety and ethics
identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled partial planning of investigations that:
consider safety and ethics
identify variables to be changed, measured and controlled use of provided investigations methods
identification of safety considerations
Processing and analysing data and information following of conventions to construct accurate representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends
use of these patterns and trends when explaining relationships to justify conclusions following of conventions to construct representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends
use of these patterns and trends when describing relationships when justifying conclusions construction of representations of data to reveal and analyse patterns and trends
use of these patterns and trends when justifying conclusions partial construction of representations of data to partially reveal patterns and trends
drawing of conclusions partial construction of representations of data
statements about data
Evaluating Evaluation of the quality of data to justify the explanation of how effective modifications to methods could improve the quality of their data explanation of how effective modifications to methods could improve the quality of their data explanation of how modifications to methods could improve the quality of their data description of modifications to methods statements about:
modifications
Communicating concise and coherent use of appropriate language and accurate representations to communicate science ideas, methods and findings in a range of text types coherent use of appropriate language and accurate representations to communicate science ideas, methods and findings in a range of text types use of appropriate language and representations to communicate science ideas, methods and findings in a range of text types use of everyday language and representations to communicate science ideas, methods and findings fragmented use of language and representations to communicate science ideas, methods and findings
Key shading emphasises the qualities that discriminate between the AE descriptors
