Year 9 Biology
SHE Research Task
Last updated 20 September 2019
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This page has been created to support Year 9 Science students with their SHE Research Task.
Use the following process to help you work through this task.
Questions to ask yourself:
- What do I need to do?
- What do I need to find out?
Strategies you can use at this stage:
- Understand the instructional words in your task
- Highlight the keywords in your task
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- watch this video to help identify keywords
- use Thesuarus.com to find alternative keywords
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- Define any words you don’t know
- try Dictionary.com to define any words
Questions to ask yourself:
- Where can I find the information I need?
- What search tools, sources and equipment can I use?
- Which sources best suit my needs?
Choose your topic from the list below for suggested resources.
Questions to ask yourself:
- Which of these resources will be of use to me?
- Which information will I really use?
- Can I understand the information I have found?
- How credible/ reliable is the information I have found?
- How relevant is the information I have found to my current information need?
Strategies for this stage:
If you use the free internet make sure you use the CRAAP test to evaluate the information before you use it.
The most important criteria to apply first to any sources is the authority. Does the person have the experience or qualifications to write the information? If not, it’s probably not the best information to use.
Watch the following video on how to apply the CRAAP Test.
Questions to ask yourself:
- How can I organise this information to solve my problem/ complete my task?
- Have I:
- made notes under my focus questions or organised my notes to match them?
- recorded details of my sources of information for my Reference List/ Bibliography?
- Do I have enough information?
Strategies for this stage:
- Select a suitable note making method of recording the information you find.
You can either use ones we recommend from our site
OR
Create one yourself in Word or Pages
- Write down where you got your information from in a Reference List/ Bibliography.
Use Citefast to record your sources as you go.
- For help with in-text referencing you can:
- Use the MLC Referencing Guide
- Watch the following video:
Questions to ask yourself:
- How can I best present this information to communicate it with other people?
- Who will be my audience?
- Which would be the best format? (Have I been given instructions about this?)
- Have I included everything I need to communicate?
Strategies for this stage:
- Choose a presentation style for the intended audience and the purpose of the task.
For this task you have been told to produce a report. Make sure you check the guidelines you have been given.
Questions to ask yourself:
- Did I achieve my purpose?
- What did I learn?
- How did I go with:
- Each step of the process?
- Presenting the information?
- What would I change if I did the task again?
Strategies for this stage:
- Reflect on how well you went with your task based on your teacher’s feedback.
- Set some goals on how you will improve for next time.
References
Biology [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.inverse.com/topic/biology