Biology Group 4 Project
2015
The Biological factors influencing performance in running a mile
Topic: The Biological factors influencing
performance in running a mile
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Working in groups of 4
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Presentation will be focused on the Biological factors influencing performance
in running a mile .
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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.
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Self-motivation and perseverance
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Working within a team
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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
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What are you doing?
Why are you doing it?
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What interests you about this aspect of your
project
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(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?
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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
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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
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Approach a project with self-motivation and follow it through to
completion
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Ability to work with others in a group situation and integrate the views of
others
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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