BALCATTA SHS

TERM 3 Humanities and Social Science TASK 4 A

GEOGRAPHY MODULE

Student’s  Name:  _________________________________________  

 
Teacher’s  Name:  __________________________________________  
 
Year  group  10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Weighting  7%  

TASK:  Research  Assignment  -­  Research  component  -­  Environmental  change  

Date Due ________________________ Handed in by the due date YES NO

 
 
Date  your  planning  to  have  your  project  completed  (to  revise  and  add  to  your  work).  ____________    

Conditions  
Period  allowed  for  completion  of  the  task:  two  weeks,  including  some  class  time  

Task    (High  light  only  the  key  points  for  your  research  topic).  
This  research  project  gives  you  the  opportunity  to  use  and  develop  your  geographical  thinking,  skills  
and   technological   tools   to   examine   some   environmental   change   that   may   affect   their   future   lives,  
and  to  find  out  how  geography  contributes  to  the  understanding  and  management  of  these  changes.  

Apply  the  geographical  concepts  (SPICESS)  to  identify  and  question,  guide  your  investigation,  
organize  information,  suggest  an  explanation  or  assist  decision-­making.    
 
Space  Place  Interconnection  Change  Environment  Sustainability  Scale  
 
As  part  of  your  research  you  need  to  use  all  of  these,  web  sites,  textbooks,  books,  encyclopaedias  and  
documentaries.  These  sources  must  be  recorded  accurately  in  your  bibliography.    
 
Topic  
Select  one  of  the  following  types  of  environments  as  the  context  for  a  comparative  study  of  an  
environmental  change  for  Australia  and  one  other  country:  
§   land    
§   inland  water    
§   coast    
§   marine    
§   urban    
 
Investigate:  
§   The  causes  and  likely  consequences  of  environmental  change    
§   The  strategies  to  manage  the  environmental  change  
§   The  application  of  environmental,  economic  and  social  criteria  in  evaluating  management  
responses  to  the  change  
 
Use  the  highlighted  key  points  and  rewrite  your  research  question  for  your  topic:  
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Do  these  things:    
 
Construct  a  vocabulary  sheet  identifying  geographical  terms  and  concepts  as  you  study  your  topic    
 
Brainstorm  your  topic  –  what  do  you  know  –  what  don’t  you  know?  
 
Develop  literal,  inferential  and  evaluative  questions  to  guide  your  research  
 
Use  a  range  of  methods  to  select,  collect,  record  and  organise  your  research  notes  
 
Using  multiple  sources  when  note  taking    
 
Properly   constructed   bibliography   -­   Use   appropriate   ethical   protocols   and   acknowledging   other  
people's  information  that  you  have  used.  You  do  this  by  in  text  and  end  text  referencing.      
 
You  must  apply  the  CRAAP  TEST  to  FOUR  different  sources  you  are  using  in  your  research.  
 
Gain  information  from  a  range  of  primary  and  secondary  sources  and  use  it  as  evidence  to  answer  
inquiry  questions.    
 
Use  the  primary  and  secondary  source  analysis  sheet  to  deconstruct  your  sources  examine  sources  
to  compare  different  points  of  view.  Annotate  the  sources.  
 
How  useful  are  these  sources,  what  was  their  origin  and  purpose.  
 
Develop  a  comprehensive  mind  map  on  your  topic.  (You  should  be  able  to  see  the  answer  to  your  
topic  in  your  mind  map!)  
     
 
 
 
 
 
Please  make  sure  your  full  name  is  on  all  of  your  work.    
 
•   On  each  item  of  written  work  print  your  name  on  the  top  right  hand  corner.    
•   All  electronic  work  put  your  name,  assessment  name  and  teachers  name  in  the  footer.    
•   Present  all  electronic  work  in  a  folder  clearly  labelled  with  your  name  and  the  task  details  on  it.    

 
Any  electronic  work  is  to  be  kept  in  a  folder  clearly  labelled    
•   Your  surname  then  first  name  –  Smith  John  
•   Assessment  4  
•   Geography    
•   HaSS  2018  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
Parent  /Guardian  reflection.  
 
Your   child   has   completed   a   reflection   task   in   class,   which   will   assist   them   in   their   next   research  
project  and  classroom  tasks.  As  a  parent  /  guardian  you  are  welcome  to  participate  in  your  child’s  
work  by  commenting  on  the  any  of  the  following  points.  
   
•   Actively  participate  in  your  child’s  assessment.    
•   Provide  reinforce  and  encourage  them  during  the  assessment.      
•   Ask  probing  questions.    
•   Help  them  look  realistically  at  the  quality  of  their  work.    
•   Discus  student  self-­reflection.    
•   Any  general  reflective  comments?      
 
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Teacher’s  Comments  

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Parent’s  signature:     ______________________________  
Student’s  signature:     ______________________________  
Teacher’s  signature:   ______________________________  

                                                                                                                                                                                           Assessment  Mark
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Brainstorm    
Well  constructed  brainstorm  identifying  the  main  aspects  of  the  topic  studied:   4  -­  5  
Limited  brainstorm  identifying  some  aspects  of  the  topic  studied   1  -­  3  
No  brainstorm  handed  in   0    
 
Research  questions    
A  well  constructed  range  of  questions  that  include:   8  -­  10  
Literal  questions:  Who?  What?  Where?  When?  
Inferential  questions:  How?  Why?  
Evaluative  questions:    Why  is  it  important?  What  do  I  Think?  
Development  of  questions  
A  reasonable  range  of  questions  that  include:   4  -­  7  
Literal  questions:  Who?  What?  Where?  When?  
Inferential  questions:  How?  Why?  
Evaluative  questions:    Why  is  it  important?  What  do  I  Think?  
Development  of  questions  
Limited  constructed  range  of  questions  that  include:   1  -­  3  
Literal  questions:  Who?  What?  Where?  When?  
Inferential  questions:  How?  Why?  
Evaluative  questions:    Why  is  it  important?  What  do  I  Think?  
No  development  of  questions   0  
 
Research  notes    
Well  constructed  research  notes:  a  variety  of  ways  notes  are  taken  and  recorded   15  -­  20  
Reasonable  constructed  research  notes:  some  variety  of  ways  notes  are  taken  and  recorded   8  -­  14  
Little  research  notes:  limited  ways  research  notes  are  taken  and  recorded   0  -­  7  
 
Minimum  four  primary  and  or  secondary  sources  (annotated)    
Four  primary  and  or  secondary  sources  annotated  and  easy  to  read   8  -­  10  
Less  than  four  primary  and  or  secondary  sources  mostly  annotated  and  easy  to  read   4  -­  7  
Less  than  four  primary  and  or  secondary  sources  little  to  no  annotated  and  not  easy  to  read   0  -­  3  
 
Map  -­  BOLTS    
Properly  constructed  map  identifying  the  environmental  change  for  Australia  and  one  other   5  
country  include  BOLTS  
Limited  map  identifying  environmental  change  for  Australia  and  one  other  country  May  include   1  -­  4  
some  elements  of  BOLTS  
No  map  or  limited  identifying  the  environmental  change  for  Australia  and  one  other  country  May   0  
include  some  elements  of  BOLTS  
 
Bibliography    
Bibliography  well  constructed  following  school  protocol  (Harvard  Style)   8  -­  10  
Attempted  to  write  bibliography  following  school  protocol  (Harvard  Style)   4  -­  7  
No  bibliography  or  very  poorly  constructed   0  -­  3  
 
CRAAP  Test    
More  than  four  CRAAP  Tests  completed   5  
Four  or  less  CRAAP  Tests  completed   1  -­  4  
Not  handed  in   0  
 
Vocabulary  sheet    
Vocabulary  sheet  completed  to  a  sound  level.  Also  include  the  word  in  a  sentence   4  -­  5  
Vocabulary  sheet  not  completed     1  –  3  
Not  handed   0  
 
Mind  map    
Mind  map  thoroughly  completed  showing  development  of  ideas  using  colours,  pictures  and  words   8  -­  10  
Mind  map  completed  showing  some  development  of  ideas  using  some  colours,  pictures  and   4  -­  7  
words  
Mind  map  incomplete  or  not  done     0  -­  3