Higher Biology & Environmental Science Assignment.
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Transcript of Higher Biology & Environmental Science Assignment.
The Assignment
• You will have to investigate a relevant topic in biology/environmental science and communicate your research findings in a report. This must relate to a key area of the Higher Biology/Environmental Science Course.
• Worth 20 marks out of a total of 120 marks (the final exam is worth 100 marks),
• Marked by the SQA.
The Assignment consists of 2 stages:
Research Stage
• Select sufficient sources of information/data that:
- are relevant:- are reliable:-have similar/different perspectives:
• Information/data could include raw data from an experiment/practical activity, extracted tables, graphs, diagrams and text.
• Record the sources you have used with enough detail to allow someone else to find them again. If one of the sources is an experiment/practical activity, then you need to record the title and the aim.
Communication Stage
• You need to write a report under exam conditions.
• You can only use information/data that you
have collected from your research. This may include, for example: statistical, graphical, numerical or experimental data; data/information from the internet; published articles or extracts; notes taken from a visit or talk; or notes taken from a written or audio-visual source, but it cannot include a prepared draft report.
• As a guide, your report should be 800–1500
words, excluding tables, charts and diagrams.
You will be issued with a detailed guide to help you complete both
stages of the Assignment.......
•USE IT!
Assignment TitlesInsects as a Potential Food
Source.Insects and their Impact on
the Human Population.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004v278
Focus QuestionsInsects as a Potential Food Source
• Could entomophagy address food security issues?
• What is the nutritional value of entomophagy?
• What are the issues surrounding using insects for human consumption?
• What role could insects play in famine relief?
• Could insects be used as a feed source in intensive poultry production?
• Could insects be used as a feed source in intensive fish farming?
• How can edible insect resources be conserved and managed?
Insects and their Impact on the Human Population.
• What impact could climate change have on the incidence of malaria?
• How do insects impact on intensive salmon production?
• How do insects impact on crop yield?
• Could insects be used as pest management in intensive arable agriculture?
Get started………
• Time to get busy.
• Choose a focus question. You may have ideas for focus questions of your own. If so, check that it fits the remit with your teacher.
• Read the ‘Instructions for Candidates’ booklet carefully. You MUST follow the advice given.
• Start your research. Most of this will be done in your own time. Give yourself plenty of time to do this – its important!