Year 10 Research Action Plan

1. Year 10Research Action Plan

2. Marking Criteria

3. Step 1 Identify the aim and the purpose of the investigation • What are you going to investigate? • Where is it? • How are you going to get information (data) on it? • What is or are the problems which exist there?

4. Step 2Generate Focus Questions to be addressed by the investigation • How has the place and area changed over time? • What have been the impacts of Humans over time? • What has been the impact of Nature over time? • What type of development should occur in the area? • What are the effects of development on the local ecosystems? • Does everyone have access to the area? • What levels of government are responsible for the area? • How have individuals, groups and governments shaped development and influenced management? • Does the community have a say in how the area is managed? • What are the main environment problems? • What are the advantages and disadvantages of the area? • What current strategies are in place to develop and manage the area? • What future strategies could be made to improve the area?

5. Step 3 What Primary and Secondary data are needed to answer the questions • Primary Data • Photos, Maps, Drawings, Surveys, Government or Corporate Policies, Interviews • Secondary Data (limited) • Books, Websites, Media Articles

6. Step 4 Identify techniques you will use to collect data • How are you going to get information (data) on the area? • What are the risks? • What will you have to create, make, bring or use? Link technique to research Question • Is the information you are getting relevant? • Does the information you are getting show the current problems? • Does the information you are getting support your future strategies?

7. Step 5 Collect Primary and Secondary Data This is the method of your research When, how and why are you going to the area to do the investigation? Have you been there at different times to observe what happens? Have you developed a survey and given it to peoplesuch as the public or staff ? Are photos, drawings and maps of an excellent quality?

8. Step 6 Process and analyse the collected data • Do your maps highlight and locate key features and issues? • Do your photographs show specific problems or features? • Do your survey ask appropriate questions? • Do your figures, graphs and tables accurately support your ideas? • Have you used all of your primary and secondary data to support your ideas?

9. Step 7 Select presentation methods to communicate the findings • Have you shown where the place is located? • Have you shown what it looks like? • How you identified what the problems are and what they look like? • Have you annotated (added note, explained, drawn or written) on pictures, maps and drawings to explain features in detail? • Using the tables of information have you decided what graphs, tables, maps, lists and drawings best present the results?

10. Step 8 Propose and individual or group action in response to the research findings In this section you decide what you can do to improve the area through management and development. You will make recommendations of things that businesses, governments, or community groups could do to promote awareness, help restore or develop the area.