Subject: Year 10 Science 2017 Term: 3

Unit: Galileos New Science

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Task Description

Summative Task: Experimental Investigation and Scientific Report

Conditions

Assessment Given: Week 6 Time Allowed for Completion: 4 weeks

Word Limit: 600-800 Words Final due on Week 9 (Friday 22nd September)
Submitted through Turnitin by 4pm.

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the submitted assignment is my own original work;
the ideas are mine;
I have not copied any material from other sources, including the internet, other students, tutors or teachers;
I have referenced any ideas or quotes that are not mine;
The work has not been substantially edited by another person.

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TASK OUTLINE
For this assessment task, you are required to hypothesise, design and perform a set of experiments
which test Galileos theory of a falling object accelerating uniformly. The experiments and
subsequent data collections are to be done in groups of 2 or 3 during classroom time.

From the data collected from your experiments, you are to produce an individual Scientific report of
600-800 words, which is to be completed outside of class time. Final submission is due Week 8, and
through our Classes Turnitin page.

Recommended Materials:
4-5 round objects (or toy car),
ticker timer,
blocks,
ramp,
Optional data logger and air track.

Your Scientific report is to include the following sections:

Title
Group member names
Aim
Hypothesis
Materials
Safety considerations
Method
Diagram (can be a photo of experiment)
Results including displacementtime and velocitytime graphs
Discussion
Conclusion

Discussion section:
- Explain your findings to the reader. Do not just describe what happened. Use evidence
(data that youve collected) to compare results against each other. Justify how your
experiment proves (or disproves) Galileos acceleration theory.
- Were there any issues or problems with your method? How did you overcome these?
Recommend ways in which your experiment could be improved or extended.
- List some surprising observations and explain why you found it interesting. Perhaps one test
did not behave like others. (Sentence starter: A surprising observation was that..)

Conclusion section:
- Based on your discussion, were your predictions confirmed (100% correct), supported
(partially correct) or refuted (incorrect)?
- Relate your findings and discussion to your hypothesis
 A B
CRITERIA The folio of student work has the following characteristics:
Justified explanation of
the concept of energy
Knowledge and
conservation and
understanding of energy
accurate representation
conservation through
of energy transfer and
transfer and
transformation within
transformations, and the
systems
motion of objects using
laws of physics Justified predictions
about changes in the
motion of objects
Critical analysis of how and
why models and theories
Analysis of models and
have developed over time
theories over time and
process of review and justified discussion of
the factors that prompted
their review
Thorough planning of
Adheres to investigation
investigation that
identifies and describes
and experiment how variables are
guidelines, and correctly
changed, measured and
uses findings from controlled with
experiment to support
investigation
quantitative data
Accurate collection of
reliable data
Critical evaluation and
Evaluation and
discussion of results and
Discussion of results and
patterns, with conclusions patterns, with explicit
drawn from hypothesis conclusions based on
hypothesis
Concise and coherent use of
Communication and appropriate language and
representation of accurate representations to
Scientific data communicate scientific
ideas, methods and findings
C D E
Informed explanation of Description of the
the concept of energy Explanation of the concept of energy
concept of energy
conservation and detailed conservation and partial
conservation and
representation of energy representation of energy
representation of energy
transfer and transfer and Statements about energy and
transfer and
transformation within transformation within motion
transformation within
systems
systems systems
Informed predictions
Prediction to changes in Partial prediction about
about changes in the changes in the motion of
the motion of objects
motion of objects objects
Informed analysis of how
Analysis of how the models
models and theories have
and theories have developed Description of how models
developed over time and Statements about models or
over time and discussion of and theories have developed
informed discussion of the theories
the factors that prompted over time
factors that prompted their
their review
review
Planning of investigation Partial planning of
that identifies and Planning of investigation
investigation that
that identifies how
describes how variables
variables are changed,
identifies how variables Use of provided
are changed, measured are changed, measured investigation methods
measured and controlled
and controlled with
quantitative data
with quantitative data
and controlled with some
quantitative data
Limited collection of
data
Accurate collection of Adequate collection of
Adequate collection of
data
data
data
Informed evaluation and
Evaluation and discussion of Partial evaluation and
discussion of results and Limited evaluation and
results and patterns, with discussion of results, with
patterns, with clearly defined discussion of results, with
defined conclusions based conclusion partially based
conclusions based on concluding statements
on hypothesis on hypothesis
hypothesis
Coherent use of appropriate
Use of appropriate language Use of everyday language Fragmented use of language
language and accurate
and representations to and representations to and representations to
representations to
communicate scientific communicate scientific communicate scientific
communicate scientific
ideas, methods and findings ideas, methods and findings ideas, methods and findings
ideas, methods and findings