Biology 1.2: Report on a Biological Issue
B1.2.1 What is an "issue"?
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B1.2.2 Fact or Opinion - Evaluating your Sources
As you start your research, you will need to differentiate between FACT and OPINION. As all of the topics are centred around an ISSUE, different people will have different opinions about the topic, usually either for or against the issue. There are also sources that try to explain the issue while remaining UNBIASED - not taking either side, while just explaining the facts.
For every source you use, you will need to fill out a Dot-Jot sheet and evaluate your source by answering the following questions:
Below is the Dot Jot template that you can use for your research. Note that it has been modified to be specific to this achievement standard.
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B1.2.3 How to give a presentation
You will be giving a presentation to your peers on your selected topic. The presentation should be interesting and engaging. Your slides should NOT contain most of your information. That is what you are going to tell us, while the slides are there to support and enhance your presentation. Here are some tips for your slides.
Good speaker notes are important for a variety of reasons. Many people get nervous when they're giving a presentation, and speaker notes can help keep you on track. Your notes are also where you will have all of your detailed information and citations of your sources (see section B1.2.4). Note that your speaker notes are primarily where your teacher will look when grading your presentation so make sure everything is there.
Here are some basic tips for using notes during a presentation:
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B1.2.4 Citing your Sources in your notes
Why is plagiarism bad?
Best answer from: https://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080303152521AAE6AK6 "Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's work. An example would be when you're writing a paper and you include a quote you got from another source and you don't say where you found it. That's the same thing as saying that you wrote it yourself, which is a lie. Teachers get tough on plagiarism because they want students to be doing their own work (thereby learning something in the process), instead of copying someone else's work and passing it off as their own. Also, if you do something like that out in the "real world," you can get sued for violation of copyright. If up to this point you still don't get it, here's an example of plagiarism you could probably relate to: it would be like someone who didn't do their homework getting hold of your assignment just when you're about to hand it in, then erasing your name and putting their name in its place. Then (assuming it fools the teacher) the cheater didn't do any of the work, but still gets the credit; and you DID do the work but get no credit at all. EDIT - if you are writing about a definition of plagiarism, you have my permission to use the homework example. Now it isn't plagiarism because I said it would be OK. Hope that helps!" |
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