Group+4+instructions

All IB students must complete a Group 4 (experimental sciences) project as part of the IB practical program. The following items are especially important in this portion of your study: · Interdisciplinary collaboration · Appreciation of the implications of science and the limitations of scientific study · Development of teamwork · Development of planning skills · Exchange or sharing of both data collected at issues raised · Approximately 10 hours of involvement time In this project you are part of an interdisciplinary team studying a particular topic assigned by your teacher. There is a strong emphasis of teamwork within this project and all members are expected to do their share of the project with an emphasis on teamwork, cooperation, and sharing of ideas. The personal skills section of the IA is determined by how you go about completing this project with your teammates. Each team will develop a topic and a research problem/question to be studied. Each group member should bring to the second meeting a research problem/question related to the topic decided upon during the first meeting. The group should come to a consensus concerning the actual research question to be studied. You should then explain and justify your research question. Be sure to include the theory behind your concept, an explanation and any diagrams that need to be included to help explain your problem/question. You should develop a hypothesis and explain your hypothesis. Define the **hypothesis**, select **variables** (independent and dependent) to be measured or controlled. The activities to be carried out must be clearly defined before moving from the **planning** stage to the **action** and **evaluation** stages. You will perform the action phase within the biology program, but you must plan as if you would carry it out in physics as well. Plan the **tasks** to be carried out. Assign responsibilities to students. Develop a **procedure**. Select the **equipment and materials** to be used. You must draw a diagram of your setup and label it. You need to also define the roles that each person will/did perform. Each team member must keep a LOG of each stage of the project (for both biology and physics). The form you need to fill out for Mrs. Edwards at the beginning of next year is attached. You must write an abstract of the experiment that you actually perform and turn this into Mrs. Edwards at the end of the project. [|Project Planning Sheet.doc] [|Grading criteria group 4.doc]