You can choose ONE of the following assignment options:
| Create a magazine article for your favourite magazine, discussing the environmental issues involved in the combustion of fossil fuels, and possible solutions. | Create a poster about the ecology in the area surrounding Glenfield College, including the school grounds. | Choose an animal, and produce a poster about the adaptations the animal has, and how these allow it to survive in its habitat / niche. |
| Research a critically endangered animal. Discuss its habitat, the reasons that it is endangered, and ways that its population numbers might be increased. Produce a written report. | Produce a poster about a plant, explaining the adaptations the plant has, and how these allow it to survive in its habitat. | Debate the issue of Global warming… is there enough reliable evidence to support the theory, what arguments are each side making? What is your opinion? You can present this assignment in any way. |
| Watch ‘The Lion King’ and produce a poster showing the food web shown in the movie, with appropriate labels. | Write an essay discussing the reasons for deforestation, and the impacts that it is having on our environment. | Explain decomposition, and discuss why it is so important. You can present this assignment in any way. |
| Create a model that explains the carbon cycle. Include discussion about how human’s activities can affect this cycle, and the effects of this impact. | Make a poster explaining the nitrogen cycle. Include discussion about how human’s activities can affect this cycle, and the effects of this impact. | Discuss the ecological impacts of introduced pests, such as the rat or gorse, to New Zealand. You can present this assignment in any way. |
Marking schedule
| Achieved | Merit | Excellence |
| The concept (underlined) is described. | Achieved PLUS The concept is explained, and spelling and grammar is to a high standard. | Merit PLUS The concept is discussed, and presentation is excellent. |
- Describe means to give an account, give details or characteristics
- Explain means to give more detail to make an idea or concept clear. To say how, or why something happens
- Discuss means to talk about a topic in detail taking into account different ideas or opinions, comparing and contrasting several ideas, or justifying something from evidence.
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