Biology 12

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548 MHR • Course Challenge


How your topic connects science concepts
to social, economic, environmental, and/or
technological issues will reflect Making
Connections.

5.Develop a plan to collect information
for your presentation. Organize your
information in a research portfolio.

6.Do an information search of your topic using
key words or phrases. In a preliminary
Works Cited, list any primary sources (lab
notes taken by researchers in the course of
their work, for example), and secondary
sources (anything published or presented to
an audience). The Works Cited list could
take the form of an annotated bibliography.

7.Your abstract and outline must be submitted
for approval to your teacher at this point.

8.Carry out your plan and make modifications
as necessary. Search out your information
sources, conduct interviews (if appropriate),
and analyze any data that you find. Write
your paper or create your poster, and prepare
your final symposium presentation. Present
ideas to classmates as a work-in-progress,
sharing concerns and encouragement to help
motivate each other.

A program for a conference or symposium lists
presentations, names of presenters, and exhibit and
display times.

9.Working in a group, you might like
to prepare a program for the Biology
Symposium, time permitting. You can invite
school staff members, students in other
classes, family members, and perhaps
members of the public to attend.

10.During the symposium, review each
presentation against the assessment criteria
that you decided on as a class. Keep in mind
that each student’s research process and
documentation are as important as the
final product.

Evaluate Your Challenge
1.Using the assessment criteria (rubrics) that
you have prepared, evaluate your work and
your presentation. How would you evaluate
your contribution to the symposium?

2.Evaluate your classmates’ symposium
presentations.

3.After analyzing the presentations of your
classmates, what changes would you make to
your own work if you had the opportunity
to complete the Challenge again? Provide
reasons for your proposed changes.

4.Did the process required to complete this
challenge help you to think about what you
have learned in this course? If so, how?

5.After the symposium, submit your paper or
poster, and associated reference materials, to
your teacher for a final evaluation. Again,
the criteria for evaluation will be based on
the Course Challenge rubrics.

Wrapping Up
In order to prepare a high-quality, in-depth
Biology Symposium presentation, you will need
to limit the amount of information that you
attempt to present, focussing on the key points.
Attempt to support your ideas with primary and
secondary sources, and references to accepted
scientific models, as appropriate. Give your
symposium presentation added relevance by
relating your topic to key societal issues, such
as political, economic, or health-related
considerations.
Use your Course Challenge presentation to
assist your learning by drawing together topics

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February 8 to 10
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily

A three-day symposium
featuring poster sessions
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily

Guest speakers Dr. G. Simmons, Dr. P. Stanley, and Dr. T. Wu

The Future of Genetics

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