ASSESSMENT TASK COVERSHEET

Student: Task Title: Library Research Task

Faculty: Science Task Number: 3
Subject: Science - Biology Weighting: 5%
Year: 9 Marks: 60
Class: 9 Science Date Issued: 15 May 2018
Teacher: Miss Leighton Date Due: 30 May 2018
Outcomes Assessed
Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of
the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems (ACSSU176)

Task Description
1. Choose one main introduced animal to focus on.
2. Research the required information from a range of sources.
3. Produce A neatly presented and factually correct POSTER on the chosen introduced organism.
Include a brief description of introduced organisms in Australia and give five examples.
4. Hand in your poster with your bibliography, and this coversheet.

Submission Requirements
A. The poster will have factual texts and relevant diagrams or pictures.
B. Length Requirements: Poster A3 – relevant text, images and diagrams.
C. Referenced using the guides below.

Referencing in your Bibliography.

Books:
Author/s, (year of publication) Title(underlined), Edition, Publishing Company, Location
E.g. Linstead, G.(2012). Pearson Science: S.B. (1st ed.). Port Melbourne, Vic: Pearson Australia

Encyclopedia:
Encyclopaedia name, (year of publication), Publishing Company, Location, Volume
E.g. Conservation. (2018). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://school-eb-com-
au.ipacez.nd.edu.au/levels/middle/article/conservation/273782#275866.toc

Websites:
Author of site or organisation (if you can find it), date of publication (if you can find it), full address of
actual page.
E.g. Australian Government, http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive-species/feral-animals-
australia

Note: You must reference the actual website page you found the information on.,

Important Warning
While research involves reading and using information developed by others, the work you submit must
be your own – written by you in your own words, from what you understand of the situation and subject.
Direct copying of another person’s work, whether another student or from the internet or books, is called
plagiarism. This is not acceptable, under any circumstances.

If you are not sure of something - ASK YOUR TEACHER

Marking guide – Task three
MARKING Excellent Proficient Average Poor Score
RUBRICS 9-10 7-8 4-6 0-3
Content Overview More than 6 4-5 accurate 3-2 accurate Less than 1
and accuracy accurate facts facts are facts are accurate fact
Factual information are displayed displayed on displayed on the is displayed
about the topic on the poster. the poster. poster. on the poster.

Required The poster Most Some required A few

Elements includes all required elements are required
All questions required elements are included on the elements are
answered elements. included on poster. included on
the poster. the poster.
Resources Four Three Two appropriate Unreliable
Were appropriate appropriate appropriate resources and resources
resources used. resources resources some unreliable were used.
were used. were used ones were used.
Visual Appeal Excellent use Good use of Average use of Poster lacks
Colour, font, of colour, colour, and colour, text and colour and
pictures and text and text. Poster pictures. pictures.
diagrams relevant has pictures
pictures on to make it
the poster. interesting.
Grammar No 1-2 3-4 grammatical More than 4
Correct words and grammatical grammatical mistakes on the grammatical
sentence structure mistakes on mistakes on poster. mistakes on
the poster. the poster. the poster.
Overall Poster is very Poster is well Poster is less Poster is very
Presentation well organised organised OR poorly
Creativity, organised AND lacks creativity organised
graphics, neatness AND sequenced and neatness. AND lacks
and layout sequenced with some creativity and
with creativity and neatness.
creativity and neatness.
neatness.
TOTAL MARKS /60

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