1. Inquiry Research Task
Name(s) _____________________________________________________________________________ Class: __________
What is the most valuable
service in our local
community?
2. Inquiry Research Task
What is the most valuable service in our
local community?
You will
• Create a persuasive presentation to convince your class that your chosen service is the most valuable. You can
choose to create a flyer, brochure, ad (written, video or audio), poster or infographic.
• Communicate what the service is, who does it, what their responsibilities are, why it is important to our community
and what would happen if it wasn’t around! Make a connection and say how this service impacts on you.
• Collaborate in groups of no more than 3 people.
To complete the task, work through the steps on the checklist.
You must complete all the steps in a stage before you move on to the next one.
CONTENT
Read critically, inferring information and putting it in
our own words.
Learn to use publishing software or multimedia to
share our learning.
present your argument in a persuasive manner, using
persuasive techniques and language.
BEHAVIOURS
Use a graphic organiser to collect and organise your
ideas.
Stay on task and don’t let blockers distract you.
Follow the library code of conduct.
Use the checklist to ensure you have
done everything required.
3. Checklist You must get checked off before you can
move on to the next stage.
Planning Stage
Decide which service you will be researching.
Choose a graphic organiser to record your
research. Visit Procedures Place.
Weeks 5 and 6
Create a folder in the Collaboration drive.
Choose how you will present your work.
Email Miss Gutjahr your chosen service, the names of the people in your group and their roles.
Researching Stage
Collect information and complete your graphic organiser (and cite sources)
Weeks 7
What does the service do?
How did it start / why was it created?
Why is this service important to our community?
What would our community be like if it wasn’t around?
Presenting Stage
Weeks 8, 9 and 10
Create your presentation using text, Proofread, edit and check your work! Make sure your:
images and audio to support your
spelling, punctuation and grammar are correct.
information.
Make sure everyone is involved!
presentation includes all elements
You will be sharing your presentation
with the class in Week 10.
presentation makes sense.
6. Bibliography
Write down the name of the resource you have used and the URL (if it is a webpage). Give enough information so that
other people can find your resource if they want to know more.
Source your information from at least 3 places:
Who created / wrote the
information
Date the
website / book
was published
Title of web page / book URL or ISBN
e.g.
Amanda Briney 2014 Geography of Burma or
Myanmar
http://geography.about.com/od/burmaormyanmarm
aps/a/burmamyanmargeography.htm
1.
2.
3.
7. Information Some required information is
included.
No/little detail included.
Most required information is
included.
Little detail included.
All required information is
included.
Some detail has been included.
All required information is included with
additional extras (going beyond).
Lots of detail is included.
Organisation and time
management
Not finished on time.
Last minute completion.
Needed prompting to stay on
task but work still incomplete.
Work completed on time.
Managed time poorly.
Needed prompting to stay on
task and complete the work.
Finished on time.
Stayed on task and used time
wisely.
Finished early.
Had time to add finishing touches and
get feedback from others.
Effort Not all required work was
completed.
Some things completed, but
some required work is missing.
All required work is completed
with lots of effort put in.
All required work is completed with
extras added.
You have ‘gone beyond’.
Digital Citizenship Mostly aware of safe/lawful
Digital Citizenship behaviours
when completing task.
Did not plagarise and referenced others’
ideas in the bibliography.
Didn’t give out personal information
when publishing work.
Presentation of work Not completed to the best of
your ability.
Looks messy and rushed.
Little care taken.
Not completed to best of your
ability.
Some attention given to
presentation.
Completed to best of your ability.
Some attention to detail.
Presentation is well structured.
Lots of thought has gone into how to
present work.
Lots of attention to detail.
Presentation is linear and well
structured.
Inquiry Project Rubric
Term 4 ~ 2014
