Sample assessment outline Biology ATAR Year 11 – Unit 1 and Unit 2 Assessment Assessment Assessment type task Due date Assessment task type weighting weighting Semester 1 Task 1: Investigation The effect of fire on ecosystems (alternative investigations may include rocky – 15% Week 14 shore, beach succession, freshwater or terrestrial community study) Semester 2 5% Task 6: Practical Microscopes (preparation and observation of cells) – Week 3 Science inquiry 30% Semester 2 Task 7: Practical The cell membrane (inferring the structure of the cell membrane from observations of – 5% Week 4 beetroot in different solutions) Semester 2 5% Task 8: Practical Enzyme action (factors affecting catalase enzyme activity) – Week 6 Semester 1 5% Task 3: Population dynamics (in-class questions based on research and class discussion) Extended Week 13 10% response Semester 2 Current research for the production of food, beverages and biofuels, and the breakdown of rubbish, Task 10: 5% Week 9 involving the control of cellular respiration and photosynthesis Semester 1 5% Task 2: Test Describing biodiversity – Week 10 Semester 1 5% Task 4: Test Ecosystem dynamics – Week 15 Test 20% Semester 2 5% Task 9: Test – Week 7 Semester 2 5% Task 11: Test Multicellular organisms – Week 15 Task 5: Semester 1 examination 2.5 hours using a modified examination design brief from the syllabus – Semester 1 15% Section One: 30 questions (30%); Section Two: 4–6 questions (50%); and Section Three: Unit 3, one question Week 16 from a choice of two (20%) Examination 40% Task 12: Semester 2 examination 3 hours using the examination design brief from the syllabus – Semester 2 25% Section One: 30 questions (30%); Section Two: 4–6 questions (50%); and Section Three: Unit 3, one question Week 16 from a choice of two; Unit 4, one question from a choice of two (20%) Total 100% 100%
Sample assessment outline Biology – ATAR Year 11 Unit 1 and Unit 2 Assessment type Assessment type weighting Assessment task weighting Due date Assessment task Science inquiry 30% 15% Semester 1 Week 14 Task 1: Investigation – The effect of fire on ecosystems (alternative investigations may include rocky shore, beach succession, freshwater or terrestrial community study) 5% Semester 2 Week 3 Task 6: Practical – Microscopes (preparation and observation of cells) 5% Semester 2 Week 4 Task 7: Practical – The cell membrane (inferring the structure of the cell membrane from observations of beetroot in different solutions) 5% Semester 2 Week 6 Task 8: Practical – Enzyme action (factors affecting catalase enzyme activity) Extended response 10% 5% Semester 1 Week 13 Task 3: Population dynamics (in-class questions based on research and class discussion) 5% Semester 2 Week 9 Task 10: Current research for the production of food, beverages and biofuels, and the breakdown of rubbish, involving the control of cellular respiration and photosynthesis Test 20% 5% Semester 1 Week 10 Task 2: Test – Describing biodiversity 5% Semester 1 Week 15 Task 4: Test – Ecosystem dynamics 5% Semester 2 Week 7 Task 9: Test – 5% Semester 2 Week 15 Task 11: Test – Multicellular organisms Examination 40% 15% Semester 1 Week 16 Task 5: Semester 1 examination – 2.5 hours using a modified examination design brief from the syllabus Section One: 30 questions (30%); Section Two: 4–6 questions (50%); and Section Three: Unit 3, one question from a choice of two (20%) 25% Semester 2 Week 16 Task 12: Semester 2 examination – 3 hours using the examination design brief from the syllabus Section One: 30 questions (30%); Section Two: 4–6 questions (50%); and Section Three: Unit 3, one question from a choice of two; Unit 4, one question from a choice of two (20%) Total 100% 100%
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