PHYSICS SCIENCES 3C Name: ASSIGNMENT # 1 Due: Monday 18 th Feb Assessment Criteria Ratin g 1. demonstrate personal skills to organise and complete activities 3. collect, process and communicate information 4. demonstrate understanding of the application and impact of physical sciences in society You could use this page as a coversheet to your assignment. Task Locate at least 6 items at home and identify what the item is, where you found it, what it is used for, what its active ingredient(s) are, and if possible, the chemical formulae of the compound in the active ingredient(s)and the names of the elements in the compound. Please present your findings in a table or similar and it would be great if you could include a photograph of each of the items. You may need to use the internet to research some ingredients. Also please ensure that you acknowledge all sources used by including a bibliography. You may email your report to me at [email protected]. Don’t forget to include your name on your report!! For example: Ite m Photo/ Where found Uses Active Ingredien t(s) Compound( s) (formulae ) Elemen ts (Name)
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PHYSICS SCIENCES 3C Name:ASSIGNMENT # 1 Due: Monday 18th Feb
Assessment Criteria Rating
1. demonstrate personal skills to organise and complete activities3. collect, process and communicate information4. demonstrate understanding of the application and impact of physical sciences in societyYou could use this page as a coversheet to your assignment.
Task
Locate at least 6 items at home and identify what the item is, where you found it, what it is used for, what its active ingredient(s) are, and if possible, the chemical formulae of the compound in the active ingredient(s)and the names of the elements in the compound.
Please present your findings in a table or similar and it would be great if you could include a photograph of each of the items.
You may need to use the internet to research some ingredients. Also please ensure that you acknowledge all sources used by including a bibliography.
A bibliography is list of information sources you have found useful while preparing to write an assignment. There are many ways of setting out a bibliography. At Don, we suggest the style shown below. It is important that you are consistent in your bibliographic method. As a general rule, if an item does not appear to have a known author, put the title of the publication (i.e. the book, magazine, CD-ROM etc.) first.
1. What to include when referencing books The name of the author – surname first Year of publication Title of book – underlined Place of publication.
Example: Howitt, Bernie (1994). Rock through history, Melbourne: Longman Cheshire.
2. Referencing articles in encyclopedias Title of encyclopedia - underlined Year of publication, or edition Title of article - in quotation marks Volume number of encyclopedia Place of publication Publisher
Example: World Book Encyclopedia. (1992). “Dancing”, Vol.5, Chicago: World Book Inc.
3. Referencing articles from a CD-ROM Name of author - surname first (if known) Year of publication Title of the article - in quotation marks Name of the CD-ROM - underlined. Publication information.
Example: Kohn, Hans (1993). “Nationalism”, Microsoft Encarta, Microsoft Corporation.
4. Referencing an Internet site Name of author - surname first Date the document was created or last modified. If no date is given, write n.d./
followed by the year the document was downloaded Title of the document - in quotation marks Type of document - in square brackets URL - underlined You may also need to add the date you visited the site – in brackets, and in the form
(visited Year, Month Date)
Example: Strykowski, Joe. (1996). “Ice at the end of the world” [WWW document]. URL http://www.uwsports.vcg.com/magazine/1996.march/environmental outlook.htm (Visited 1997, April 18)
Example: Pankrnatz, Robert. (n.d./1997). “Euthanasia and the sanctity of life” URL http://ww.cdmfbconf.ca/mb/mbh3508/pankrnatz.htm
5. Referencing articles in a magazine The name of the author - surname first Year of publication Title of the article - in quotation marks Name of the magazine - underlined Volume number and/or issue number/date Page numbers used
Example: Perry, Mike (1990). “The surfboard”. Australian Surfing Life, June/July: 62 – 69
6. Referencing Articles in a newspaper or from AAP Name of the newspaper - underlined Date - year first Title of the article - in quotation marks Page no. (newspaper) or Story I.D. (AAP)
Example: The Advocate, (1997, April 18). “Brown calls for views on euthanasia”: 3.Example: AAP, (1997, April 18). “Trade sanctions threat over Wik”’, Story I.D. 820616.
7. Referencing videos Title of the video - underlined Date of publication Place of publication Publisher
Example: Ski the outer limits, (1975). New York: Summit Films.
8. Referencing television Broadcasts Title of the program - underlined Date of the broadcast Station on which the program was broadcast
Example: Quantum, (1996, April 17). ABC.
9. Referencing e-mail, listservs, etc. Author’s name – surname first (if known) Date of mail message The subject: line of posting – in quotation marks Address of listserv – underlined. If mail, the statement Personal e-mail
Example: Seabrook, Richard H.C. (1994, January 22). “Community and Progress”. [email protected]
Example: Thompson, Barry (1995, January 25). “Virtual Reality”. Personal e-mail.
10. Referencing personal conversations and interviews. The name of the person interviewed Date of the interview The statement - Interview with author
Example: Paton, R. (1997, April 4). Interview with author.
