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2nd Year Science Science in Society Research Assignment

Title :

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)?

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Success Criteria

Your assignment should include the following

1. An introduction explaining what GMO’s are, giving examples of GMOs etc

2. The advantages of GMO’s

3. The disadvantages of GMO’s

4. The impact of GMO’s on society

5. Your own personal conclusion - this should you include whether or not you think the advantages of using GMO’s outweighs the disadvantages, using your research to back up your conclusion.

6. A complete list of all the references used (website addresses, books, interviews, magazine)

7. Comment on the reliability of each reference

Project Presentation

You can either write/type your project or present it as a poster as long as you include all of the success criteria headings (300 – 400 maximum word count). You can also include pictures to enhance the presentation of your work.

Submission Date: Wednesday 27th May

Submit via Teams or email to your teacher:

dfitzpatrick@ricecollege.ie

ckilleen@ricecollege.ie

mronan@ricecollege.ie

jbrosnan@ricecollege.ie

pdevitt@ricecollege.ie

Tips for carrying out research

Researching involves finding information to help you write about a topic. You should try and gather your research from as many different sources as possible

When you find information ask your self is it a reliable source. Take the following into consideration

• Is it a well-known site?

• Is the information biased or does it give you a balanced view of both sides of the argument?

• Is it from an educational or government institution?

• Do you think the information is accurate? You cannot believe everything you read. Use more than one source to check if the information you have found is true

• Look at the background of the source. See if you can find the authors name, and has the article been written recently

When you find an interesting source of information that you will use write the name of the source in your copy and write down notes from the information you have found. Using this information and your own opinions write your final report in your own words.

• .If you taking words directly from the website you must use quotation marks and write down the website address. If it is from a book you should include the title of the book and the author

• Avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism means passing off someone else’s work as your own. You cannot just copy and paste information in your research assignment and say it is your own.

• The assignment must be written in your own words

Useful Websites

Here are some useful websites that might help you with your research

Science news for kids

Science journal for kids

National Geographic for Kids

The newspapers had articles about single use plastics during the year which you should be able to find online

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