MYP 4.2.

1 Physics Criteria D – Investigating the Impact Power Stations

Name: _____________________ Date:_________________ Class #:_______

1. Background Information:

Number seven of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) initiated by the UN states

“Affordable and Clean Energy - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern

energy for all”

Today there are more than 7 billion people on our planet. It is projected that the population will
exceed 8 billion by the year 2023. As the population of our planet increases, so will our demand
for energy. This puts our planet under great stress as our ways of generating energy might have
a significant negative impact on the environment and the communities around it (increased
green house gases, acid rains, pollution, mass migration of people and animals, etc.).

2. Task:

Table 1. Approaches to learning self-assessment rubric.

Approaches to Learning (ATL)

Category Cluster Skill Developing Achieving Mastery

Research Information Evaluate and select
literacy information sources and
digital tools based on
their appropriateness to
specific tasks
Thinking Critical thinking Evaluate evidence and
arguments

STEP 1 – Assessing ATL Skills and Choosing a Power Plant

1. Use Table 1 to self-assess your mastery of the two approaches to learning (ATL) skills mentioned.

2. Choose a power plant that has been constructed or is under construction. Add your name and
power plant to the sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13FLc1Ll_ErOsnODX9ROeGjqqobeLAjF5eEHjMWLq_rc/
edit?usp=sharing. Start from the top and select the first empty slot. Be fast! Only two students
can choose the same power plant!

STEP 2 – Creating the Product

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Choosing a Product

For this assignment you may choose your type of product from the five options listed below:

1. Cartoon Strip/Storyboard: Drama not your thing? More of an artist or an author? Then this
product is for you! Create a cartoon strip or a storyboard. Illustrate your knowledge on paper or
digitally, the choice is yours. Set your story in space, in the distant past, or underwater.
Whatever setting suits your problem, solution, and factor the best is free for you to choose!

2. News report/Video Documentary: If you’re a fan of Planet Earth, An Inconvenient Truth, or

Before the Flood then you are in luck. This is your chance to get the truth about your problem
out there. Feel free to interview your classmates, your teachers, your parents, and random
people from Mega Bangna to get their perspectives and change their mind on an issue that is
important to you. Go out there and make a convincing news report or documentary about your
power plant and its contribution to the 7th SDG.

3. Infographic: An oldie but goodie. Use piktochart.com or other websites to create a beautiful
infographic that is understandable by the reader. However, be careful not to leave out important
text or discussion. Use visuals to clarify, not to simplify.

4. Structure or model: Are you up for a more hands – on challenge? Create a small model of your
power plant using whatever material you can find. Label the parts of the power plant and make
sure to include the relevant information and the discussion. This can be done in a separate word
document or you can attach it to your structure.

5. Write a Scientific Essay: Why are you even reading this option?!? Be a risk-taker and try
something new! However, if you insist, you may write a boring old scientific essay. Remember
that these essays have a very rigid structure. Your essay must use the format outlined by the
guide and you must use a formal scientific language.

Requirements

1. Your product will need to include the following things:

a. Basic facts about the power plant

i. Name and type of power plant
ii. Year it was built/is to be completed
iii. Location
iv. Annual generation/projected generation
b. An explanation of how the power plant generates electricity
i. The structure of the power plant and how it works
ii. The energy transformations that are taking place
c. An evaluation of your power plant’s contribution to achieving the 7th sustainable
development goal
i. The advantages and limitations of your power plant related to the SDG
ii. The advantages and limitations of your power plant considering a chosen factor
iii. Discussion about the cost, reliability, scale and environmental impact of your
power plant
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iv. Reach a conclusion, summarizing your power plants general contribution

to achieving the 7th SDG.

d. Work cited (CSE)

Factors

Factors Economical Environmental Ethical

The implications of using
science and its
application to solve a
specific problem or
issue, interacting with a
factor
Production, Circumstances, objects, Process of rational
distribution, and use of or conditions by which inquiry to decide on
income, wealth, and one is surrounded issues as right or
commodities wrong, as applied to
the people and their
actions

Cultural Political Social Moral

Patterns of knowledge,
behaviour, beliefs,
shared attitudes, values,
goals and practices that
characterize groups of
people
Relates to government
or public affairs
Interactions between Principles of right or
groups of people wrong behaviour
involving issues such as derived from a
welfare, safety, rights, particular society
justice or class

Regardless of the option that you choose, your text will be sent through TurnItIn. If you choose
Product #1 or #5 you will be asked to copy and paste the text from your cartoon
strip/storyboard/model into a Word document. You do not need to format this document and it does
not need to “look good”. It will be used only to ensure that you have not plagiarized any material from
other sources.

If you choose Product #2 you may use a speech-to-text app such as Voice Texting to convert the
dialogue in your dramatic performance or video documentary into text. Then just paste this text into a
Word document for submission.

STEP 3 – Submitting your Product

1. Your final draft is due on __________________________________________________________.

2. Please use the following checklist when submitting your assignment to ManageBac:

 The text version of my product is a WORD OR PDF file. Pages files are not acceptable!

 The title of my file is “MyNickname.docx” or “MyNickname.pdf”.

 My Cited References is not a separate file. It is included at the end of my scientific essay.

 I am aware that my report will be submitted to TurnItIn.com to be tested for plagiarism.

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3. Rubric
Achievement
The student is able to: I was/You were able to :
Level
i. explain the ways in which □ Give a detailed account of your power station.
science is applied and used Include accurate, labeled diagrams related to your power station and a clear
to address a specific explanation of its structure and how it generates electricity.
problem or issue

ii. discuss and evaluate the
implications of using
science
and its application to solve
a specific problem or issue,
interacting with a factor
7-8
iii. consistently apply
scientific language to
communicate
understanding clearly and
precisely
□ Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments,
including advantages and limitations. This should be clearly presented and
supported by appropriate evidence.
Include two factors from the list below in your discussion.
□ Reach a conclusion by weighing up the strengths and limitations of the
implications of your power plant related to the SDG #7 and to your chosen
factor
□ Consistently use scientific language to communicate knowledge and
understanding clearly and precisely.
-use appropriate scientific vocabulary correctly with few errors
-use scientific language to communicate clear understanding of the issue

iv. document sources □ Credit sources of information in a Works Cited section using CSE format with
completely. almost no mistakes.
□ Reference appropriate information in the text using CSE format with almost
no mistakes.

4. Description of Command Terms

Use knowledge and understanding in response to a given situation or real
Apply circumstances. Use an idea, equation, principle, theory or law in relation to a given
problem or issue.
Describe Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.
Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, factors or
Discuss hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by
appropriate evidence.
Credit sources of information used by referencing (or citing), following one recognized
Document referencing system. References should be included in the text and also at the end of the
piece of work in a Works Cited.
Evaluate Make an appraisal by weighing up the strengths AND limitations.
Explain Give a detailed account including reasons and causes.
Outline Give a brief account.
Summarize Abstract a general theme or major point(s).
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5. Complete Rubric

Achievemen Descriptor Clarifications/Task Specific Rubric

t level
0 The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors
below.
1-2 The student is able to:  Give a brief account of your power station
i. outline the ways in which science is used to address a specific problem or  Give a brief account of the implications of your power stations.
issue  use scientific language to communicate knowledge and understanding with limited
ii. outline the implications of the use of science to solve a specific problem or success
issue, interacting with a factor -use limited appropriate scientific vocabulary correctly
iii. apply scientific language to communicate understanding but does so with -use of scientific language to communicate limited understanding of the issue
limited success
iv. document sources, with limited success. □ Credit some sources of information in a Works Cited section but not in a consistent
format
 □ Reference limited information in the text but not in a consistent format or not able
to reference information in the text

3-4 The student is able to:  □ Give a concise account of your power station
i. summarize the ways in which science is used to address a specific problem  □ Give a concise account of the implications of your power stations.
or issue  Sometimes use scientific language to communicate knowledge and understanding -uses
ii. describe the implications of using science to solve a specific problem or some appropriate scientific vocabulary correctly
issue, interacting with a factor -use of scientific language to communicate some understanding of ………………………
iii. sometimes apply scientific language to communicate understanding
iv. sometimes document sources correctly. □ Credit sources of information in a Works Cited section but not using CSE format
 □ Reference some information in the text but not using CSE format
5-6 The student is able to:  Give a detailed account of your power station
i. describe the ways in which science is applied and used to address a specific  Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, including
problem or issue advantages and limitations supported by evidence. Reach a conclusion of your power
ii. discuss the implications of using science and its application to solve a plants contribution to achieving the 7th SDG.
specific problem or issue, interacting with a factor  Usually use scientific language correctly to communicate knowledge and understanding
iii. usually apply scientific language to communicate understanding clearly about your power plant
and precisely
iv. usually document sources correctly. □ Credit sources of information in a Works Cited section using CSE format but made a few
mistakes
□ Reference appropriate information in the text using CSE format but made a few mistakes
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7-8 The student is able to: □ Give a detailed account of your power station.
Include accurate, labeled diagrams related to your power station and a clear explanation of
i. explain the ways in which science is applied and used to address a specific
it’s structure and how it generates electricity.
problem or issue
□ Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments, including
ii. discuss and evaluate the implications of using science and its application to
advantages and limitations. This should be clearly presented and supported by appropriate
solve a specific problem or issue, interacting with a factor
evidence.
iii. consistently apply scientific language to communicate understanding
Include two factors from the list below in your discussion.
clearly and precisely
□ Reach a conclusion by weighing up the strengths and limitations of the implications of your
iv. document sources completely.
power plant related to the SDG #7 and to your chosen factor

□ Consistently use scientific language to communicate knowledge and understanding clearly

and precisely

-use appropriate scientific vocabulary correctly with few errors

-use scientific language to communicate clear understanding of the issue
□ Credit sources of information in a Works Cited section using CSE format with almost no
mistakes.
□ Reference appropriate information in the text using CSE format with almost no mistakes.