GRADE 13 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INTERNAL

ASSESSMENT

Cover Page must have the following:

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Picture from all of the sites

NAME:
TEACHER:
SCHOOL:
UNIT:
CENTRE NUMBER:
CANDIDATE NUMBER:
DATE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Statement of Problem
Purpose of Project
Methodology
Literature
Sites That Were Visited:
 Site 1
  Site 2
 Site 3
 Site 4
Laboratories That Were Carried Out Done
 Lab 1
 Lab 2
 Lab 3
 Lab 4
Presentation of Data/ Analysis of Data
Discussion of Findings
Conclusion
Recommendations
Bibliography

PROBLEM STATEMENT
To investigate the effectiveness of different sustainable agricultural practices for four locations at
CASE in Portland Jamaica.
 Farming Plot A
 Farming Plot B
 Farming Plot C
 Farming Plot D

PURPOSE OF PROJECT
Variables are the different quantities/properties that are to be compared.

LITERATURE
Put in information on each sustainable agricultural practice to be investigated. Give information
on pollination, types of agrochemicals, different farming tools and equipment seen at the sites.
METHODOLOGY
Explain the reason for performing the different tests done in the laboratory.
For each material and apparatus used state what it is and why it was used.

SITES THAT WERE VISITED

Put in map to show the direction from Excelsior.

FIELD REPORT – to be done for each site

ENTRY #:

DATE:

SITE/ LOCATION: Name of place and address. Put in picture for each site with a label and a
border.

OBJECTIVES:
1: To observe the organisms present.
2: To observe the types of agricultural system being practiced and the environmental impacts
associated with the stated agricultural practice.
3: To identify the types of crops present in the agricultural plot.
4: To collect soil sample from the agricultural plot.

ACTIVITIES
1: Walk around the agricultural plot and look at the flora and fauna present.
2: Make note of the agricultural system in practice and any environmental impacts associated
with the practice.
3: Make note of the type of labour in practice and agrochemicals being used.
4: Use a trowel to dig up some soil and scoop up the soil.
5: Place the soil into a sample bag.
6: Take pictures of the agricultural system being practiced (crop, labour, agrochemical)
Remember that you must rewrite the steps in the past tense passive voice.

OBSERVATIONS

INTERPRETIVE COMMENTS

Explain 3 to 4 things in the observations.

State which sustainable agricultural practice is being conducted at the farm plot.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES
1: Soil sample collected to be tested at school in the laboratory.
2: Types of agro-chemicals used to be researched.
3: Follow up site – type in the name of the next site

LABORATORIES THAT WERE CARRIED OUT

Pictures from laboratories with border and label

LAB REPORT – to be done for each site

TITLE: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE – ABIOTIC FACTORS

AIM: To determine the pH, water holding capacity and rate of drainage of the soil samples
collected.
MATERIALS:
PROCEDURE: Water Holding Capacity Test
1: Collect a soil sample from the farming plot __. Plug in, turn on and zero the top-pan balance.
2: Place an empty beaker on the top-pan balance and note the measurement on the top-pan
balance.
3: Remove the beaker and pour in 15cm3 of Soil Sample __ using a measuring cylinder.
4: Zero the top-pan balance. Place the beaker with soil on the top-pan balance.
5: Note the mass of the beaker and soil. Remove the beaker with soil from the top-pan balance.
6: Turn off and plug out the top-pan balance. Put a filter funnel in a measuring cylinder.
7: Fold and place the filter paper in the filter funnel.
8: Measure 25cm3 of distilled water and pour unto Soil Sample __ in the filter funnel.
9: Start the stopwatch as the first drop of water falls into the measuring cylinder.
10: Stop the stopwatch as the last drop of water falls into the measuring cylinder. Note the
volume of water collected.
Soil pH Test
1: Pour 5cm3 of the soil collected in a petri dish. Add 10cm3 of distilled water to Soil Sample __.
2: Use a glass to mix the water with the soil. Place a pH strip in the mixture.
3: Wait for 2 minutes. Compare the pH strip with the pH chart.
4: Note the colour change of the pH strip and the corresponding pH value.

OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS

pH colour change and value Time for dripping = ________
Volume of water used = _________ Volume of water collected = _________
Title for table, underlined once

ITEM(S) USED MASS, m/g

Beaker only
Soil sample and beaker
Soil sample only
Pictures from laboratories with border and label

CALCULATIONS
Volume of water retained = Volume of water used – Volume of water collected
Water Holding Capacity = Volume of water retained/ Volume of water used × 100
Rate of Drainage = Volume of water collected/ Time for dripping
DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

PRESENTATION OF DATA/ANALYSIS OF DATA

Title for table

DATA FARMING SITES VISITED

GATHERED PLOT A PLOT B PLOT C PLOT D
Fertilizers used
Pesticides used
Irrigation method
pH value
Water holding
capacity (%)

Rate of Drainage
(cm3/s)

Draw line graph using water holding capacity and sites

Construct a bar graph using pH value and sites
For the analysis compare the information for the four sites
State trends, patterns and any anomalies
Analyzing and interpreting displayed data can bring out hidden information. They can give the
trends or patterns as well as anomalies. A trend is a general direction in which a set of data points
is developing or changing. Trends tell if the variable is increasing, decreasing, fluctuating or
staying the same/constant. For example, a line graph that slopes upward is showing that as the
quantity on the x-axis is increasing the quantity on the y-axis is also increasing.

A pattern is a recognizable regularity in which data is repeated, or something occurs or is done.

Patterns help to identify phenomena and problems and serve as ways of predicting future
behaviour. For example, the pattern for 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36 is that they are the squares of numbers.
An anomaly is anything that is different from what the rest of the readings or shape of the graphs
are showing. It is a deviation in a quantity from what is expected. For example, in the data set
from a group of related Smith families show that John has brown eyes, Mary has brown eyes,
Debbie has brown eyes, Cassandra has brown eyes, David has green eyes, June has brown eyes,
Frank has brown eyes and Sophia has brown eyes, then the colour of David’s eyes is an anomaly
for he would have been expected to have brown eyes as well.

DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
The analysis of data is the findings. Use information from the literature to explain them.

RECOMMENDATIONS
What can be done to improve the yield from the sustainable practices

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Must use APA standard.
For books – Author, Year of publication, Title, Publisher
Website – Contributor’s name (last date edited), Title, Retrieved from http:// web address

Two books used in class and at least TWO websites.

Sample Observations and Results
Volume of water used = 55cm3 Volume of water collected = 48cm3
Time for dripping = 365s

ITEM(S) USED MASS, m/g

Beaker only 195.8
Soil sample and beaker 207.4
Soil sample only 11.6

SAMPLE CALCULATIONS
Volume of water retained = Volume of water used – Volume of water collected
Volume of water retained = 55cm3 - 48cm3 = 7cm3
Water Holding Capacity = Volume of water retained/ Volume of water used × 100
Water Holding Capacity = (7cm3 / 55cm3) × 100% = 12.73%
Rate of Drainage = Volume of water collected/ Time for dripping
Rate of Drainage = 48cm3 / 365s = 0.13cm3/s

PREPARED BY M. SMITH-HENRY