Question 1

What is NCEA AS 91187 about?

Accepted Answer

You'll plan and carry out a hands-on Earth and Space Science experiment from start to finish. This means setting a clear purpose, designing a method that controls what you're testing, collecting real data, working out what it means, and explaining the science behind your results.

Question 2

What do students need to do for AS 91187?

Accepted Answer

1. Design a method that identifies the key things you're measuring and changing, explains how you'll measure them accurately, and describes how you'll keep other factors controlled 2. Collect raw data that actually matches your planned method and record it carefully 3. Work out what your data means by processing and interpreting it, then draw a conclusion that connects back to your original purpose 4. Explain the Earth and Space Science concepts that relate to your investigation 5. Write up or present your full investigation clearly so someone else could understand what you did and why

Question 3

What's the difference between Achieved, Merit, and Excellence for AS 91187?

Accepted Answer

Achieved: You carry out the investigation as planned, collect data, process it, draw a basic conclusion, and explain some relevant science. Merit: You refine your method to make your data more reliable and valid, interpret your results more carefully, and explain the science more thoroughly. Excellence: You explain how your method actually produced reliable data, and you connect your results, interpretation and conclusion to the deeper science in real detail.

Question 4

What mistakes do students typically make in AS 91187?

Accepted Answer

1. Not clearly defining or controlling the key variables being tested, so the data collected doesn't actually answer the research question 2. Collecting data carelessly or inconsistently so measurements don't match what the method said would happen 3. Writing a conclusion that doesn't actually link back to the original purpose or that overgeneralises from the results

Practical Earth and Space · AS 91187

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