1. WBQ Intermediate PSE
Research Project

2. WALT To recognise what research involves
To plan individual research projects
Starter:
Build a Spider diagram of all the topics you have covered in PSE so far.
Add to this all of your interests.
Add to this the other subjects you have studied in school so far

3. WBQ Core Requirement Contents page
You must produce a research project.
Intermediate = words
You Must include;
Title page
Contents page
images, diagrams, statistical data and graphs
Bibliography

4. What is research?
“The systematic and rigorous process of enquiry which aims to describe phenomena and to develop explanatory concepts and theories. Ultimately it aims to contribute to a scientific body of knowledge.”

5. Research Research enquires involve:
Putting forward ideas that can be tested (hypothesis)
Collecting data to test these ideas in a systematic way
Analysing the collected data
Drawing conclusions based on research evidence.

6. The Welsh Dimension The research project must
compare your chosen topic’s relevance to Wales to somewhere else in the world.
For EG;
Title = Teen Pregnancies
Hypothesis = Wales has the highest teen pregnancies in Europe.
Comparison = Welsh statistics to England to somewhere else in Europe to Africa
You would analyse reasons for the differences.

7. Contents Plan Introduction Wales Other Country Comparison of two
Questionnaire
Questionnaire Results
Conclusion
Evaluation
Bibliography

8. What do you want to research?
What interests you? Sport, Fashion etc
What have you studied this year? Did you cover an issue in PE/ART/MEDIA you would like to expand on
What will be easy to collect data about?
MP Expenses
Anti Social Behaviour
Knife Crime
Teen Pregnancy
The Ressession
Obesity
The Environment
Substance misuse

9. Task Decide what topic you will research. This is your Title.
A hypothesis is a statement you can test. Decide on a statement to do with your topic. For example;
Title = Obesity
Hypothesis = Children in Wales are obese because they play to many video games

10. Research Plan All research needs a plan What is your aim?
What resources will you need?
What will you do? (step by step)
How will you do it?
When will you do it by?
**It is essential that you specify timeframes ie; 4th July 2012 etc**
Use plan template