BABY ERD no.

1/ DEADLINE: 7 AUGUST 2017/

FOCUS: SCIENTIFIC METHOD & EXPERIMENT VARIABLES/
TITLE: ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF WATER CONTAMINANTS ON THE GERMINATION OF
Vigna radiata SEEDS

GOAL: Come up with an all original VIDEO BLOG showing the results
of an ERD wherein you have applied your knowledge on the Scientific
Method & Experiment Variables.
ROLE: Pretend that you are a Researcher from the Department of
Agriculture tasked to investigate the effects of polluted water on the
growth of food crops.
AUDIENCE: The people who will watch your Video Blogs are your
fellow experts at the Department of Science & Technology (DOST)
and Department of Agriculture (DA), investors and farmers from
Farming Cooperatives from different parts of the country
SCENARIO: You are a Researcher who was tasked to research on the
effects of water contaminants (pollutants) on the germination of
seeds of food crops. You will conduct an experiment testing if
detergent run offs and oil in the sewage would slow down or
terminate the germination (seed growth) of mongo seeds.
IDENTIFY: INDEPENDENT VARIABLE, DEPENDENT VARIABLE, and
CONSTANT VARIABLES, EXPERIMENTAL SET UP & the CONTROL
SET UP. Pretend that you are supposed to present your research data
to the DOST & Department of Agriculture.
Tips: 3 identical containers, 30 mongo seeds each
Soak the seeds (15 hours), research on the techniques for soaking, only
water is involved hereno soil please
One container should receive a contaminant/ pollutant: used cooking oil
Another container will receive: detergent-water
The amount of contaminant/ pollutant in each container should be
equal/ the same
The other container serves as your Control variable
Observe, count & record what you will see in the outcome
THIS EXPERIMENT CAN BE DONE IN ONLY 1 WEEKEND
PRODUCTS:
1. VIDEO BLOG
The video should show the following: Observation (preliminary), your Hypotheses, how
you performed the EXPERIMENT (procedure & materials), state your CONCLUSION
(final findings & indicate if there was any proof to your hypotheses) and include
KNOWLEDGE SHARING (state to whom this research will be useful for & what other
researchers can do to improve your procedure). In short there should be an OHECKs in
your video.
It would be BEST IF YOULL HAVE ONLY 1 VIDEO (MAXIMUM 5 MINUTES ONLY,
MINIMUM 3 MINUTES). If your video will be too long, I will only watch & give a score
for the first 5 minutes)
IF you still do not know HOW TO LOOP VIDEOS together, you can have a MAXIMUM OF 3
videos (2 MINUTES EACH ONLY!)
2. PICTURE COMPILATION
You should be in the pictures, these will serve as evidence that you really did perform the
activity. 3 short white bond papers:
1st paper = 4 pictures of you while preparing your experiment set up/
2nd paper = 4 pictures of you observing your set up/
3rd paper = pictures of you while making the video blogs, ask someone at home to
assist you with this.
The quality & neatness of this Picture Compilation will also be recorded as your FINAL
 QUIZ for the 1st Quarter.

STANDARDS:
Your scores will be based on how understandable is your results presentation in the
final Video blog. The variables should be properly identified, the OCHECKs flow should
be clear and the NUMERICAL results should be presented in CHART & GRAPH FORM in
the video itself.

TIMETABLE
DATE EXPECTED OUTPUT
July 2 8, 2017 Acquire materials for your ERD
July 9 22, 2017 Final performance of the ERD
Documenting the procedure
Recording and organizing data
Start of Video Blog
July 23 28, 2017 Finalizing output
August 7, 2017 Submission of Video blog saved in a flash drive and Picture
compilation

BIOLOGY 8/ 1 st QUARTER/ SCORESHEET for BABY E.R.D. No.1

1 2 POINTS 3 4 POINTS 5 6 POINTS 7 8 POINTS
PARTS OF THE
SCIENTIFIC
METHOD
SCIENTIFIC
VARIABLES
PRESENTATION &
VIDEO QUALITY
APPEARANCE &
TONE OF THE
RESEARCHER
USB DETAILS

SUBTOTAL:

TOTAL SCORE: ______/40 POINTS

Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Section: _______

BIOLOGY 8/ 1st QUARTER/ RUBRIC for BABY E.R.D. No.1
1 2 POINTS 3 4 POINTS 5 6 POINTS 7 8 POINTS
With With Introduction With Introduction With Introduction (title,
Introduction (title, hypothesis, (title, hypothesis, hypothesis, scenario
PARTS OF THE (title, scenario recall) scenario recall) recall)
SCIENTIFIC hypothesis, Methodology Methodology Methodology (materials,
METHOD scenario recall) (materials, (materials, procedure & set up)
Methodology procedure & set procedure & set With tables/ charts &
(materials, up) up) graphs + discussion
procedure & set With tables/ With tables/ charts Discussed summary &
up) charts & graphs + & graphs + conclusion
discussion discussion Included: Knowledge
Discussed Discussed Sharing
summary & summary &
conclusion
Presented: Presented: Presented: Presented:
IV & DV IV & DV IV & DV IV & DV
SCIENTIFIC Control Set up Control Set up Control Set up Control Set up
VARIABLES Constant Constant Variables Constant Variables
Variables Experimental Set Experimental Set up
up Location of these
variables
Clear video, Clear video, clear Clear video, clear Clear video, clear audio
clear audio audio audio (background (background music is not
PRESENTATION (background (background music is not too too loud)
& VIDEO music is not too music is not too loud) Introduces oneself
QUALITY loud) loud) Introduces oneself Correct orientation
Correct Introduces Correct Researcher seen in the
orientation oneself orientation video
Researcher Correct Researcher seen Researchers voice used
seen in the orientation in the video in the video
video Researcher seen Researchers Whole video is between
Researchers in the video voice used in the 5 6 minutes
voice used in Researchers video 1 video only (videos are
the video voice used in the Whole video is looped)
Whole video is video between 3 4
below 2 minutes Whole video is minutes
below 3 minutes
The researcher The researcher is The researcher is The researcher is
is wearing wearing wearing wearing appropriate
APPEARANCE appropriate appropriate appropriate clothing (smart casual,
& TONE OF THE clothing (smart clothing (smart clothing (smart uniform, green laboratory
RESEARCHER casual or casual or uniform) casual, uniform, gown or medical lab.
uniform) Seen reading green laboratory Gown)
Seen reading some of the gown or medical Did not read (all) the
almost all details details of his lab. Gown) details of his discussion
of his discussion discussion Did not read (all) Tone is really talking to
the details of his an audience
discussion
USB is labeled USB is labeled on USB is labeled on USB is labeled on the
on the outside the outside with the outside with outside with surname,
with surname, surname, section surname, section section & class number
section & class & class number & class number With proper folders (ERD
number There are NO With proper folders video blogs)
USB DETAILS There are NO non-science files (ERD video blogs) Filename includes
non-science in the USB There are NO non- students surname
files in the USB Is at least 8G science files in the Filename indicates ERD
Submitted on memory USB number
actual deadline Submitted on Is at least 8G There are NO non-
actual deadline memory science files in the USB
Submitted on Is at least 8G memory
actual deadline Submitted on actual
deadline

TOTAL SCORE: 40 POINTS