Matt

__**WEEK1**__

1/2/11- today i have accepted mr streets invitation to wikispace and have started my journal, after pondering on what i will research i choose to research the rats of tobruk.

3/2/11- today my class and i went to the library to see what we are interested in for our research, the teacher told me it wasnt a good idear to do rats of tobruk so i thought about doing the armageddon and seeing what other people thought about it, after that mr street handed out task one (develop topic of research)

4/2/11- today i am unsure what to do because after thinking it over, armageddon is not good to research because i think it is rubbish and a waste of time, so im left to speculate curiously what to research. hopefully i will think of what to research over the weekend.


 * __WEEK2__**

10/2/11- today the teacher handed out sheets called personal research development and discussion, unpacking the capabilities and research project preparing the proposal then explaned the work. dont know what i will research. i discussed with teacher what to research, chosen to do research on hands on work and will narrow down on monday.

14/2/11- today i made a survey.

15/2/11- today i got 40 copies of my survey.

17/2/11- today i started my proposal.

18/2/11- today i continued with my proposal

__**WEEK4**__

25/2/11- we had an assembly for this lesson __**WEEK5**__

28/2/11- today i finished my proposal and was introduce to us the survey monkey so we can pass our survey through facebook.

**// Title //**
 * **// Subject //**

Underage drinking

** Research topic: ** Should the legal drinking age be higher? || I think it is interesting topic and a big problem in the community. || Hand out surveys and compare everyday people opinions.

Search for a problem in the community about underage drinking and research about it.

Find out penalties for parents and bars, liquor stores who serve alcohol to minors.

Find out the health and safety risk of underage drinking.

Find out how violence is linked to underage drinking.

Talk to Mr. Brachy (school councillor) could lead to other opportunities.

What is the percentage of car crashes due to underage drinking.

Find out why minors want to drink could it be mostly peer pressure that courses underage drinking. || I need to ensure that I don’t speak to alcoholics or go to bars for information in regards to my safety.

I will try to get my information from people I know.

I will make sure I ask people when interviewing them if I can use their information in my work and quote what they say. || Talking to teachers and experts in area of research. Use appropriate research language.

Interview and surveying skills.

Presenting findings in one or a combination of written, oral, or visual formats.

Learn to respect and value other people points of view.

Developing an understanding of social and environmental sustainability in relation to the context of the research || ** Matthew Wilson **** SURVEY **

**__ Underage drinking: __**

1. Do you think underage drinking is a serious problem in this community? Why? Why not?

2. Do you know minors under the age of 18 who use alcohol?

3. Do you know of parents or adults who let minors under the age of 18 to consume alcohol in their homes?

4. Where do you think minors under age 18 get alcohol?

5. Under what circumstances is it acceptable for an adult to give alcohol to minors under age 18?

6. What forms of advertising do you think makes minors under age 18 want to use alcohol?

7. If you were aware of a minor under the age of 18 who was drinking alcohol, what would you do?

8. Would you favour new and/or stiffer penalties for parents who serve alcohol to minors under the age of 18? What about bars/restaurants/liquor stores that sell to minors under age 18?

9. Do you favour driver’s license suspension or revocation for minors under age 18 who violate underage drinking laws?

10. Do you think the drinking age should be higher? If so what age? Why not?

11. Who do you think is most responsible for solving the underage drinking problem?

__** WEEK6 **__

8/3/11- today we started making interview times mine is 11/3/11 at 10:40am

10/3/11- today we focused on the qeustions we would be asked in the interview.

11/3/11- today i was suppose to have my interview but i wasnt ready and Mr street was niice enough to reschedule sometime next week.

__** WEEK7 **__

15/3/11- i couldnt be in class today because i had to go home early due to family reasons.

17/3/11- today i caught up with my journal and finished my conept map.



__**WEEK8**__

21/3/11- today i started preparing for my talk with Mr street

22/3/11- today i finished preparing for my talk.

24/3/11- today i did my talk with Mr street i dont think i did very well but at least i finished it.

__**WEEK9**__

29/3/11- today i collected information from a number of websites and when Mr street has time he will help me choose information that is needed for my research.

31/3/11- today i started organizing information i would use for my research.

__**WEEK11**__ 15/4/11- i took out the information i thourght would be useless that researched last lesson see you next term

TERM 2

WEEK1 2/5/11- started making statistics from survey

3/5/11- started my final product power point

5/5/11- finished first 3 slides

WEEK2 9/5/11- thinking of what my other slides should be.

12/5/11- asked mr street for help to think of interview questions

13/5/11- typed up interview questions

WEEK3 16/5/11- caught up with journal and printed out interview questions.

Interview Q    Have you come across students involved with drinking? What were their stories (how did it happen and what were the consequences)? What sort of alcohol do student like to drink and how do they get it? Do you think this is acceptable? (what are your views about underage drinking)? Why do young people drink? Do you think the drinking age should be higher?