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__**Journal Entry Week 1 (31/2/2011)**__

On our first week of school, Mr Street our research project class, introduced us to wikispace as well as completing the setup of wikispaces for everyone in the class so that everyone is connected to each other on wikispace. I think this was a good idea as it will allow students to access this site at home and is able to type up documents for the teacher to see rather than saving to usb and showing in class. It is convenient for the teacher in this case Mr Street as it enables him to access to students work at home, instead of worrying about forgetting to collect students work at school. This was the first time using wikispace and I had fun with it in the beginning sending friends messages for fun.

During mid week the class headed to the school library, Ms Mcinnes librarian of the school helped us with picking a topic. She set out books on each table and we rotated every 5-10mins after reading through the books. This helped us decide our topics and questions for the topic of research project. Near the end of the week, Mr Street handed out sheets which would help out with picking a topic and creating a hypothesis. The only topic that I am really interested in is the disaster predicted in 2012.

Positive things that occured to me this week was that I have a topic in mind that I am really interested in. I found that the support given from teachers made me held with my topic more as I found it more interesting than other topics. By the end of the week, I have thought of my hypothesis where it may ask, 'Will the predicted disaster in 2012 come true?' Another topic which I thought I can research on is about gaming and the hypothesis that I thought of is, 'Is the addiction to games reduce someones education?'

There wasn't really any negative things that I thought happened. Other than that it was a good week of research project lessons.

__**Journal Entry Week 2 (8/2/2011)**__ I have completed the 'Develop topic of research' sheet that was given to us last last week to complete. The 4 topics I am interested is: Questions that I have develop for each topic are: Today is Thursday and Mr Street gave us sheets on writing our research proposal and the research devlopment. On the sheet, it explains step by step on how to write proposal. Description on ther sheet states that in my proposal it needs to include:
 * 2012 predicted disaster
 * Games
 * Paranormal activities (ghosts)
 * Apple Ipads
 * Will the predicted disaster in 2012 come true?
 * Is the addiction to games reduce someones education?
 * People getting posessed real or unreal?
 * Are the new Apple Ipads more convient than a laptop?
 * Outlines of initial ideas for research
 * demonstrate on how I considered, identified and defined my research project
 * explaining my choice of capabitlity and how it is likely to be relevant with my research
 * identifyin the process that I have negotiated for working with others
 * explains how I considered and selected research processed which are appropiate.

The topic that I will be researching has changed instead of any of the ideas above I have chosen a path where I will research about a particular animal. I have also started my research proposal which is due next Friday.

This week I have started on the research proposal which is due at the end of this week and is half way done. The lay out of my proposal is set as a table so that each category is presented neatly and easy for the teacher to read.
 * __Journal Entry Week 3 (15/02/2011)__**

In my proposal I set out the table with two rows and five columns. I have also decided that my research topic would now be on monkeys and how much they are related to humans. I have also planned to compare what monkeys do with the everyday life of a human being as a part of my research in the research project.

On Thursday, I have completed my research project proposal on the topic about monkeys and how much they are related to us human beings. I've been working on since the beginning of the week and just today I only had to add in the capabilities of work which I will gain from working on my research topic. The only thing I need to do now is to let Mr Street check my proposal and hand it up or post it on wikispace tomorrow because the due date is tomorrow at the end of research project lesson. I have also starting on the planning for my research topic making up topic questions to help me find out what I need to research to support or not support my hypothesis.

For now my research proposal at the moments looks like this:

Monkeys
 * **__ Subject Title: __**

**__ Topic Research: __** How close are we, as humans related to monkeys. || **__ Reason for choice: __**  ||  **__ Research process: __**  ||  **__ Ethics and Safety: __**  ||  **__ Capability of work: __**  ||
 * ^  || I have always been keen to find out how much we are related to monkeys. Every time I’ve gone to the zoo or watch the animal channel monkeys always interested me in how they act and even the way they do things.

I’ve also heard from TV documentaries shows that we are related but by curiosity I would like to research and find out how much. || * Search around the internet to find out more about monkeys and their lifestyle.
 * Go the library and find books for more information as well as having another source of information.
 * Find documentaries and watch and record more information.
 * Go to zoo to collect more information and make an appointment with a zoo keeper to ask for more information on monkeys.
 * Take photos at the zoo on monkey activities and pictures of similar activities conducted by a person.
 * Compare lifestyles of both monkeys and humans.
 * Discuss which monkeys relate to us more than other types of monkeys.
 * Make surveys to survey people of all ages if they believe in that monkeys are really related with us humans. || I need to make sure I don’t fall in the cage or put any parts of my body in without permission as they might get sensitive and attack me as an intruder.

Make sure before conducting an interview with a zoo keeper or any other professionals / or surveys, I must have permission to do so.

Referencing is also important as it will help me not commit plagiarism. Putting the information in my own work will help me as well to avoid the offense. || Capabilities of my research project which I will get out of this subject are Learning and Communication.

Under the learning capability I will be studying on how monkeys act and their lifestyle as well as learning about more what human beings and their lifestyle. Heading towards the zoo, using the internet, books will help me learn more about monkeys from a variety of resources.

I will be gaining the communication aspect of the research from going to the zoo talking to zoo keepers in order to gain more primary information. Using technical terms of such species or acts from monkeys will be learnt to support the communication capability. By putting the research back to my own language will improve my communication in both writing and speaking. ||

Today is Monday and we are in week 4. I have completed my research journal as well as editting it after getting it checked. I have also started to sit down and continue with my research focus questions to help me understand what I need to research. According to the plan I need to collect all my information and make a draft copy of the research project by Term 1 holidays for Mr Street to mark in the holidays.
 * __Journal Entry (21/02/2011__**)

Its been while since Ive been keeping my journal updated since Ive been studying for tests for other subjects. Negatives since the last time ive updated is that I have not been researching on my topic nor advanced with my plans. But today I will start and try to finish my survey questions and make interview questions which I can conduct on a zoo keeper at the adelaide zoo one day. Interviews are coming up where we discuss with Mr Street on how we well we are going on with our research topic therefore I should start.
 * __Journal Entry (07/03/2011)__**

For the past 10 days I have chosen to give up on my topic on moneys as it was too broad. I had to sit down and think if I will have to narrow it or change the topic. At the end I chose to narrow the topic into a specific species of monkeys called Bonobos. I came to this conclusion after little research on monkeys where I found out that Bonobos are the most closely type of monkey that are closely related to us humans. I have just finished my discussion with Mr Street about my topic. Due to change of topic I had to fix my hypothesis, focus questions and my proposal. I have also started on my research, and have covered the first two focus question that leaves me with two more to go. For each focus question, I’ve sorted the information out in separate word documents to help me access to information that I need during the write up of essay. The way that I am collecting my information at the moment is by copying the information onto a word document and highlight key points that I think I will need when I write my word document up. I have also kept my bibliography with the information so I can reference later in my write up.
 * __Journal Entry (17/03/2010__**)

**__ My New Research Proposal: __**

Bonobos
 * **__ Subject Title: __**

**__ Topic Research: __** How much are we humans are related to Bonobos, a species of monkeys? || **__ Reason for choice: __** || **__ Research process: __** || **__ Ethics and Safety: __** || **__ Capability of communication: __** ||
 * ^  || I have always been keen to find out how much we are related to monkeys. After researching Bonobos seems to be the most related kind of monkey closely related to us. Therefore I would like to know how they act and survive.

After little research I found out that they’re the closest species of monkeys that are closely related to humans. I also found out that they are endangered which made me more curious is researching about them. || Search around the internet to find out more about Bonobos and what they are. Go the library and find books for more information as well as having another source of information. Find documentaries and watch and record more information. Use focus questions as a guide to help find information needed in the project. Find specialists on Bonobos on the internet Sort information accordingly to the focus questions Edit the information (eg write in own words, set out in essay form) Check it and give Mr Street Draft Using feedback from Mr Street, edit the essay. Hand in. || To interview a specialist on bonobos, I must write a email/letter and get it checked beforehand as well as asking for permission to do so.

Referencing is also important as it will help me not commit plagiarism. Putting the information in my own work will help me as well to avoid the offense.

Care with the use of any filmed material you use. || Capabilities of my research project which I will get out of this subject are Learning and Communication.

Under the learning capability I will be studying on how Bonobos act and their lifestyle as well as learning about more what human beings and their lifestyle. Using the internet, books will help me learn more about Bonobos from a variety of resources.

I will be gaining the communication aspect of the research from writing an email/letter to specialists of bonobos. By putting the research back to my own language will improve my communication in both writing and speaking. ||

**__ HYPOTHESIS: __** How much are we humans are related to Bonobos, a species of monkeys?

**__ Focus Questions: __** · What are bonobos? · What is their behavior characteristics compared to people? · Physically how similar do they look like people? · In comparison, how do Bonobos survive in their habitat compared to humans?

**__ Journal Entry 11/04/2011 __**
Focus Questions have been edited having another one because there wasn't much information on comparasion between physical characteristics and humans. The new focus question will be focused on the similarities on chimpanzees and Bonobos then find a connection between chimps and humans that also is the same with humans and Bonobos.

I have just recently completed my first two focus questions by copying and pasting information from sites and analysing it by highlighting what I really need then rewriting it in my own words to avoid plagerism. In addition to avoid plagerism I have also intext reference information that I used from sites.

My aim is that I will try to finish my 1st Draft by this Friday as it is the last week for Term 1 so that Mr Street can check my draft therefore I am able to edit it straight away as I come back from holidays.

As for the 10 page evidence, I am planning to add in my focus questions and my research proposal about how I edit it and when I narrowed my topic. I will also add in pages of information that I used from sites and show how I analysed it by only highlighting what I need.