Assessment 1 and Assessment 2 are group assessments for the research topic that you have chosen from self-allocated topic choices with your group members. You are required to perform the following tasks for this assessment 1 with your chosen topic:

• Design a research experimental proposal (500 -1000 words).
• Conduct your proposed experiment during the residential school in week 7.

Assessment 1: Practical and written assessment (15% weighting) is comprised of three parts:

• Part A: Equipment and consumables list, submit via Moodle (2% weighting) - Due week 4, Friday, 5 August 2022, 23:55 PM (AEST).
• Part B: Experimental Proposal, submit via Moodle (10% weighting) - Due week 5, Friday, 12 August 202, 23:55 PM (AEST).
• Part C: Individual component (3% weighting): Statement of each team member's role, contribution and responsibility (1% weighting); Self & Peer Assessment (SPA) and Self Evaluation (2% weighting): Due week 5, Friday, 12 August 202, 23:55 PM (AEST).

The experiment will be conducted as part of the residential school during Week 7: Thursday, 1 September 2022 - Saturday, 3 September 2022.

In order to conduct your experiment, the equipment and resources proposed for the experimental design task must be available in the laboratory. To ensure this, please liaise with your unit coordinator and technical staff associated with CHEM13081 or check the Rockhampton Laboratory Equipment List on Moodle.

To ensure you have the equipment for your experimental proposal, you are required to complete an Excel list of consumables (chemicals), glassware (with size and number required) and instrumentation, and submit your list or your assessment 1-Part A on Moodle by the due date Friday, 5 August 2022, 23:55 PM (AEST).

Refer to the Assessment 1 Task Description document available on Moodle's Assignment 1 for more details of each part's requirements and the marking rubric.

The assessment criteria for group assessment will be based on the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Assessment 1's assessment criteria include two parts: Team contribution and individual contribution.

Team contribution's assessment criteria comprise a brief background of the research issue, presentation of the research idea, hypothesis, scientific methodology and approach to investigating the problem of students' experimental designs.

Individual contribution assessment criteria cover a clear define statement of each member's role of the project and a self and peer assessment.

Marks will be awarded for each component as described in the marking rubric to ensure fairness, equity, consistency and transparency.

This is a group assessment that continues with assessment 1. It is comprised of two components (35% total weighting): i) team component and ii) individual component.

i) Team component (30% weighting): You are required to write a full Biomaterials scientific article reporting your findings from their experimental design during their residential school (assessment 1) in the form of a scientific manuscript. The manuscript should be in the format of either the journal Biomaterials Science or the Journal of Chemical education. The formatting and author guidelines can be found on the individual journal's websites. Refer to Moodle for more information about assessment 2 - Task Description and marking rubric (Appendix B). Adherence to the marking rubric is a part of the Assessment Criteria for this task.

Word Count: 1000 – 2500 words

ii) Individual component (5% weighting): is composed of two tasks - Individual Practical Skills Set at the residential schools & Self-Reflection Statement. You are required to complete and submit the following tasks:

Students’ individual practical skills (2.5% weighting) will be assessed during the residential school (please refer to Appendix C on Moodle site for marking rubric requirements).

Self-Reflection Statement (2.5% weighting): 100 to 200 words (please see the Moodle site for the task description).

Due Date Information

This written assessment is about the completion of writing a full Biomaterial Scientific Article that you have chosen for your research topic in Assessment 1 with your group. More details about this task are available on Moodle site.

The written assessment criteria include two parts: Team component assessment and individual component assessment.

1. Team component assessment criteria will be assessed according to the marking rubric criteria published on Moodle: Abstract, introduction, literature review, experimental design, results and discussion, conclusion, and presentation adherence to Biomaterial Science Guideline or Journal of Chemical Education and Clarity of Expression.

General Guidelines for your scientific manuscript:

• Your experimental research proposal should be coherent, be well structured, and all external sources must be cited in the correct format (Vancouver).
• Text should be word-processed, with appropriate layout and use of headings/sub-headings.
• Tables and figures should be used to illustrate specific aspects of your work.
• Figures and tables should be correctly labelled.
• The references should be listed at the end of the assessment.
• Please avoid images with very large file sizes as this will make your proposal too large to upload/download.

All submissions must be typed and should be made in electronic format, and be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions. You must submit the assessment by uploading word document(s) ( i.e. .doc or .docx), through the Moodle site. Mac users should ensure that the file name has '.doc' or '.docx' for word files.

2. Individual component assessment criteria have two parts: a) The Individual practical skills set at the residential school and b) the Self-Reflection Statement.

Marking Criteria

Adheres to Appendix A - Marking Rubric of Assessment 1 - Task Description available on Moodle.

Marks will be allocated and awarded for each component as described in the marking rubric criteria to ensure fairness, equity, consistency and transparency.

The assessment will be a written take-home exam. It will cover the content you have studied during this term. This assessment is designed to assess your comprehension of the concepts presented in the unit through their application to answer a series of questions. It will be made available via Moodle site during the university's standard exam period. Further details will be provided through Moodle.

Marks will be awarded for each question as indicated in the assessment item. All submissions should be typed and saved and submitted via Moodle site as a Microsoft Word document or PDF File.