PROCESS

Let's go!

** GETTING STARTED **
 * 1) Open your envelope and find out what group you belong to.
 * 2) Sit with your group.
 * 3) Create a word document that will be your research file and save it in your group's dropbox. You will keep all your research documents in your dropbox folder.
 * 4) Each of you should fill out your own graphic organiser.

**GROUP RESEARCH TASKS**

__**Research task 1. **__  Look on this world map: media type="custom" key="10694770" width="311" height="311" align="center"

Look at these websites: [] [] []

 Answer these questions and record your answers on the research form in your dropbox.  //Remember to update your graphic organiser! //
 * Where is Borneo?
 * Which country governs the biggest part of Borneo?
 * What is palm oil?

__**Research task 2.**__ Many people are involved in creating palm oil products: the farmers who grow the raw products, the people who make them, the companies that own the factories, the shops that sell them and the people that buy them.

media type="youtube" key="YbQHuEHGDsM" width="294" height="244" align="left"media type="youtube" key="8qX3AI4CT6k" width="294" height="244" Look at this website [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Write answers to the following questions on your research form: <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Look at this article: http://kids.mongabay.com/elementary/503.html <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Answer the following question in a sentence and record your answer in your research file //<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Remember to update your graphic organiser! //
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">Which country produces the most palm oil?
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">Write three reasons the food industry prefer palm oil to other fats.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">Write three industries that use palm oil and what they use it for.
 * <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Palm oil trees are not native to the island of Borneo. What is the main reason the farmers there are growing palm oil trees? (eg: //The farmers in Borneo are farming palm oil trees ...)//

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">__**Research task 3.**__ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;"> HOMEWORK TASK <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">What products do we eat in Australia that are made using palm oil? Go to the supermarket and make a list of six products that include palm oil as an ingredient.

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//<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Show your parent/guardian you self assessment rubric and have a chat about how you are going. Do you need help? //

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">__**Research task 4.**__ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">HOMEWORK FOLLOW UP<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Have a look at these lists and see how many items you found are on them. [] [] Add 10 more to your list. //<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Remember to update your graphic organiser! //

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">__**Research task 5.**__ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;"> What is the connection between this: <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">and this:

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 330%; text-align: left;">? <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">You've looked at what the farmers can gain by growing palm oil and why the companies want to use it. But some concerned people are very passionate about changing the way palm oil is farmed in Borneo. They believe the farming of palm oil in Borneo is destroying the environment and because of this, Australia should not be importing palm oil products, and that the palm oil products we do have should be clearly labelled. media type="youtube" key="oRQWj4H9nH0" height="315" width="560" align="center"

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Follow the links below and look at the videos and articles: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">[] Orangutan Fact Sheet: [] <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"> Answer these questions in sentences and record them in your research file: //<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Remember to update your graphic organiser! //
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">What effect is palm oil farming having on the native forest in Borneo?
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">What effect is palm oil farming having on the orang-utan population of Borneo?
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">List three threats from humans to the lives of orang-utans.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">Why do people want to stop Australia from importing palm oil products?

__**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Research task 6 **__ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Read this report: [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Write the answer to the following question in your research file: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Watch this important video: media type="youtube" key="7BRGj0DwYwA" width="378" height="314" <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Write answers to the following questions in your research file:
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Is there a substitute for palm oil?


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Is it possible to produce palm oil without damaging the environment?
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Add to your research on the farmers that grow palm oil from Research task 3. What difference does palm oil make to them?

//<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Remember to update your graphic organiser! //

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;"> __**Research task 7.**__

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;"> As a group, make a list of the advantages of palm oil, including the benefits to farmers, manufacturers and health. You may like to do this on large paper or use an online mind map organiser. Here is the one you have used before [] Now make a list of the disadvantages of current palm oil farming practices and the environmental impact of supporting the importing of palm oil products. //<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Remember to update your graphic organiser! //

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">** THE FORUM **It's time to contribute your group's findings. __**Forum task 1.**__ Together, we will make a comprehensive list of the advantages and disadvantages of palm oil farming in Borneo. __**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Forum task 2. **__ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">What do others think? Your group is going to conduct a survey.


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Print your survey form (it's in your dropbox).
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Write two advantages (statements) of palm oil farming in Borneo and two environmental concerns (statements) about palm oil farming in Borneo.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Find at least two participants (outside your class) to answer your survey question.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px;">Your survey question is: //based on this evidence, should Australia continue to import palm oil products?//
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">Show (or read aloud) your survey question and four statements to your participants and record their answer on your survey form.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">__**Forum task 3.**__ When all the survey results are in, we will make a visual representation (a graph) of our results. __<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**Forum task 4.** __ <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Update your graphic organiser:


 * <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Write three more things you have learned from the forum so far.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Has your research shown that there are two sides to every issue?

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">__**Forum task 5.**__ Let's have an all-class brainstorm to think up some great solutions to any problems highlighted by our research. **__<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Forum task 6. __** <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Now that you have done your research, it's time to vote on the question: <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> //Should Australia continue to// //import palm oil products from Borneo?// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;"> You will participate in a secret ballot vote organised by your teacher.

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">**TAKE ACTION!** __**<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">Action task 1. **__  <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">The votes are in! Discuss with your teacher a creative way to make your recommendation to the Prime Minister. Include your suggestions for an environmentally-friendly solution in your recommendation.

Some of you may choose to make a poster, for example. Others may wish to make a youtube video, or a radio ad, or devise a play! You might like to write an article, or a speech!