Alexandra Hills State High School Science Department

Year 12 Multistrand Science

Bushtucker Assignment

Name: ______Form: ______Teacher: ______

Date Given: Date Due:

SCIENTIFIC PROCESS - SUMMATIVE: MARKS POSSIBLE = 10

TASK: To make a poster on one of the following Bushtucker crops. :-

List:

Muntries (Kunzea Pomifera),

 Riberry (Syzygium Luehmannii),

Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora),

 Davidson’s Plum (Davidsonia pruriens),

Bush Tomato (Solanum centrale),

Mountain or Dorrigo Pepper (Tasmannia spp),

Warrigal Greens (Tetragonia tetragonoides),

Desert Quandong (Santalum acuminatum),

Bunya Nuts (Araucaria bidwillii),

Illawarra Plum (Podocarpus elatus),

Wild Lime or Finger Lime (Citrus or Microcitrus australasica)

(No! You cannot select Macadamia Nuts!)

Audience: Your poster should be suitable for comprehension by a Year 11 student who is not studying Multistrand Science, or older.

Your poster should be a minimum of A3 in size, and contain:

(a)Photograph of the plant/ product (may photocopy article photo, or retrieve from internet, or take your own photograph); else a drawing.

(b)A map of Australia showing the natural occurrence

(c)Climatic and soil requirements

(d)How the plant is/s used by Aboriginals and/ or Bushtucker industry, and nutritional information.

(e)How the fruit/ leaves/ tubers are prepared for consumption, and storage requirements

(f)Current price (if it is known)

(g)A recipe

Reference must be made to at least two sources, using standard bibliography notation.

Criteria:

You will be marked on the relevance, conciseness, adequacy and accuracy of your content, spelling and grammar, and presentation. In your presentation you should consider the following :

(a)use of suitable colour

(b)font style and print sizes

(c)borders

(d)legibility

(e)visibility

(f)arrangement, space usage, and layout

CRITERIA / A / B / C / D / E
Adequacy & accuracy of content, relevance & conciseness
Bibliography /

All 7 areas (except perhaps price) have been covered concisely with high relevance, adequately and accurately

5 areas have been covered adequately and accurately, or more areas covered with a reduction in adequacy or accuracy in some.

4 areas have been covered adequately and accurately, or more areas covered with a reduction in adequacy or accuracy in some.

/ 2 areas have been covered adequately and accurately, or more areas covered with a reduction in adequacy or accuracy in some. / <2 areas have been covered adequately and accurately
Spelling/ grammar / Very few or no spelling/ grammar errors / A few spelling / grammar errors / Several spelling / grammar errors (6 – 12) / Many spelling / grammar errors (13 – 20) / Far too many spelling / grammar errors
Presentation / A very high standard of presentation / A high standard of presentation / An average standard of presentation / A below average standard of presentation / A poor or very limited presentation standard.
Bibliography Sourcing / Correct bibliography for 2 sources
OVERALL CRITERIA Minimum standards / SCORE / CONTENT / SPELL/ GRAMMAR /

Presentation

/ SOURCING
A+ / 9 – 10 / A / A / A / A
A / 8 – 8.5 / A / A / B / A
B / 6.5 – 7.5 / B / B / C / A
C / 4.5 – 6 / C / C / C / A
D / 2.5 – 4.5 / D / D / D / -
E / 0 - 2 / E / E / E / -

Some source materials available for overnight loan:

“Wild Lime - Cooking from the Bushfood Garden” - Juleigh Robbins - Allen & Unwin (1996)

“The Bush Food Handbook” - Cherikoff & Isaacs - Ti Tree Press 574.6 CHE

“Bush Tucker (Australia’s Wild Food Harvest) - Tim Low - Angus & Robertson (1989) 574.6 LOW

“Bush Food” - Jennifer Isaacs - Weldons (1097) 641.3 ISA

“Explore Wild Australia With the Bush Tucker Man” - Les Hiddins - Penguin Books (1999)

“Bushfires & Bushtucker (Aboriginal Plant Use in Central Australia)” - Peter Latz - IAD Press (1995) 581.6 LAT