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= **Welcome** = Over the past few weeks you have all been learning about Ecology, Ecosystems and the human impacts on the abiotic and biotic features of environments. We have also spent some time exploring the scientific method and how first hand experiments and research are conducted.

We are now going to put what we have learned to good use by undertaking a group based role play and investigation called Grime Scene Investigations. In this investigation you will be taking on the role of one of a team of scientists employed in your own environmental consultancy company. The company has been employed by the local council to submit information that will be included in a //State of the Environment// Report on a local estuary.

Your team will need to research information prior to a field trip to the estuary, carry out the field trip and gather first hand data and then report your findings. If you are feeling enthusiastic you can also do an extension activity by making a short film, writing a newspaper article or similar activity. Full details can be found within the Investigate section of this site.

Before you start thinking specifically about this activity you need to visit the Revise section of this site and complete the two activities. The first one revises the material that we have covered regarding human impacts on the environment and the second one, a quiz, helps to revise the parts of the scientific enquiry and methods lessons that will be most helpful to you in your GSI.