Independent Study Project
Congratulations - you've made it to the class project! Please note that there is no true "lesson 5" as I'd like to give you a good chunk of time to do well on this project and your final exam.
Magizoology itself is a massive field that changes and expands every day. It's importance is widely debated - some say we should study it to understand the world around us while others say we should only study it so that we can
continue our comfortable living style. Whatever the case, Magizoology is important.
But how, exactly, do we have all the knowledge that we have?
The answer is simple: RESEARCH!
Magizoologists are researchers. They spend their time running about, camouflaging, and generally looking a little bit whacky as they spend their days with all sorts of creatures. Magizoologists do separate into branches -
breeders, behavioural researchers, law enforcement, healing - and some choose to specialize in one certain creature and try and do all of the above with them.
For your final project, I'd like you to show me just how good of a Healing Magizoologist you are.
Choose one of the following options (or more, if you'd really like, but it won't earn you bonus points) for your 30 Class Project Points:
1) Create a research journal. A research journal is a record of your time spent observing a certain creature in order to figure something out. You'll notice that many things in the field of Magizoology are unexplained, so I want
you to go out into the field and explain something! Comb through the lessons and find something that interests you. Do you want to know EXACTLY what causes Rabbia in Hippogriffs? Maybe you think that there really SHOULD be a cure for veneno in Streelers. Whatever your passion, go out and research it! Here are the guidelines for your research journal:
- Must contain around 500 words OR 250 words plus an ORIGINAL drawing/graphic/creative representation of the beast you researched.
- Does NOT have to prove or determine anything. You can propose a theory and explain the evidence behind it if you'd like. (I.e. I believe that Streelers get veneno when they are kept in rainy climates because....)
- Basically, try and write about three things:
1) What beast you chose, a brief description of their background info, what exactly you're researching (i.e. new illness, existing illness' cause, cure, etc.), and why you chose to research this.
2) What you observed, what you tried, etc.
3) Your deduction.
You can research plenty of things. Look through the lessons and find what interests you. The easiest place to start is looking for something that says "there is no known cure" or "it is unknown what this illness is caused by". Feel
free to prove another Wizard's hypothesis. You can make up an alternative solution to an already solved problem and you are MORE THAN WELCOME to make up a completely new illness! You are also completely allowed to make up an illness, cure, cause for illness, or theory of a cause for illness of a creature we did not cover in the lessons.
2) Write an opinion piece on something that is controversial in the lessons. You can discuss any of the following (minimum 350 words):
- Should Antipodean Opaleyes with Ragnarok really be confined to dark, lonely caves?
- Should Magizoologists be allowed to turn up their noses to clients who want them to mediate with their arguing Runespoors - even in the face of Runespoors becoming two-headed?
- Just because an illness doesn't SEEM to harm a beast, does that mean we shouldn't attempt to cure it?
- You can also come up with your own discussion if you'd like. Please send me a HOL message asking if your opinion
topic is okay first and make sure I approve it before you begin writing it.
3) Make an illustrated journal.
This can be of multiple sick beasts OR of one beast and it's multiple illnesses/it's multiple illnesses and what it looks
like when it is healthy OR of one beast, one illness, and it's multiple stages/symptoms. I expect 2 images - and yes, these are graded on EFFORT, not TALENT. So even if you usually draw odd looking blobs that you thought would
look like things, I'll be happy to see it ;).
4) If you hate writing and hate drawing, send me a HOL message! I am EXTREMELY OPEN to discussing an alternative project that is related to the research of healing Magizoology as long as it is worth the 30 points and seems equal to the work people would put into the options I've listed above. You can pitch your own idea or you can just tell me what you prefer doing and I can come up with something for you.
Magizoology itself is a massive field that changes and expands every day. It's importance is widely debated - some say we should study it to understand the world around us while others say we should only study it so that we can
continue our comfortable living style. Whatever the case, Magizoology is important.
But how, exactly, do we have all the knowledge that we have?
The answer is simple: RESEARCH!
Magizoologists are researchers. They spend their time running about, camouflaging, and generally looking a little bit whacky as they spend their days with all sorts of creatures. Magizoologists do separate into branches -
breeders, behavioural researchers, law enforcement, healing - and some choose to specialize in one certain creature and try and do all of the above with them.
For your final project, I'd like you to show me just how good of a Healing Magizoologist you are.
Choose one of the following options (or more, if you'd really like, but it won't earn you bonus points) for your 30 Class Project Points:
1) Create a research journal. A research journal is a record of your time spent observing a certain creature in order to figure something out. You'll notice that many things in the field of Magizoology are unexplained, so I want
you to go out into the field and explain something! Comb through the lessons and find something that interests you. Do you want to know EXACTLY what causes Rabbia in Hippogriffs? Maybe you think that there really SHOULD be a cure for veneno in Streelers. Whatever your passion, go out and research it! Here are the guidelines for your research journal:
- Must contain around 500 words OR 250 words plus an ORIGINAL drawing/graphic/creative representation of the beast you researched.
- Does NOT have to prove or determine anything. You can propose a theory and explain the evidence behind it if you'd like. (I.e. I believe that Streelers get veneno when they are kept in rainy climates because....)
- Basically, try and write about three things:
1) What beast you chose, a brief description of their background info, what exactly you're researching (i.e. new illness, existing illness' cause, cure, etc.), and why you chose to research this.
2) What you observed, what you tried, etc.
3) Your deduction.
You can research plenty of things. Look through the lessons and find what interests you. The easiest place to start is looking for something that says "there is no known cure" or "it is unknown what this illness is caused by". Feel
free to prove another Wizard's hypothesis. You can make up an alternative solution to an already solved problem and you are MORE THAN WELCOME to make up a completely new illness! You are also completely allowed to make up an illness, cure, cause for illness, or theory of a cause for illness of a creature we did not cover in the lessons.
2) Write an opinion piece on something that is controversial in the lessons. You can discuss any of the following (minimum 350 words):
- Should Antipodean Opaleyes with Ragnarok really be confined to dark, lonely caves?
- Should Magizoologists be allowed to turn up their noses to clients who want them to mediate with their arguing Runespoors - even in the face of Runespoors becoming two-headed?
- Just because an illness doesn't SEEM to harm a beast, does that mean we shouldn't attempt to cure it?
- You can also come up with your own discussion if you'd like. Please send me a HOL message asking if your opinion
topic is okay first and make sure I approve it before you begin writing it.
3) Make an illustrated journal.
This can be of multiple sick beasts OR of one beast and it's multiple illnesses/it's multiple illnesses and what it looks
like when it is healthy OR of one beast, one illness, and it's multiple stages/symptoms. I expect 2 images - and yes, these are graded on EFFORT, not TALENT. So even if you usually draw odd looking blobs that you thought would
look like things, I'll be happy to see it ;).
4) If you hate writing and hate drawing, send me a HOL message! I am EXTREMELY OPEN to discussing an alternative project that is related to the research of healing Magizoology as long as it is worth the 30 points and seems equal to the work people would put into the options I've listed above. You can pitch your own idea or you can just tell me what you prefer doing and I can come up with something for you.