Ruby's+RP+Journal+and+Plan

Animal rights is a topic that I have been extremely passionate about for several years. It is a very broad topic and found it difficult to narrow it down to one specific area. I had always known of animal testing but never really understood the true cruelty and severity of it. Benefits of choosing this topic is creating more awareness of animal testing and of the wide range of products available that aren’t tested on animals. I have some very basic background knowledge on this topic, but I would like to look into it further and delve further into the organisations that look at banning animal testing. My knowledge on the topic is currently very basic and hugely one sided. Although I don’t believe that this project will change my views on animal testing I would like to learn about if further and help find ways to cause more public awareness. My main research methods would be using the internet to gather information from the websites charities such as //Animals Australia// and looking into the //Choose Cruelty Free// organisation which has a logo found on some products that aren’t tested on animals or contain ingredients in that have caused harm or discomfort to animals. I also downloaded and ordered booklets on animal testing available from the website. These organisations have current and extensive information on the topic for Australia as well as information on alternatives to animal testing and current campaigns. I would also like to conduct a survey just to see the number of people that who are against animal testing and their awareness on the issue. This will show me many important things such as the current awareness of animal testing in for the general public. i will be careful to keep the names of people who have conducteed the survey anonymous. The majority of my research I would like to complete in the school holidays and by the time i return to school i would like to already have a survey organised.
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 * Ruby’s Research Project Journal- Term 2 **


 * 8/7/11**

To Mr Tengdahl,

In this letter I will discuss with you my plans on developing my research project. As I missed out on the first week of research project due to illness I have to work harder in order to catch up and will use the next few weeks to ensure I am fully caught up and on track.

I have decided to focus my research project on animal testing, which is a topic I am passionate about but only have fairly basic knowledge on. I currently plan on creating a survey then I writing an essay which will discuss the topic and survey results. I hope that in the next few weeks I will be able to answer the following questions
 * What does animal testing involve?
 * Are there alternatives to animal testing? If so what are they and how effective are they?
 * What are some popular myths about animal testing?

I also hope after gathering this information I will be able to create a survey to look at the public’s perception of animal testing. I am currently pondering whether to narrow my topic down to cosmetic testing on animals and hopefully my research in the holidays will help me to reach a decision.

I hope this letter has helped to clarify my topic and current plans, feel free to write back with any suggestions, improvements or questions.

From,

Ruby Hallam


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