Capturing full source details for your PAT
« Previous step: Research Questions You are now required to record the full bibliographical details for 3 of the sources you have identified. Two of these sources must be websites…
Adding citations in HTML
There seems to be no consensus on what is actually expected in terms of citations in the HTML website for the Grade 11 & 12 PATs. Of course, you will…
Phase 2 Access database
« Previous step: Phase 2 Excel Charts The Grade 11 & Grade 12 PAT requires you to create a database using Microsoft Access. You have already captured your questionnaire data in Excel. Rather than…
Phase 1 research questions
« Previous step: Task Definition You must become an expert on your PAT topic! You must have all the knowledge that will be required to answer/solve the question posed in your…
Editing images for your website
The PAT Learner Guide specifies that your images must be correctly sized for the web. Many Learners simply change the dimensions of the image using the width and height attributes,…
Phase 3 HTML website
« Previous step: Phase 3 final report Grade 11 and 12’s must create an HTML website to present the results of their investigation. A working, three-page website framework can be…
Phase 3 final report
« Previous step: Phase 2 Access database If you did all the work correctly in Phase 1 as recommended in my post Acing Your PAT, Phase 3 is a breeze.…
Phase 2 “additional data”
It is vitally important to note that the requirements around the data collected for the Grade 12 PAT changed in 2021. The requirements are more specific, especially regarding the "extra data from…
Phase 1 report outline
« Previous step: Folder Structure You can do a huge amount of work in your PAT Phase 1 report before you even have your Topic: the format of the PAT…
PAT folder structure
You are required to organise your PAT logically and provide evidence of your organisation in your report appendices,