Introduction
Who are the great minds that made science what is it today? Where would we be without them? That is what we will be exploring in this project.
- What is a scientist?
- Who were they?
- What were their scientific achievement(s)?
- How does that achievement(s) impact us today?
- What would our lives be like today without their achievement(s)?
Keep these questions in mind as you are completing your research, as they will all need to be addressed in your PowerPoint.
Task
Students will be placed in groups of 4-6 students. Each group will have a different person to research. Students will work together to create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their individuals' achievements, how they affected science and our lives today. As well as telling us about the individual's life. The PowerPoint should consist of at least 12 slides, 1 of which will be a work cited page. The Presentation of your PowerPoint must be a minimum of 8 minutes.
Each group can only choose one individual to research, and every group will have a different individual. When your group picks the person, you would like to do research, you need to report it to the teacher, choices will be unavailable after a group picks them so don't take too long deciding or you may not get the individual you want to research.
- Issac Newton
- Albert Einstein
- Marie Curie
- Nikola Tesla
- Stephen Hawking
Process
This assignment will take 5 days to complete.
Day one: Student will be sorted into groups and pick the individual that will be researching and creating a power point presentation on. Students assigned roles within the group will begin research.
Day two: Students will continue researching their chosen individual. The research process should be ending.
Day three: Student will be expected to start and PowerPoint presentation.
Day four: Student will need to complete their PowerPoint presentation and begin rehearsing presenting their PowerPoint.
Day five: Students will present their power points.
Evaluation
Assignment will be 100 points. PowerPoint will consist of 80 of those points. The Presentation of the PowerPoint will be the remaining 20 points. There is also an additional 10-point extra possible on this assignment. This extra credit will be awarded for the peer review of group presentations. Students peer evaluated on group presentation Criteria will be for students grading how well groups presented their presentation. The overall design of their presentation as well as if the groups made it entertain etc... Extra credit will be on a 0-10 scale.
Teacher grading will be based on rubric; students will be given rubric at the start of project.
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Conclusion
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