Goals

Get students thinking about potential myths, their role on the project, and group members

 

Details

Duration: 60 minutes

Assessments: Other (enter below)

Additional Assessment Type: Project Worksheet

 

Description

In this activity, students are asked to brainstorm potential myths for the project, identify their potential role for the project, and provide some limited input on possible group members. This is assigned at the project kickoff and is used by the project teachers to form project groups. The students complete the handout for homework (see Resource for attachment) using the Project Overview document as reference.

Intitial Brainstortming Document
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Intro Montage and Myth Setup - Frozen Batteries
The myth this group set out to test was whether batteries last longer when placed in the refrigerator or freezer. This ...
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Author Reflections

The completed assignment was very helpful to use by the teachers to assemble project groups. I liked giving students a choice of two people they did not want to work with which eliminated a lot of stress for the students for the group assignment process. In the end, there were very few complaints/problems with the groups, which is pretty rare for a large group process.