Students explored different issues affecting California's geology and environment through a group inquiry project. In lieu of writing an essay, students translated the essay format into a script for a Public Service Announcement (PSA), and then stude...

Reflection

 

CA Geology - Reflection

 

The Launch

 

Introductory Research & Choosing a Topic (Benchmarks 1 & 2)

 

Formulate a Research Question (Benchmark 3)

 

Background Research (Benchmark 4)

 

Formulate a Thesis (Benchmark 5)

 

Public Service Announcement (PSA) Proposal (Benchmark 6)

 

Create Script & Final Storyboard (Benchmark 7)

 

Create Public Service Announcement (PSA) movie (Benchmark 8)

 

Script for Presentation - Artist Statement (Benchmark 9)

 

Practice for the Presentation (Benchmark 10)

 

Final Presentation of PSA and Presentation of Artist's Statement (Benchmark 11)

 

In the Rube Goldberg Project, students will build a Rube Goldberg Machine (by definition, "of, relating to, or being a contrivance that brings about by complicated means what apparently could have been accomplished simply....") and explain the phyics...

The hook into Rube Goldberg Projects

 

Project Planning continued

 

Assigning group roles and starting a formal proposal

 

Project building. Should take 2 or more days

 

Calculating different aspects of physics in your Rube Goldberg device

 

Writing a script for the presentation (can be also done during project building and calculations)

 

Presenting your Rube Goldberg Device to the class