Write a 5 Paragraph Essay:
The 5 paragraph essay is a very standard type of written product that students are required to produce. It is brief enough so as to be easily read in a few minutes, yet long enough to speak in some detail about a topic of choice. Your 5 paragraph essay needs to reflect your topic, but also THE SCIENTIFIC, SOCIETAL, or ENVIRONMENTAL connections that you can make from your topic to what is happening in real life. Here are some great links for the 5 paparagraph essay:
How to Write a 5-Paragraph Essay -- powered by www.ehow.co.uk |
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Give a 2 Minute Speech/Podcast:
You will be composing and delivering a speech of 2 minutes to our class.
Writing a good speech takes a lot of tips from the 5 Paragraph Essay, but it involves a bit more than just that. A speech must entertain, captivate attention, persuade, or explain a topic for a specific audience. The great speaker knows who they are speaking to, and tailors a speech to that audience. You would give a very different speech to a room full of students than you would to a room full of seniors! Here are some great speech resources to help you:
Writing a good speech takes a lot of tips from the 5 Paragraph Essay, but it involves a bit more than just that. A speech must entertain, captivate attention, persuade, or explain a topic for a specific audience. The great speaker knows who they are speaking to, and tailors a speech to that audience. You would give a very different speech to a room full of students than you would to a room full of seniors! Here are some great speech resources to help you:
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Build a Model:
Models are a critical tool used by scientists to understand the world around us. Making a model involves planing, measuring and a good deal of creativity. For this mini project you need to select an aspect of your topic that you would like to showcase for the class. Your model can:
http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/
All models must be your own original builds. Please do not submit a store-bought model as a project!
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Showcase a Science Website:
We all have favorite websites that we visit again and again because we love the content. Perhaps we go there because they show a hobby that we like to do, or perhaps we belong to a fan page for a celebrity. In this mini-project you will present to the class a website that links to your Science Project topic that you thing is a great site. Be prepared to spend 5 minutes in front of the class with your website at the Smartboard discussing it with the other students.
Things to Consider:
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Dalhousie University: 6 Criteria for Evaluating Websites
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