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Project Assignment
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Total Points
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Points Awarded
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Quizzes
- Internet research and
experimental design
- Data Analysis
- Nitrogen Cycle
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15
(3)
(3)
(3) |
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Safety and Lab Techniques
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20
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Class Participation
- Field Trip
- Class Activities
- Lab Activities
- Group Work
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21
(3)
(3*2=6)
(3*2=6)
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Unit Water Project
- Proposal
- Preliminary Methods
- Raw Data and Sources
- Data Analysis
- Final Paper
- Group Presentation
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44
(5)
(4)
(5)
(7)
(13)
(10) |
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Quizzes
Short quizzes to test comprehension of content area and
experimental design.
-Internet research and experimental design
-Data Analysis
-Nitrogen Cycle
Safety and
Lab
Techniques
Unsafe lab practices will not be tolerated. Students must pass a safety quiz with
questions especially pertinent to the labs we will be doing before
starting on
their experiments. Students will get
full points for Safety and Lab Techniques section unless they break a
rule in
the Safety Contract. Each infringement
will result in a reduction of 5 points. After
4 infringements (or less at the teacher’s
discretion), a student
may no longer participate in labs and must go to the library to
complete the
project using internet data or other sources.
Class Participation
Active participation is required of all students. Each
unit of 3 points will be assigned at a
given evaluation as follows:
0: unexcused absence
1: disruptive
behavior/inattentive
2: mostly on task and at least 1
contribution
3: mostly on task behavior and
multiple contributions
The teacher will randomly choose 3 lessons, 3 lab days, and
the field trip to assess the participation grades.
The Group Work portion will be assigned by
anonymous evaluation by the student’s group members twice over the
course of
the project.
Unit Project
Deadlines must be met and arrangements for
late work must be
discussed with teacher ahead of the deadline. A
bonus point towards the final paper grade will be given
for each
assignment turned in on time. All
assignments can be revised.
- Proposal
- Internet Proposal: full credit
will be given to timely proposals with well-thought out questions, an
attempt to identify methods to answer the question, and a guess at the
expected result.
- Experimental Design: full
credit for timely designs with 1 unknown variable and the ability to be
performed in class and a guess at the outcome of the experiment.
- Preliminary Methods
- Full credit awarded to methods
which explain what variable will be tested, what instruments will be
used/tests will be performed, a timeline including what the student
expects to do each day next week, and a possible data table.
- Raw
Data and Sources
- Full credit for data presented
in table form in Excel (with source for internet data).
Also, a list of 3 annotated sources for use in the
final paper.
- Data
Analysis
- Full credit awarded for data
represented graphically (with titles and units) on both 1 and 2
variable graphs. Logical conclusions about
the graphs must also be included.
- Final
Paper
- Full credit for well written
papers including the following: question that was asked and reason for
asking it (from proposal), what was done to answer the question (from
preliminary methods), results (data analysis), conclusions (data
analysis), and a half page reflection on the experience.
- Group Presentation
- Full credit to groups who:
explain their question,
reason for asking it, and hypothesis. Present
their conclusions graphically, explain the
significance of their
findings, and new questions they now have.
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Assessment
