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Page 1: Projects in High School Physics National Science Teachers Association March 31, 2012 Borislaw Bilash & Elise Burns.

Projects in High School Physics

National Science Teachers AssociationMarch 31, 2012

Borislaw Bilash & Elise Burns

Page 2: Projects in High School Physics National Science Teachers Association March 31, 2012 Borislaw Bilash & Elise Burns.

Why Do Projects?

Fun

Rigorous

Complex

Kinesthetic

Competitive

Create

Apply

Engineer

Analyze

Cooperate

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Types of Projects

Culminating

Integrated (PBL)

Independent Origin

Nearly any project can be adapted to use in a different manner with minor changes.

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Finding the Balance

What is the purpose of the project?

How rigorous do you want the project to be?

Can a “fun” project be academically demanding and a good learning tool?

When is a digression from the curriculum appropriate?

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The Engineering Design Cycle

Goal

Inputs

Process

Outputs

Feedback

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Advance Decisions

Where will the work get done?

What is the timetable?

What are the major checkpoints that the students must pass?

How much teacher supervision will there be along the way?

How will you hold the students accountable along the way?

Who supplies the materials?

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CollaborationDo students work individually, in pairs, or in groups?

Do they have clearly designated roles or freeform group?

How are individuals held accountable to their group?

What are the consequences of not participating fully?

How are individuals held accountable for the material?

How do I (try to) make sure all students pull their own weight?

Who makes the groups?

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Grading the Project: The Almighty Rubric

What is the difference between a checklist and a rubric?

When do the students receive the rubric?

What goes into the rubric?

How long should the rubric be?

How can I use a rubric to assess group work?

How can students use the rubric most effectively?

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Conservation of Energy Movies

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Mobiles Physics of Art - Art of Physics

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Catapults & Trebuchets

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Build & Play an Instrument

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Egg Drop

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Rockets

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More Ideas for Culminating Projects…

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Driver’s Education

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Sportscast Podcast or Video

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Paper Roller Coaster

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Car Crash Analysis

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More Ideas for PBL…

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Bridges

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Towers

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Rube Goldberg

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Gordorama

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Egg Drop

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Sun Dog

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More Design Projects…

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Parachutes

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Rockets

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Egg Drop

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Metric Monsters

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More origin projects…