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...

Edit Delete | Reflection

 

Edit Delete | CA Geology - Reflection

 

Edit Delete | The Launch

 

Edit Delete | Introductory Research & Choosing a Topic (Benchmarks 1 & 2)

 

Edit Delete | Formulate a Research Question (Benchmark 3)

 

Edit Delete | Background Research (Benchmark 4)

 

Edit Delete | Formulate a Thesis (Benchmark 5)

 

Edit Delete | Public Service Announcement (PSA) Proposal (Benchmark 6)

 

Edit Delete | Create Script & Final Storyboard (Benchmark 7)

 

Edit Delete | Create Public Service Announcement (PSA) movie (Benchmark 8)

 

Edit Delete | Script for Presentation - Artist Statement (Benchmark 9)

 

Edit Delete | Practice for the Presentation (Benchmark 10)

 

Edit Delete | 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...

Edit Delete | The hook into Rube Goldberg Projects

 

Edit Delete | Project Planning continued

 

Edit Delete | Assigning group roles and starting a formal proposal

 

Edit Delete | Project building. Should take 2 or more days

 

Edit Delete | Calculating different aspects of physics in your Rube Goldberg device

 

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

 

Edit Delete | Presenting your Rube Goldberg Device to the class