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Scientist Scrapbook Project

THIS PROJECT IS DUE ON April 16.  IT MUST BE TURNED IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS WHEN THE TEACHER ASKS FOR IT.  ANY REPORT NOT TURNED IN AT THIS TIME WILL BE GIVEN A ZERO.  THE PROJECT MAY BE TURNED IN ANYTIME BEFORE THIS DATE.

Directions: 

Make a scrapbook which will represent the life’s work of a scientist.  This scrapbook will be graded according to the following criteria:

40 points: research in library and computer lab.  You will receive 10 points for each day we do research.  If you are working you get the full points, if you are not working I will take points away.  This will not be included on the grading rubric… it will be added directly into my gradebook.

8 points:  a cover sheet containing your name, the due date, class period,   

                  scientist name.

120 points: Use at least 5 facts from the scientist’s personal life and 7 from his/her scientific endeavors to make 12 artifacts (pages).  Each artifact is worth 10 points.  An explanation of the artifact must be present below each artifact.  You may only have one of each type of artifact.

Personal Life artifacts:  These are things from your scientist’s personal life.  Some possibilities for this section are listed.

• you may have one picture of your scientist or his home or family.
• you may have one certificate: birth, marriage, or death. (It does not need to be the actual certificate, but the information on the certificate needs to be factual.)
• you may have one announcement: birth, marriage, or death, graduation (it may not be the same event that you have a certificate for.)
• you may create a report card for your scientist.
• you may write an obituary for your scientist(not if you have a death certificate)
• you may have one invitation to a wedding, baby shower, graduation party ( as long as you have no other artifact on the subject already)
• you may have a letter from your scientist to another person talking about personal events in their life.

Scientific Endeavor artifacts:

• you may have one award certificate, or award ticket stub, or award announcement.
• you may have one picture of an invention or formulas the scientist was working on.
• you may write a newspaper article about something your scientist was working on.
• you may write a letter to another scientists from yours talking about scientific work.
• you may create a journal page (from the scientists work) This would be a place where the scientist jots notes and keeps data and things.
• You may create a magazine cover about the scientists work.
• You may create a book cover.
• you may write a telegram to another scientist or family member about an award or something they are working on.

These are just examples. Use your imagination to come up with artifacts for your scrapbook! The facts must be true and accurate.

72 points: The fact sheet must be attached at the end of the scrapbook.  This must be neat.  You must have at least three sources. You must cite your sources correctly using MLA style.  Have fun!

I am including the grading rubric for you to see.