Final Assessment for Scientist Project

Once you have completed the artist/scientist comparision assignment, click on this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XMMF9D3 to complete your final assessment for this project.

Artist Comparison Assignment

Identify similarities and differences between your scientists and four artists of your choice by reading the artists’ interviews posted by our SPCA counterparts.

Go to the SPCA Guess Who is Coming to Dinner? website: http://guesswhoiscoingtodinnerartists.blogspot.com/ and select your artists from the lists on the right side of the screen.

Be sure to write notes in the boxes and to identify any similarity with a :-) and any difference with a :-(.

Dinner Tables!

Check out where you will be "sitting" for dinner and find out with whom you will be dining!

Click Here

Once the document has opened, you can download it as a "doc" file so that you are able to click on any of the scientists' names (in blue) to check out their blog. You may save this file to your personal computer.

(You can also use this document to easily access your scientist's blog. After downloading the file, click on your scientist's name.)

 image from: http://peggyparks.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dinnerpartyetiquette1.jpg

Interview Your Scientist

It's time to interview your scientist!  Read the interview requirements on the handout provided in class or by clicking on the link to the right (Interviewing Your Scientist- Requirements).

Your interview will need to be submitted two ways:

· Posted on your personal blog website (you may do this anyway you would like)

· Typed and turned in to Mrs. Urbaitis (you may email it to me if that is easier than printing it)   

Interviews posted/turned in before Spring Break will earn extra credit. 

They are due for full credit by 11:59pm on April 5, 2010.  

Late work will not be accepted after April 9, 2010 at 11:59 pm. 

Interview Scoring Rubric

 Your interview is worth 150 assessment points toward your 4^th quarter grade.

• 10 points for each question answered (100pts)
• 10 pts. complete source list
• 10 pts. interview posted electronically
• 10 pts. hardcopy turned in
• 10 pts. 5 images posted on blog with sentences and sources
• 10 pts. overall creativity and readability

Scientist Icons

You need to submitt 5 pictures or "icons" to represent your scientist.  You will submitt these pictures two different ways.

1. Electronically:  Save 5 pictures to your computer (P: drive if at school).  Then submitt them to the following website: http://coderwithoutborders.org/ .  (Due Friday 2/12/10 by 11:59PM. 10 points )

2. Hard Copy:  Insert 5 images into a word document.  Next to each image, explain how this image represents your scientist and also cite the correct website where you found each image.  Print this document and turn in to Mrs. Urbaitis.  (Due Friday 2/19/10 at the beginning of class. 18 points. )

As always, contact Mrs.Urbaitis if you have ANY questions!

Scientist Project Blog Assignment #1

Introduce your scientist in first person!

Be sure to include what your scientist/inventor/mathematician is known for and one interesting fact about them. 

Post your comment below.... please remember to post as anonymous and to sign with your "blog name" (your initials and bell number).

Due: Friday, Feb 5, 2010 by 11:59PM.   

Image from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/images/2006/02/27/scientist_203_203x152.jpg

Useful Research Links Shared by Mr. Dunn:

Cincinnati Public Library Research Database 

Google Scholar

How to Cite Using MLA Formatting

Wikipedia – remember to only use this site to find more sources!