Students Name___________________________________________

FIRST SEMESTER MILESTONE DUE DATES

Milestone 1-Due Thursday, October 20th o Resources (books, websites, questions for interviews, etc.) for driving question

Milestone 2-Due Thursday, November 17th o Outline for driving question (see attached for a sample format)

Milestone 3-Due Thursday, December 8th o Visual aids for driving question/interest project o Acceptable visual aids are: Power Point Presentations (without a lot of words, just titles and pictures), Prezis, video, models, handouts, or demonstrations. o Students must demonstrate what they have learned how to do at their exhibitions!

Exhibitions Start-Monday, December 12, 2011

Students Name___________________________________________ Driving Question: _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

Milestone 1: Resources-Due Thursday, October 20th Books: Please list all of the books/magazine articles that you HAVE AT HOME right now that relate to your driving question and/or science project. If you cant fit everything on this side, please put the rest on the back. They need to have a MINIMUM of 3 kid-friendly books. TITLE AUTHOR

Websites: Please list all of the websites that you have visited that relate to your driving question. You also need to bring printed copies of the information you are using from the website (to be safe). Be specific! Just writing www.wikipedia.com is not enough! If you cant fit everything on this side, please put the rest on the back. They need to have a MINIMUM of 3 kid-friendly websites. WEB ADDRESSES For example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml

Interviews/Letters: If you have to write letters or interview someone for your project, you need to bring copies of the interview questions and copies of the letters that you have sent out already.

PLEASE DO NOT TEAR APART! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I verify that my child has all of these resources at home right now. ____________________________________________ ________________________ Parent Signature Date

Name_____________________________

First Trimester: How-To Project

Due Nov. 17th

There should be a complete sentence for each letter under the History/Purpose, Step-by-step instructions, and Fun facts.

This is the format for what your child will need to turn in for Milestone #2. S/he should write it on lined paper or type it in this format.

Your childs project_______________________________________________ I. History a. Why was it created/invented? What was the original purpose? b. Who create it? (Short bio: birth/death, education, etc) c. When and where was it created/invented? (Year, state, and/or country) II. Step-by-Step Directions a. Step #1 b. Step #2 c. Step #3, etc III. Fun Facts a. Fun Fact #1 b. Fun Fact #2 c. Fun Fact #3

SUBSTITUTION If your project does not pertain to either Roman Numeral I or II, then you can substitute ONE of them, not both, with Roman Numeral IV. IV. Purpose a. Are there other ways to use this? How? How has it evolved/improved over time?