Science Night “Who Am I?” SPENDING AN EVENING WITH OUR INVENTIVE, SCIENTIFIC MINDS.

(S.T.E.M.=Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics) 

When: April 23, 2015, 6:30-7:30pmWhere: Serra SAC

The Fifth Grade Science (S.T.E.M.) Night is a cross-curriculum long-range project Consisting of four main parts:

 1) A BIOGRAPHY completed on an iPad APP of their famous inventor/scientist 2) An ADVERTISING POSTER introducing and explaining the discovery or invention of the scientist, inventor, or engineer chosen (science) 3) A VISUAL AID that represents their scientist/invention. (home)4) Presentation of their person by BEING IN CHARACTER BY DRESSING UP as their chosen scientist and orally presenting their project to parents and Serra guests on Science Night This assignment is intended to help students learn how to conduct research, organize information, allocate their time, exercise creativity, and deal with the responsibility of planning and preparing a long-range, multi-part project. Rubrics will be distributed and discussed in class, as well as posted on the teacher web pages.

What do students need to do?1) Pick a scientist, inventor, or engineer to research. Students should select at least two to three people. Students then are selected randomly to choose their person. There will be NO duplicate scientists in one given science period.2) Create a biography on your iPAD.3) Create an advertisement poster (poster board provided by teacher) that advertises their invention/discovery. Posters will be worked on in Science Class.4) Create and bring in one small visual aid depicting the discovery (no bigger than 17x23 inches because it needs to fit on desk). For example, a model or diorama. Be creative! 5) Dress up as their person & be in character to present the information to our guests (costumes do not need to be purchased; students can come in formal uniform if they have nothing at home to use)  

Websites: 1) http://www.famousscientists.org/  2) 

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php# 

Once you have picked your STEM person, research more about them to make sure you will have enough information about the person to complete the projects.

Famous Scientist/Inventors

1) Who is your STEM person? What kind of STEM person are they? (SCIENTIST, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEER, MATHEMATICIAN)

2) What did they invent/discover? 3) Where did this invention/discovery take

place? 4) Why did they invent/discover this? 5) When did this take place? 6) How did they go about inventing or

discovering this? What materials etc. were used? How much did it cost? How much did it sell for? How has this helped the human race?

STEM PROJECT5W’s and 1 How

Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) Advertisement Project Rubric

POSTERName_____________________ Date__________________________Period__________________ SLE:____________________________ • Slogan /5• Discovery/Invention (WHAT) /5• Why do I need this?(WHY & WHEN) /5• How will it help me? (WHY) /5• What or how it is made? (HOW) /5• What is my expertise/qualifications? (WHO) /5

• Visually the POSTER (22in x 14in) should be…….• Eye appealing “Visually Intriguing” /5• Neatly executed /4• Colorful (you may use markers, colored pencils, crayons) /2• Illustrations (at least 2 photos/drawings) /2• proper heading on back of advertisement /2

 Total _______ /45

Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (S.T.E.M.)

Visual Aid Project RubricName_____________________ Date_______________Period___________ SLE:____________________________  S.T.E.M. themeName of STEM personName of discovery/inventionPresentation clearly demonstrates theme /15 Visual

/10• Presentation visually depicts discovery orinvention in area of study (STEM)• Contains information to understand discovery or invention• Contains labels or explanation as neededfor understanding Format

Size 17x23in. or LESS (no bigger than your student desk) /3proper heading on project (label on base, on item, etc.) /1Neatly executed /1  

Total _______ /30

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