STUDENT PROJECT CONTRACT

Complete all of the following sections. Set up a conference with your teacher to review this information. Have a parent or guardian sign it before your conference.

Name: Period:

What things about the subject we are studying interest you?1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

Circle the best goal(s) for this project:

making comparisons dissecting something conducting an evaluation

collecting something measuring something analyzing/taking item apart

composing something identifying parts of item labeling

writing summaries criticizing something explaining something

demonstrating something solving a problem making a substitution

memorizing dramatizing defending something

observing something making a guess/testing it changing something

improving something using item in different way building something

surveying something putting something in order originating new idea

adding to something defining something describing something

starting something getting people’s reactions conducting an experiment

predicting the future forming a philosophy designing something

making recommendations imagining something finding examples

writing painting inventing

Circle the best resources for this project:

phone book pamphlets brochures magazines books

library atlas dictionary encyclopedias almanac

films slides interviews surveys photographs

observations television experiments models textbooks

radio catalogs field trips how-to books questions

letters samples pictures/prints diagrams graphs

newspapers business visits school visits biographies industry visits

schools farms service agencies records clubs

travel agency community agencies senior citizens friends, neighbors laboratory

stores performances games computer programs hypercard stacks

video tapes other:

Circle the best method(s) for sharing this project:

map puzzle song questionnaire diagram

flag model dictionary sculpture scrapbook

time line CD/DVD PowerPoint discussion graph

demonstration collection toy debate advertisement

poem museum display diary entries cooking learning center

machine model mobile portfolio samples book mock trial

charts news account photographs play diorama

letters product award art work shadow box

pop-up models 3-D models dance board game game show

placemat teach lesson radio show secret code cartoon

bulletin board collage family tree costume party/celebration

puppet show statue debate recipe campaign

painting story poster music composition time line

mural flip charts speakers overhead displays Podcast

Blog Webpage Interactive computer experience

Circle the equipment and materials you will need to share this project:

CD Player VCR computer projector SMART Board headphones

microphone computer computer printer digital camera video camera

bulletin board display board record player MP3 Player laminator

puppet stage CPS System Other:

What other supplies will you need? Where will you get them?

If you are working with another teacher or community mentor, when will you meet?

Explain how your project connects learning from at least two other subjects. (English, reading, math, science, social studies, PE/Health, Fine/Performing/Applied Arts, electives).

Circle which intelligence(s) will be practiced when you develop AND share your project?

Body/Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Logical/Mathematical

Musical/Rhythmic Verbal/Linguistic Visual/Spatial

Student Parent Teacher

Project begins: Project is due: Project to be shared:

Kinesthetic Products

apparatus

aquarium

ballet

card game

cardboard relief

ceramics

charade

clothing

collage

dance

demonstration

device

diorama

display

dramatization

equipment

etching

experiment

field trip

finger puppets

food

furniture

gadget

game

gauge

hand puppet

hat

instruments

interpretive dance

invention

jigsaw puzzle

kite

learning center

machine

macramé

marionette

mime

mobile

model

monument

movement game

musical instrument

observations

origami

paper mache’

prototype

puppet

puppet show

puzzle

quilt

Visual Products

advertisement

album

anagram

animation

annotated bibliography

area graph

artifact collection

award

banner

bar chart

block picture story

blueprint

book jacket

booklet

bookmark

brochure

bullet chart

bulletin board

calendar

cardboard relief

cartoon

chart

checklist

collage

collection

column chart

comic book

costume

cross-section

crossword puzzle

design

diagram

diorama

display

display case

double-y chart

drawing

editorial cartoon

fabric

film

filmstrip

flag

flannel board

flash card

flip chart

flowchart

gallery

graph

graphic

greeting card

hieroglyphic

high/low chart

hologram

icon

identification cards

identification chart

illustration

imprint

information table

jigsaw puzzle

layout

line chart

lithograph

map

mask

meter

mobile

mosaic

movie

mural

museum

newscast

newspaper ad

outline

painting

pamphlet

pattern

pennant

PERT chart

photo essay

photograph

pictograph

picture dictionary

pie chart

plan

playing card

polar chart

poster

puzzle

scatter graph

scenario

scrapbook

scroll

sign

silk screen

slide show

stencil

stick puppet

television commercial

timeline

transparency

travel advertisement

travel log

tree chart

video/podcast/blog

wall hanging

weather map

web

window shade

word game

word search

Written Products

advertisementautobiographybiographybook reportbookletbrochurebusiness lettercelebrity profilecharacterizationchecklistclassification listclassified advertisementcomic bookcommercial scriptcomparisoncomputer programcoupletcreative writingcritiquedatabasedescriptiondialoguediarydictionaryeditorialessayfact filefairy talefield manualfree versefriendly letterglossaryguidebookhandbookhandoutheadlinehistoryindexinterview scriptjob description

jokejoke bookjournaljournal articlelabellawlesson planletterletter of requestletter to editorlimericklistloglyricsmagazinemagazine articlemanualmemorandummetaphormythnew story endingnewsletternewspapernewspaper articlenotesnoveloathobservation sheetoutline pamphletparodypatentpen palpetitionplanplaypoempredictionprofilepuppet show

quatrainquestionnairequestionsquizradio scriptrationalerecipereferencereportresearch reportreviewrewritten endingriddlesatirescience fictionscrollshort storyskitsloganspeechstorystory problemssurveytall taletaxonomytelegramtelevision scriptterm papertesttextbooktheorytitle poemtravel logtriangle poemtripletvocabulary listworksheetyearbook

Oral Products

anecdote

audio tape recording

ballad

book report

campaign speech

characterization

choral reading/speech

cinquain

comedy act

comparison

conference presentation

couplet

debate

description

dialog

discussion

documentary

dramatization

explanation

fairy tale

free verse

jingle

joke

lecture

lesson

limerick

mock interview

monologue

myth

newscast

nursery rhyme

oral report

quatrain

radio announcement

radio commentary

radio commercial

rap

recorded dialog

rhyme

riddle

role-play

song

speech

story telling

symposium discussion

Catalysts Actions Products

advertisements

artistic performances

autobiographical stories, sketches

cartoons

commercials

computer software

cultural experiences

demonstrations

diagrams, charts

fables, folk tales, myths

interviews

music

out of classroom experiences

uncaptioned pictures

picture books

scenarios

situational dilemmas

slogans

television programs

timelines

accepts

adapts

changes

displays

explores

analyzes

compares

designs

evaluates

hypothesizes

investigates

predicts

produces

adapts

discusses

volunteers

collaborates

communicates

displays

engages

expresses

integrates

motivates

organizes

responds

synthesizes

communicates

discovers

advertisements

advice column

book jackets

brochures

bus/walking tours

cartoons

collages

consumer reports

debates

demonstrations

dramatic reading

experiments

flow charts

games

illustrations

jingles

masks

mobiles

mock trial

pamphlets

photo essays

plays

puppet shows

round table

simulation

survival packs

timelines

video/podcast/blog