Project+Overview

Chemistry 1 will partake in a 12 week investigation culminating in a debate. Several technologies will be utilized, such as Prezi, wikispaces, shared google docs and tagxedo. All will be modeled by the instructor and all will be used by the students. The project starts with a brainstorming activity listing science issues. A brief Prezi presentation will introduce the topic for this year. Discussion will take place on what information will need to be found. Then groups will be picked randomly by the instructor and guided-research will be done by the student groups in the first 5 weeks and compiled in a shared google doc. During Week 5 a list of Pros and Cons for both Materials, Paper and Plastic, should be created by each group to determine if additional research needs to be done. The students will develop a proposal and organize their arguments for the debate using the Proposal Form, which I will discuss with each group during week 7. During week 6 through week 7, a Prezi, to be utilized during the debate Overview will be created and critiqued by group members and the instructor. In week 8, revisions and any additional research will be done. In weeks 9-11 students should be practicing presentations and coordinating among group to look for strengths and weeknesses of their material. On week 12, the formal debate following the Debate Format will take place with a guest panel determining the winner of the debate and a guest presider controlling the debate. The instructor will be grading using the provided __rubrics__ as the panel uses __tracking sheets__ to determine the debate winner. Throughout this process bias, technology, material engineering, teamwork, data, and presentation will be emphasized.