Past Projects – SCIENCE

Independent Research

The outline for the final phase of your project is here: Science Independent Study Final Project outline 2024

How will you share your learning?  ShowWhatYouKnow

The project outline is here: Science Inquiry Project outline 2024

The document for defining your terms and tracking your subsequent questions is here (if you are working by hand, adjust the size of the boxes and then print; if you like to type, download the document and save it in your school files: Science Inquiry Project Definition of Terms and Subsequent Questions 2024

Don’t forgot to create a document to track your sources!

Try entering combinations of the key terms involved in your inquiry question into the search window of the below sources (a non-exhaustive list!):

Burnaby Public Library

Vancouver Public Library

PBS NewsHour

TED Talks

NPR

CBC (articles)

CBC Listen (radio/podcasts)

The Guardian

New York Times

Nova

Also try googling:

  • “[your topic] cbc spark”
  • “[your topic] cbc quirks quarks”
  • “[your topic] cbc ideas”

I have DVD copies of two documentaries that might be useful to some of you, depending on your inquiry questions.  If you click on the titles below, and scroll down on the Wikipedia page, you’ll find a section called “Episodes” that gives you a general idea of the content of each episode.

Let me know if you are interested in signing out the DVD!

Cosmos

Wonders of the Universe

 

Sketchnoting

Sketchno Frenzy’s site is here.

Verbal to Visual’s Youtube channel is here.

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Observation Experiments

The project outline can be found here: Observation criteria 2023

The assessment rubric can be found here: Observation log rubric 2023

The Science of His Dark Materials

The project outline can be found here: The Science of His Dark Materials project outline

The groups for the project can be found here: The Science of His Dark Materials groups 2023

The categories for assessment of research notes can be found here: Science Research Notes Assessment Sheet 2022

The group work reflection to completed the night after your presentation can be found here: Science of His Dark Materials_Group Work Assessment Form 2023

Don’t forgot to create a document to track your sources!

Remember that adding “for kids” to your search terms can often lead you to sources that present a basic understanding of your topic in a reader-friendly manner; it can be good to ground yourself here (and revisit as needed) before you engage with higher-level, more complicated sources.

Also, try entering combinations of the key terms involved in your topic into the search window of the below sources (a non-exhaustive list!):

Burnaby Public Library

Vancouver Public Library

PBS NewsHour

TED Talks

NPR

CBC (articles)

CBC Listen (radio/podcasts)

The Guardian

New York Times

Nova

Also try googling:

  • “[your topic] cbc spark”
  • “[your topic] cbc quirks quarks”
  • “[your topic] cbc ideas”

I have DVD copies of two documentaries that might be useful to some of you, depending on your inquiry questions.  If you click on the titles below, and scroll down on the Wikipedia page, you’ll find a section called “Episodes” that gives you a general idea of the content of each episode.

Let me know if you are interested in signing out the DVD!

Cosmos

Wonders of the Universe

 

Research Project

The outline for the research project is here: Science Inquiry Project outline 2022

The document for inquiry question submission can be found here: Science Independent Study question and terms – first step

The document for defining terms can be found here–please save it to your computer or flash drive and add to it as you go along: Science Inquiry Project Definition of Terms and Subsequent Questions

Don’t forgot to create a document to track your sources!

Try entering combinations of the key terms involved in your inquiry question into the search window of the below sources (a non-exhaustive list!):

Burnaby Public Library

Vancouver Public Library

PBS NewsHour

TED Talks

NPR

CBC (articles)

CBC Listen (radio/podcasts)

The Guardian

New York Times

Nova

Also try googling:

  • “[your topic] cbc spark”
  • “[your topic] cbc quirks quarks”
  • “[your topic] cbc ideas”

I have DVD copies of two documentaries that might be useful to some of you, depending on your inquiry questions.  If you click on the titles below, and scroll down on the Wikipedia page, you’ll find a section called “Episodes” that gives you a general idea of the content of each episode.

Let me know if you are interested in signing out the DVD!

Cosmos

Wonders of the Universe

Sketchnoting

The criteria and marking sheet for our sketchnoting work can be found here: Sketchnoting criteria and marking sheet 2022

Time

For those who are interested, here is the video about Presentism vs. Eternalism that we watched in class (up to the 23:40 mark):

The Spark Guide to Civilization

The link to the main page of The Spark Guide to Civilization can be found by clicking here.

The assignment outline can be found here: Spark Guide to Civilization

Quirk and Quarks

The link to the Quirks and Quarks 40th anniversary special can be found by clicking here.

Mind Maps

The outline for creating a Mind Map from your Science research can be found here: Science Research Mind Maps

Some samples of Mind Maps can be found here.

And also some here:

The Science of His Dark Materials

The project outline can be found here: The Science of His Dark Materials project outline

The groups for the project can be found here: His Dark Materials Science groups 2021

The categories for assessment of research notes can be found here: Science Research Notes Assessment Sheet 2020

The group work reflection to completed the night after your presentation can be found here: Science of His Dark Materials_Group Work Assessment Form 2021

The Brain Project

Project outline: Brain project outline 2020

Rubric: Brain lapbook rubric 2020

Checklist: Brain Project Checklist 2020

Reflection: Science Brain lapbook reflection

Useful Links for Construction

Independent Inquiry Projects

The document for framing your question can be found here: Science Independent Study question and terms – first step

The document for your definition of terms and subsequent questions can be found here: Science Inquiry Project Defintion of Terms and Subsequent Questions

The assessment sheet for your research notes can be found here: Science Research Notes Assessment Sheet 2020

Quirk and Quarks

The link to the Quirks and Quarks 40th anniversary special can be found by clicking here.

Rise or Fall Final Projects

The project outline for your final Socials/Science projects can be found here: Civilization Rise or Fall final project outline

The rubric for your final projects can be found here: Social Studies Science Final Project Rubric

Climate Change

The link to the 2050 – Degree of Change podcast is here.

The graphic organizer to use while listening is here: Science 2050 Podcast graphic organizer

Observation Experiments

Please remember that group work is at the core of this unit.  Remind yourself of your group work goal before each work block.  What can you do today to help achieve that goal?  If you take one small step each day, you’ll be surprised how far you’ve travelled by the end of the term.

The criteria for your observation log can be found here: Observation criteria

The rubric for the observation experiment unit can be found here: Observation log rubric

The criteria for your research notes can be found here: Research notes

If you prefer to type the write-up of your observation experiment, use the empty template located here: Blank Template for Science Observation Experiments

Inquiry Projects

The project outline for your Inquiry Projects can be found here: Science Inquiry Project outline

The template to use for your Definition of Terms can be downloaded by clicking here: Science Inquiry Project Defintion of Terms and Subsequent Questions

The information we are using to focus our inquiry questions for your Science projects can be found here: Science term 2 and 3 outline

The template to use for generating your inquiry question can be found here: Science graphic organizer for term 3 projects

Observation Experiments

The criteria for your observation log can be found here: Observation criteria

The rubric for the observation experiment unit can be found here: Observation log rubric

The criteria for your research notes can be found here: Research notes

If you prefer to type the write-up of your observation experiment, use the empty template located here: Blank Template for Science Observation Experiments