Step-by-Step Guide to a Successful Investigation

If you are doing an experiment, please follow this. Thanks Mr. Chase for giving it to us.

Example of Product Proposal

Product Proposal

1.      What will you make to apply your learning?  Describe how you will set up or create your product.  Reminder: Please work on transforming your research into something that answers your one big question. This is not just a summary of all your research.

I am doing a project on manatees. My one big question is why are manatees endangered? I will build a working model of a manatee habitat where I show all the different environmental pollutants and dangers for the manatee. I will have a boat, a factory, a sun for global warming, red water for red tide, fish hooks and a crab net.  I will make a script explaining each part.  I will then film it. My film will show each part that is a danger to manatees and I will talk overtop about what the danger is and why.  I will include a pie graph about the percent of manatees killed by different things and a bar graph about the number of manatees at different years. I will film this. I will take all my video clips and put them on Movie Maker. I will edit my film so it has a title and credits. I want to post my movie to Youtube so other people can learn about it.

2.      I need these materials to create my product (include specific computer programs if needed). Please list where you will get each item. Items brought from home should be at school for each day where you are set to work on your product.

	From Home	School
A fishtank for the manatee habitat	X
Clay to make the manatee and other objects in scene	X
A toy boat	X
Coloured paper, glue, and string to make objects in the scene	X
My script		X
A video camera		X
A computer with Movie Maker to edit movie		X
Microsoft Excell to make my graph on the computer		X

Beth can provide: cardboard, white paper, computer use (may be in groups), coloured pencils and markers.

3.      I will show my science or socials learning goal in this way:

I am making a pie graphs on Microsoft Excel for the percentage of manatees that die in each way and a bar graph to show how many manatees are in the wild every decade for the last 50 years. 

Round 2 of Grade 8 Projects!!

Here are some of the second round of the Grade 8 Exploration Projects. Such interesting work! Well done class!

Student-created website on Schizophrenia

autumnnilsen.wix.com/schizophrenia

How Music Affects Your Brain

 The Life of a Peacock

How cameras have evolved over time

 Scouts

 The Environmental Damage of Engines and Batteries

 How Much Sleep do We Need?

World War Two Powerpoint

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uaiju5p1g3b09pm/WORLDWAR2.pptx

Snowmobiles Powerpoint

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oqq47rj5aby06l0/Bombardier.pptx2.pptx127%20-%20Copy.pptx

Other studies soon to be posted:

How to play volleyball
Mule deer vs white-tailed deer
An experiment in tastebuds
Muscle memory website and experiment

And many more!