GROUP MEMBERS:______________________                _______________________

                                    ______________________                _______________________

______________________                _______________________

PROJECT:     You are to conduct a small scale research project using the scientific method.  The criteria for the project are listed below.  This is a group project (3– 5 members).  You will turn in only one finished project with all of your names attached.

 

REQUIREMENTS: This project must be computer generated.  The work must be evenly distributed.  You must attach the “work-load sheet” with names filled in appropriately so as to ensure that all members do their share.  If ALL of the group members don’t share equally in the project, NO ONE will receive credit.

 

DUE DATES:                This project is due on Friday, October 10, 2008.  Late work will lose 10 points per school day for a maximum of three days.

 

GRADING CRITERIA:          The following grading system will be used to score this project:

 

 

COMPONENT

Max

Points

POINTS

 

 

 

 

Your Points

 

 

10

8

6

3

0

 

Professional /

Writing / punctuation

10

Almost perfect. No more than 1 or 2 errors and VERY clearly written

Some errors in writing with only minor clarity issues

Typed but has many grammatical errors or poorly written

Typed but is

Filled with grammatical

Errors or very poorly written

Not typed

 

Components

10

All components of

Scientific method are

Correct

Had 1 problem with components of Scientific Method are

being correct or well done

All components included but had major problems with more than 1

Missing some components

Missing all components

 

Work was equally divided

10

100% equality in terms of amount of work completed

Mostly equal with only 1 person completing more or less than his/her share

More than 1 person did not complete their equal share

2 people did most of the work

1 person did most of the work

 

Scientific Method was clearly evident

10

Very evident that groups understands the scientific methods

Evident that the group understands the scientific method

Somewhat evident that the group understands the scientific method

Little evidence is shown as to an understanding of scientific method

No evidence is shown as to an understanding of the scientific method

 

Written/material evidence of work / data collection

10

All material / data collection was turned in with work

Most material / data collection was turned in with work

Some material / data collection was turned in with work

Little (1 or two pieces) material / data collection was turned in with work

No material / data collection was turned in with work

 

MAX SCORE

50

 

 

 

 

Your

score

 

 

“WORK-LOAD SHEET”

 

 

Person 1 / How they contributed

Person 2 / How they contributed

Person 3 / How they contributed

Person 4 / How they contributed

Person 5 / How they contributed

Person 6 / How they contributed

Who came up with the situation/

Problem to be studied?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who contributed toward the hypothesis?

 

 

 

 

 

 

How did the design come to be created?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who worked on collecting data? Or data collection sheets?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who wrote up conclusions for the study?

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Students can create their own experiment but if they cannot one of the following topics will be assigned by the teacher.

 

  1. The effect of hunger on memory
  2. The effect of first name on perceived beauty
  3. The effect of gender on Listening to Ipod (how much time)
  4. The effect of color interfering with the ability to read a list of color by name (the Stroop Effect)
  5. The effect of imagery on memory
  6. The effect of smell on mood
  7. The effect of music on mood
  8. The effect of reading opinions on political choice
  9. The effect of using a cell phone on task completion
  10. The effect of listening to music on concentration