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Important Documents


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Projects and Rubrics
All of you students should have these documents already from class; however, if you can not find it...here they are again! Please feel free to print out any and all of the following sections.

Redo available thru October 25th.
 * Inquiry Lab:**

Newton's Laws- http://youtu.be/mn34mnnDnKU
 * Videos to help:**

=__** 1st semester: "HPS in the News"-Current Events Project **__=

One of the most important goals of science education at the high school level is to help students learn how to make good decisions about public issues.

Students are going to collect, analyze and summarize 20 current event articles from varying media sources.


 * //See the checkpoints to help you understand your project: (by completing the checkpoints you will not have your project completed. This is an independent project where you will have to devote at home/seminar time.)//**

--3 current event articles. 1 from each different type of media (newspaper, Internet, or magazine)
 * Checkpoint #1-November 4th**

--1 summary. Focus on the science in the article related to you past learning, current learning and what you still need to learn. Apply it to your daily life!
 * Checkpoint #2-November 11th**

--3 more current event articles. This time focus on getting them from different sites than the ones from November 4th.
 * Checkpoint #3-November 18th**

--2 summaries. Focus on the science in the article related to you past learning, current learning and what you still need to learn. Apply it to your daily life!
 * Checkpoint #4-November 25th**

--Table of Contents. Include Chapter titles or topics, insert 6 articles into table of contents.
 * Checkpoint #5-December 2nd**

--Cover Page. Represent graphically what the project is about, include title, author and year.
 * Checkpoint #6-December 9th**

--REFLECTION...get it started...what have you learned so far and what do you still have to do.
 * Checkpoint #7-December 16th**


 * //See the uploaded description and rubric below://**


 * 2nd semester:**

I am so proud of all of this work! I want to share it with you.
 * Student Work **