This May, the Groton Science department will be hosting its 2nd annual Science Day. This year's theme will be "Scientific Challenges of the 21st Century"... issues that will effect life in the coming century. The 7th grade students will make a project addressing a scientific issue of their choice. Since this class is Life Science your topic will be limited to biological topics. Examples include endangered species, genetic engineering, world-wide food shortages, invasive species, pollution, the biological impacts of global warming, the ongoing war against teaching evolution, garbage/landfills, coral reef destruction, human population growth, fresh water shortages, and many more.This project will count as 1/2 of your final exam grade. You may complete this project though a variety of ways: A poster, an essay, a podcast, a powerpoint, a movie, an experiment, or some other way. At Science Day you will be able to display your project and present it in a "science fair" type setting. Your grade will be based on three things: Time spent on the project, creativity/neatness, and accuracy. More information will be given in class.
5 comments:
Wow! That project sounds great. I bet students are starting to think already on it!
When I was visiting with family over Christmas, my brother in law, who is engineer working on water, changing salt water to fresh, was telling about trying to work with the Dead Sea, would that be right? (I might not know what I'm talking about!!) Anyway, getting fresh water from salt water is a big deal, but they also want to keep the bio system the same....right, Mr. Devoe?
Mmm....very creative.
I love the Earth! <3
--->Alen<---
It's sad how much people dont care about our planet... It is slowly being destroyed...Discraceful...
I know...it's sort of depressing. This weekend I was walking in the woods and observed how bad the American Beech trees are getting because of a fungus that came over from somewhere else. Most are dying. Even a seemingly innocent activity like moving firewood from one place to another can really screw things up. Luckily there are a lot of students at Groton that I know will go on to do great things to improve the world we live in.
oo another science day?
Yippee!
Maybe this year i can actually get pens for the goats lol if i even bring them
May is a little early so i might bring a mom and her kid/kids =)
can't wait!
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