LibGuides: 6th Grade: Women in Science: Project Guidelines

Project Details

You will be making a Google Slides presentation with all the information you researched on your scientist. This will be presented to class to teach everyone what you have learned.

You will use that same information to create a 1 page personal poster of your scientist using Google Docs.

You can use this LibGuide and Schoology to help you with resources and directions.

Project Objectives

To use various resources to conduct research on the life of a woman in science.
To recognize & summarize the scientist’s contributions to math & science.
To understand that the work of scientists benefits society in a number of ways.
To explore the different types of inventions & occupations that pertain to science.

Grading Rubric

Grading Rubric
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Requirements

You will present your slideshow on the day you signed up for. You need to know your scientist well enough to answer questions the class may have. You should not simply be reading from the slides. Slideshow and posters must be neat and organized. You will be showing your slideshow to class and the posters will be displayed in the hallway, please make sure they are presentable.

Slideshow

create in Google Slides

Your slideshow MUST include:

First and last name of your scientist
Picture of your scientist (it should be cited)
Date of birth & age
Country/state where she was born
Name the type of science she practices (ex: astronomy, chemistry, genetics, physics) and give a one sentence description of that field
Major contribution (new ideas, discoveries, or new understandings of the natural world) she has made to benefit STEM and/or society

Choose 6 of the following items to add to your slideshow:

A quote by your scientist
1-2 additional pictures of your scientist or her work (they should be cited)
A picture of what she worked on, ex. Invented the telephone (it should be cited)
School/College
Other jobs (ex. teacher, lawyer, doctor, actress)
Family information: partner, children, parents, brothers, sisters
Social Media info (ex: YouTube, FB, IG, TikTok)
Other scientists worked with (Name & work done together)
Museums or other buildings named after your scientist
Awards won (Name, date awarded, and what it was for)
Publications (books, articles, etc). Give title & description

create in Google Docs

Your poster MUST include:

First and last name of your scientist
Picture of your scientist (it should be cited)
Date of birth & age
Country/state where she was born
Name the type of science she practices (ex: astronomy, chemistry, genetics, physics) and give a one sentence description of that field
Major contribution (new ideas, discoveries, or new understandings of the natural world) she has made to benefit STEM and/or society

Choose 6 of the following items to add to your poster:

A quote by your scientist
1-2 additional pictures of your scientist or her work (they should be cited)
A picture of what she worked on, ex. Invented the telephone (it should be cited)
School/College
Other jobs (ex. teacher, lawyer, doctor, actress)
Family information: partner, children, parents, brothers, sisters
Social Media info (ex: YouTube, FB, IG, TikTok)
Other scientists worked with (Name & work done together)
Museums or other buildings named after your scientist
Awards won (Name, date awarded, and what it was for)
Publications (books, articles, etc). Give title & description

You must create a Google Doc of all your sources. This is for both information (books, websites, communications, magazines, etc..) and images you use. You should use at least 3 sources (not including images).

Click on the "citations" tab at the top for details on format.

(Note that for your researched content, you must use MyBib to create your citations. Images used should be listed underneath your citations as URLs.)

You will reach out to your scientist in some way. This could be through email, social media, or mailing a letter. You must submit proof of this communication (cc email, screenshot, etc). Once you have found your preferred method of communication, you must check in with Ms. Vereen before sending anything.