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7th Grade: People of Color in Science: Project Guidelines

Guidelines and resources for your People of Color in Science project.

Project Requirements

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 person of color 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.

Project Folder

Please share with me a folder titled “Last, First - People of Color in Science Project”. This folder will have  three things inside:

  • a Google Slides of your presentation
  • a Google Doc of your poster
  • a Google Doc of your Works Cited

Grading Rubric

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 and 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 and 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 Mr. Cook before sending anything.