ModelProject

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Introduction

To complete this media project, students will research information on one of the 49 states (California will be used as an example). Research will be done by utilizing the internet to find out specific information on their state. The information will then be used to create a PowerPoint slide show presentation to the class.

Project Outline

Every student will be responsible for producing their own PowerPoint slide show. Listed below is the information that must be included in the slide show. The order of the slides for the presentation are:

Slide 1: Name of state and image of state.
Slide 2: State capital and state nickname.
Slide 3: Name of state bird and image of bird.
Slide 4: Name of state flower and image of flower.
Slide 5: Interesting fact about your state.

Unit Calendar

Week 1: Introduce project to the class, show California example. Students choose their state and begin researching online.

Week 2: Research online. Explain how to save images on to disk.

Week 3: By Friday of this week all research should be completed. All images should be saved on their disks.

Week 4: Begin working on PowerPoint slides 1 - 3. Conduct peer editing conferences.

Week 5: Begin working on PowerPoint slides 4 - 5. Conduct peer editing conferences.

Week 6: By Friday, first draft of complete project should be done for teacher editing conferences.

Week 7: Creation of final draft of PowerPoint presentation on computer, including the inserting of images.

Week 8: Presentations to begin of PowerPoint State Projects.

*Resources*	Images - Google
	50 States Bird List
State Flower, State Capital, State Nickname, and Interesting Facts	50 States

Evaluation Rubric

Category Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs Improvement

Presentation Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.
Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time. Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.

Content
Covers topic in-depth. Subject knowledge is excellent. Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.
Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.

Organization Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. Content is logically organized for the most part. There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Requirements
All requirements are met and exceeded. All requirements are met. One requirement was not completely met. More than one requirement was not completely met.

This Model Project created by Tiffany Nelson, Teacher
tkn310@yahoo.com
Last updated: June 5, 2003

Category	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement
Presentation	Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.	Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.	Delivery not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.	Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.
Content	Covers topic in-depth. Subject knowledge is excellent.	Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.	Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Organization	Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.	Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.	Content is logically organized for the most part.	There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.
Requirements	All requirements are met and exceeded.	All requirements are met.	One requirement was not completely met.	More than one requirement was not completely met.