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Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque Collage

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Collect images from magazines, newspapers, or the internet (with permission from a grown-up) to create a collage. When you glue or tape the images to your collage, categorize them to show which are transparent, translucent, and opaque. Be sure to label each category.

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Light/Vision Board Game

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Create your own board game!

The rules and game play are up to you but the decorations and any game pieces should be themed with what we are learning about light and vision.

*Must include at least ten questions about light/vision and written instructions for the game.

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Light Jingle

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After reviewing convex and concave lenses, contrast (tell how they are different) the two lenses by writing a commercial jingle to advertise each type of lens.

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Eye Model

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Create a 3D model of an eye using materials of your choice. Your model should include the cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, and optic nerve. Can you try including a light source and an image that might be being viewed by the eye?

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STUDENT CHOICE

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If you have your own creative idea, let Mrs. Pierce know!!

Light Experiment

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Design your own light experiment. Form a question you want to discover, make a hypothesis about your question, and write a plan that explains the experiment. Don’t forget to tell the materials you’ll need! Once approved, conduct your experiment! Write a summary paragraph to conclude what you discovered.

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Concave vs. Convex

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Create a brochure (with pencils or on the computer) that explains the difference between concave and convex lenses. Be sure to include illustrations that help explain!

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Light Crossword Puzzle

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Create a crossword puzzle with your light vocabulary words (light, transparent, translucent, concave, convex, etc.) Your puzzle should include at least 10 clues.

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Healthy Eyes Poster

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Create a poster explaining at least 5 ways that we can keep our eyes healthy. Be sure to include headings, complete sentences, and illustrations/photographs.

Criteria

6 points

4 points

2 points

Content:

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Is the content of the product well chosen?

Information shown represents the best choices for the project. Vocab/illustrations are related to our learning.

Information or illustrations chosen are related to learning, but not the best choice for the project.

Information and/or illustrations presented do not appear to be related to a topic or the task.

Completeness:

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Did you complete the project as listed on choice board and discussed in class?

ALL required information is included. Project meets the criteria of the task as stated.

MOST important information is included. Project meets the criteria of the tasks as stated.

Less than 50% of the important information is included and/or the project does not meet the listed criteria

Neatness/Creativity:

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Was the project completed with 4th grade neatness and does it show creative ideas?

Project was completed with best 4th grade neatness. Writing is legible and illustrations/artwork (if included) were completed with care.

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*NO COPY/PASTED INFORMATION!

Project has some areas that could be completed more neatly.

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Some parts may not be in student’s own words.

Project was not completed with neatness. Words are difficult to read and/or artwork is not the student’s best work.

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None of the information is in the student’s own words.

Accuracy:

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Is the information included accurate?

ALL if the information presented is accurate and correct (vocabulary, definitions, etc.)

N/A

ANY portion of the information provided in the project is incorrect.

Oral Presentation:

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Did you display confidence when sharing your project with the class?

Presentation was easy to understand. Student spoke clearly and confidently, demonstrating time and practice spent preparing.

Oral presentation was easy to understand, with some errors in fluency of information.

The oral presentation was difficult to understand. Student’s volume could have been louder or more confident. Lack of practice is evident.

Comments:

TOTAL:

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