8thGradeScience

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Focus on Alternative Types of Fuel. Initial Proposal: Newton's Laws (Force and Motion) using our new motion detectors.

Designing the Lesson:

 * 1) **Look at your TEKS and the ARRC**
 * 2) **Identify an upcoming unit** -
 * End of the Year - Global Citizenship and Conservation
 * 1) **Highlight Student expectations** - How can the students demonstrate these to you?
 * 2) **Create the Rubric for evaluating the student learning** - posted on the webpage
 * 3) **Design the Project:**
 * You will be divided into groups and assigned a type of Alternative Energy to research. These types include:**
 * Solar
 * Hydro
 * Geo Thermal
 * Wind
 * Bio Fuel


 * Each group member will be assigned a role become an expert in their particular field.**
 * Scientist - How would a scientist examine this issue? Remember to stick to the facts!
 * Environmentalist - What arguements would an envirnomentalist present? Uses emotions of the people!
 * Politician - What stand would a politician take? Your job is to get relected - so compromise is vital!
 * Energy Company Executive - What spin would the power company present? You have stock holders to answer to! $$$$$


 * Your job is to persuade the government to use that alternative energy source in place of oil. You will have a choice of products to use in your presentation to the government. These include:**
 * Newscast or Radio Program
 * WebPage (wiki)
 * Brochure or Newspaper
 * Public Debate
 * Alternative Fuels for Dummies Book