Project 2 Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt Prezi

In the past, I have had students create PowerPoint presentations in my classroom for certain projects.  The past few years, I have also been building on a project that involves a field trip and our study of ecology.  In the past, students have used camera phones or borrowed school cameras to take pictures of things we were studying in class as we took a hike to a State Park close to our school.  My plan for next year is to have the students present both pictures and videos in a form of a Prezi.  I use PowerPoint's myself and I am not too familiar with the set-up.  However, this past week have worked with the technology and learned how to put a Prezi together.  They are fun!  The two forms of internet technology that we will use to complete this project are a media manipulating software such as photoshop to alter photos, and the Prezi program.

I have attached the requirements for what the students have to collect pictures of on the hike.  I have also included a rubric for the Prezi and what will be required in the presentation.

Biology Scavenger Hunt

Directions – for each lab group:

You will be given a list of items you will take a picture of as we hike in Lone Pine State park.

Your group will present the pictures that you took on the field trip to your class on Friday. Each picture should be labeled and have in it somewhere your identification item.  No pictures may be used twice.  Each item on the list is worth 3 points for a maximum of 45 points.

Presentations will be worth 55 points.  Project total is 100 points.

Extra points are available with original presentations.

GOOD HUNTING    J

List of options for photo collection.

1.       A producer

2.       A consumer

3.       A leaf with a toothed margin.

4.       A leaf with an entire margin.

5.       A leaf with a lobed margin.

6.       A heterotrophic organism.

7.       A photosynthetic organism.

8.       An ectotherm.

9.       An invertebrate.

10.   A pollinator.

11.   Predation.

12.   Example of genetic variation in a population

13.   A food chain.

14.   An animal with an exoskeleton.

15.   A tetrapod

16.   Angiosperm

17.   Bilaterally symmetrical organism

18.   Radially symmetrical individual

19.   Organism’s home

20.   Parasitism

21.   Plant using either wind or water for seed dispersal

22.   Population

23.   The reproductive structures of a plant (up to 2)

24.   A fungus

25.   A nonvascular plant

26.   A cone-bearing plant

27.   A flowering plant

28.   One of the major categories of roots

PowerPoint Presentation
Group Names: _______________________________________________________
Title of Presentation: _____________________________________________________
CATEGORY	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory	Needs Improvement
Content - Accuracy	All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors.	Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that seems inaccurate.	The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly inaccurate.	Content confusing or contains more than one factual error.
Sequencing of Information	Information is organized in a clear, logical way. It is easy to anticipate the next slide.	Most information is organized in a clear, logical way. One slide or piece of information seems out of place.	Some information is logically sequenced. An occasional slide or piece of information seems out of place.	There is no clear plan for the organization of information.
Effectiveness	Project includes all material needed to give a good understanding of the topic. The project is consistent with the driving question.	Project is lacking one or two key elements. Project is consistent with driving question most of the time.	Project is missing more than two key elements. It is rarely consistent with the driving question.	Project is lacking several key elements and has inaccuracies. .Project is completely inconsistent with driving question.
Use of Graphics	All graphics are attractive (size and colors) and support the topic of the presentation.	A few graphics are not attractive but all support the topic of the presentation.	All graphics are attractive but a few do not support the topic of the presentation.	Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation.
Text - Font Choice & Formatting	Font formats (color, bold, italic) have been carefully planned to enhance readability and content.	Font formats have been carefully planned to enhance readability.	Font formatting has been carefully planned to complement the content. It may be a little hard to read.	Font formatting makes it very difficult to read the material.
Spelling and Grammar	Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.	Presentation has 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors.	Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings.	Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors.
Cooperation	Group shares tasks and all performed responsibly all of the time.	Group shares tasks and performed responsibly most of the time.	Group shares tasks and performs responsibly some of the time.	Group often is not effective in sharing tasks and/or sharing responsibility.
Delivery	Members spoke at a good rate, volume and with good grammar. They maintained eye-contact while using, but not reading their notes.	Members spoke a little faster or slower than necessary, or too quietly or loudly. They used acceptable grammar. They maintained eye-contact, but relied too much on their notes.	Members spoke at a good rate and volume, but used poor grammar. They relied heavily on their notes.	Members demonstrated having paid little attention to rate, volume or grammar. They read nearly word for word from notes.