Emoji Project: Mr. Veronsky, Grade 8, Computer Applications

OBJECTIVE: Present Planets in our Solar System, their radius, length of day, gravity, orbital period, distance from the sun, moons and fun facts. Students will use hyperlinks and tables for this project.

REQUIREMENTS:

1) Create a 3 x 3 table on your first screen; each box will contain a planet, plus one for the sun:

2) Going down your columns, and then from left to right, create a screen for each planet providing their radius, length of day, gravity, orbital period, distance from the sun, moons and fun facts.

You should have a total of 10 screens when you are finished; your table and a definition screen for each of the 8 planets.

3) Create a background for screen 2 through 8

4) Now it is time to add hyperlinks to your presentation.

Right Click on your first emoji and select hyperlink, then click on “Place in this document”, Click on the name for your planet and click OK.

Repeat for each planet.

5) Add an “action button on slides 2 through 10. On the “Insert” tab click on “shapes”, find the “action buttons” and choose the one that looks like a house. Click inside your slide and you will be presented with the following messagebox:

Click on OK

Criteria / Excellent (25) / Good (20) / Adequate (15) / Needs Improvement (10)
Screen 1 / Has a 3x3 table and 8 planets plus the sun. / 6-8 different planets are used / 3 – 5 different planets are used / Less than 3 different planets are used.
Screen 2 through 10 / Contain required statistics plus fun facts. / Some screens are missing either a definition, sentence or background. / Some screens are missing two of the following: definition, sentence, background. / The project is missing three of the criteria.
Hiperlinks / Are present on each planet image. / 12 -15 hyperlinks are used. / 8 – 11 hyperlinks are used / Less than 8 hyperlinks are used.
Action Buttons / Are present on each screen. / 12- 15 action buttons are used. / 8 – 11 buttons are used. / Less than 8 hyperlinks are used.