AP Chemistry/Biology Scientific Poster Presentation Project

Topic: Plastic Water Bottle Extractables

Due date:

Value: 2 test grades

Purpose: To investigate plastic bottle extractables/polymers/chemicals and the possible negative effects they have
on humans/animals.

Your task:

Your team will be responsible for creating a scientific poster and defending your research with a 10-15 minute video presentation.

·  The poster must include the information listed in the topics below.

·  The poster must be completely computer generated, no hand written components.

Required topics of research: (topics become headings to be placed above section in bold print)

1.  Abstract: Introduction of the question being researched.

2.  Top five companies that that sell bottled water.

3.  Plastic used in the bottles of your five brands of water.

·  Find the company’s specifications on the bottles they use.

4.  Manufacturers of the bottles.

·  Check their specifications on the bottle.

5.  Polymers used in the bottles.

·  Research their polymerization process, raw materials used in their production

·  Review the material data sheet (SDS) for the raw materials and the product.

6.  Solubility of the raw materials and polymer in water and/or extractability of each in water.

7.  Shipping and storage conditions of the bottled water.

8.  Discuss how temperature of the bottle affects the amount of extractables in the water.

9.  What are the acceptable limits/dosages of these extractables?

·  Are the limits met or exceeded in most cases?

10.  Research the biological effects of all possible extractables/polymers/chemicals.

·  List all the negative biological effects (conditions or diseases) for each chemical.

·  For each biological effect, discuss and explain how the chemical affects each of the different body systems: ex: hormones , effects on DNA, signaling pathways etc. that cause the disease or condition.

Sources:

- All material must be fully documented and cited.

- Footnotes must be in APA style.

- Poster must include a work cited page and footnotes page on the back side of the poster.

- Footnotes should be used for any statistics or copied phrases and must be numbered.

- Footnotes should be listed immediately after copied section with a parenthesis, name of author

with the page noted. Ex: ( Jones, page 222)

* Note: Not everything on the internet is true. Use only reliable sites.

EBSCO Host, NIH, PubMed, JAMA are excellent sources for reliable studies of animal and
human side effects.

Sample Poster Configuration

Go to the following link to see examples of actual posters.

http://www.scienceproject.com/projects/guide/Display/samples.asp

Extra Links to websites for advice on making scientific posters:

http://the-scientist.com/2011/09/01/poster-perfect/

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/posters/NewSite/index.html

http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/posterpres.html

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~schne006/tutorials/poster_design/

Rubric Score Sheet

Point
Value / Topic / Excellent / Good / Average / Fair / Points
Earned
50 / Content
and
Focus / 50
 Topic and title clear and easily identified
 Main idea is clearly appropriate to topic
 All illustrations complement purpose of visual
 Appropriate
details support
main idea
 Accurate and
detailed information
 Information
adequately supports
purpose of visual
/ 40
 Topic and title are mostly clear and easily identified
 Main idea is appropriate to topic
 Most illustrations complement purpose of visual
 Most details support main idea
 Accurate information for almost all subject matter
 Information is mostly adequate and supportive of visual’s purpose
/ 30
 Topic and title difficult to identify
 Main idea not clearly stated
 Few illustrations complement purpose of visual
 Few details support main idea
 Lacking accurate information
 Inadequate information is not clearly supportive of visual’s purpose
/ 20
 Topic and title are not clearly identified
 No main idea
 Illustrations do not complement purpose of visual
 No details to support main idea
 Information is not accurate
 Information does not support the visual’s purpose
30 / Video / 20
 Student presents information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow.
 Student uses a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms, loud voice and good eye contact, does not read from cards
 Student demonstrates full with explanations and elaboration.
Student used visuals to reinforce screen text and presentation
Video was extremely engaging
/ 15
Student presents information in logical sequence which audience can follow.
Student's voice is clear. and pronounces most words correctly, and uses eye contact and does not read off cards
Student is at ease with content, but fails to elaborate from poster
Student used visuals related to text and presentation.
Video was very engaging / 10
 Audience has difficulty following presentation because student jumps around.
 Students voice
is clear but not
loud enough for
sudience to follow, pronounces most workds correctly, some eye contact, some reading off cards
 Student is uncomfortable with information and reads mostly from poster
 Student occasional used visuals that rarely support text and presentation.
Video was engaging
/ 5
 Audience cannot understand presentation because there is no sequence of information
 Student mumbles, incorrectly pronounces terms, speaks too quietly for students in the back of class to hear, and reads material directly from cards no eye contact
 Student does not have grasp of information and reads directly from cards or poster
 Students do not use visuals.
Video was not engaging
10 / Visual
Appeal / 10
Outstanding use of color, design, and space
Original and creative design
Overall design is pleasing and harmonious
/ 8
 Adequate use of color, design, and space
 Design is adequate
 Overall design is
mostly pleasing and harmonious
/ 6
 Inappropriate use of color, design, and space
 Design lacks creativity
 Lack of harmonious design in presentation
/ 4
 Little attempt to use color, design and space appropriately
 Design is dull
 Project has sloppy appearance
5 / Mech-
anics / 5
Free of grammatical errors
No excess glue, torn edges, mark-outs
Words are legible
and pertinent to topic
/ 4
Mostly free of grammatical errors
Little use of excess glue, torn edges, mark-outs
Most words are legible and pertinent to topic
/ 3
Frequent grammatical errors
Excess glue, torn
edges, and mark-outs
Presentation is
illegible and confusing
/ 2
Too frequent grammatical errors
Distractive elements make illustration ineffective
5 / Foot-
notes / 5
All statistics are cited and formatted, FN page is included / 4
Most statistics are cited and formatted, FN page is included / 3
Many statistics are not cited or formatted, FN page included / 2
Most statistics are not cited or formatted, no FN page

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