The Incredible Journey Project Due Date: November 23, 2015

Objective: create a fictional narrative of a journey through the water cycle through the viewpoint of a water molecule Pr

Project Options: Comic Strip Poem/Story Song or Rap Multi-media presentation

Guidelines for ALL projects:

  1. Must includefive unique stages of your journey that describes what’s happening to you (the water molecule)
  1. Ex. 1: I was in the ocean and the sun’s radiation changed me into a gas. I’ve been evaporated!!
  2. Ex. 2: I felt squeezed through the leaves of the mighty oak tree as she transpired me back to the atmosphere as water vapor.
  1. Must includethe five vocabulary words learned in class in the proper context: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and transpiration.

Comic Strips:

  1. Must be illustrated in color.
  2. Words can be handwritten but must be legible.
  3. Must be presented in class to your peers

Poems:

  1. Don’t have to rhyme, but it is encouraged.
  2. Must be typed.
  3. Must be presented in class to your peers

Songs and Raps:

  1. Can collaborate with a partner in class.
  2. Must be performed in class to your peers.
  3. Lyrics must be school-appropriate, typed, and turned in after performing.

Multi-media presentation: (Power Point, Powtoons, Prezzi, etc.)

  1. Must be presented in class to your peers.

Name: ______

Project Option: ______

Incredible Journey Rubric

Criteria / 4 / 3 / 2 / Total
Water Cycle Stages
(times 2 points) / Project includes 5 specific sections of a water molecule’s journey using descriptive and scientific details / Project includes 5 specific sections of a water molecule’s journey but lacks detail and/or accuracy / Project includes less than 5 specific sections of a water molecule’s journey with minimal details
Vocabulary / Project used at least five water cycle vocabulary terms correctly in the proper context of the journey / Project used four water cycle vocabulary terms correctly in the proper context of the journey / Project used less than four water cycle vocabulary terms and some may have been used improperly
Creativity
and
Effort / Project shows original thinking, creativity, and a great deal of effort / Project shows some original thinking, and a fair amount of effort / Project shows lack of effort and attention to detail
Meeting Deadlines / Student turned in the project on time / Student turned project in one day late
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(no points will be earned for projects turned in more than one day late)

Total: ______/20 pts.