Geometry Around the World Project

GEOMETRY AROUND THE WORLD PROJECT

You are going to participate in a geometry scavenger hunt. You will go around the school and collect photos of the following items.

1. Right triangle

2. Acute triangle

3. Obtuse triangle

4. Angle bisector

5. Collinear points

6. Non-collinear points

7. 2 parallel lines

8. 2 perpendicular lines

9. A pair of vertical angles formed by two intersecting lines

10. A pair of adjacent angles

11. A pair of opposite rays

12. A line intersecting a plane

13. Parallel Planes

14. A pair of corresponding angles

15. 2 lines cut by a transversal

16. 2 intersecting planes

CRITERIA:

Your project has to have a THEME (sports, travel, cars, etc.) Your pictures should come from your own photographs (use a camera/cell phone) in a real life setting. Please be CREATIVE with your project. Only one picture can be submitted from any single category to count towards your grade. There are 16 categories.

PROCEDURE:

After you have collected your photos:

Label each picture with the proper category
Write a one-two sentence description of each photo and explain why you used the photo and how it fits the theme.
The writing must be clear, neat and legible (if hand-written). Typed is preferred

WRITING PART:

1 Page double-spaced:

Explain why you chose the theme you did and whether it was easy or difficult to find photos to fit the theme. Also write about what you learned while doing this project.

PRESENTATION:

You will create a presentation using Prezi ( Prezi is easy to use and is similar to creating a PowerPoint, but has different visual effects that can be accessed online.

GEOMETRY AROUND THE WORLD TIME FRAME

DATE / WHAT YOU NEED TO DO / WHERE
9/8/14 / 1. Project Introduced – Choose Partners
2. Create a Gmail and a Prezi Account/Download Google Drive App / 1. In Class
2. At Home
9/9/14 / 1. Discussion with Partners- Choose Theme and begin thinking of ideas for each category / 1. In Class
9/10/14 / 1. With Partners - Collect pictures of your items for each category
2. Upload pictures to Google Drive Account / 1. Around the school- class time
2. At Home
9/11/14 / 1. With Partners - Start writing descriptions for each picture / 1. In class
9/12/14 / 1. Computer Lab to create Prezi Presentations / 1. In class
9/12/14-9/14/14 / 1. Finalize Prezi Presentations if they were not completed in class
2. E-mail presentations to Ms. Rovelli ()by midnight on 9/14/14. / 1. At Home
2. At Home
9/15/14-9/18/14 / 1. Working on writing portion. This will be due on 9/18/14. / 1. At Home

GRADING RUBRIC

SUB- SCORES
THEME / 5
All pictures have a clear common theme / 3
Common theme is evident with a few exceptions / 1
Common theme is evident in at least half of the pictures / 0
There is no evidence of a common theme
PICTURES / Each picture is worth 2 points. Remember you cannot use the same picture in multiple categories. If you do this you will only receive points for the first time the picture appears in the presentation
DESCRIPTIONS / Each description is worth 2 points for stating what the picture is, the category and how it fits your theme.
You will receive one point 1-2 of the above things.
You will receive 0 points for no description
WRITING / 10
1. At least one typed page double spaced. Includes: a) why you chose the theme, b) if it was easy or difficult to find pictures to fit the theme and c) what you learned from the project. / 7
Paper is not typed or is missing 1 of the required pieces - a, b or c. / 4
Paper is not typed and missing 1 of the required pieces a, b or c. Or
Paper is missing 2 of the required pieces - a, b or c. / 0
Paper is not turned in
Or
Paper is not typed and missing 2 of the required pieces – a, b or c.
Or
Paper is missing a, b and c
NEATNESS AND DISPLAY OF PRESENTATION / 6
Presentation contains students’ names, title page, and is organized in a way that makes sense. / 4
Presentation is missing students’ names or the title page
Or
Presentation is somewhat disorganized. / 2
Presentation is missing students names or title page and presentation is somewhat disorganized / 0
Presentation is very disorganized and missing students names or title page.
TIMEFRAME / 15
All portions of the project are completed by assigned dates / 10
One of the following items are late.
a. Theme
b. Prezi/Gmail accounts
c. Presentation
d. writing piece / 5
2 of the following items are late.
a. Theme
b. Prezi/Gmail accounts
c. Presentation
d. writing piece / 0
3 or more of the following items are late.
a. Theme
b. Prezi/Gmail accounts
c. Presentation
d. writing piece
OVERALL SCORE

**THE PROJECT IS WORTH 100 POINTS AND WILL BE COUNTED AS AN ASSESSMENT GRADE**