1st Semester Projects
Diff Physics 1st semester projects 2008
The Nobel project due Wednesday November 5, 2008
Your project will be graded on the following criteria (25 points):
- Background information to the researcher or team of researchers that won the Nobel prize for the year you picked
- Where the research was done
- Explain the research that was done
- The impact on Physics the research had
- Your final project will be a power point presentation (both electronic and hard copies
Physics lecture at UNL (2) Due Tuesday December 9, 2008
For each talk you must type the following; (20 points for each talk)
- Presenters name
- Topic of the talk
- Date of the talk
- Summary of the major points and how the information is being used to further scientific knowledge.
Physics lab power point project (groups of up to 3)
due Wednesday December 17, 2008
This Power Point will summarize the lab that we have conducted in class and must include the following(25 points) Example project
- Brainstorming variables to design the experiment
- Students conducting the experiment
- Collecting and analyzing the data
- Preparing and presenting the whiteboards
- Summarizing the lab with Mr. Rynearson and the class
Library research project due Friday December 15th 2006
Download Libruary research project timeline
Library research project time
| Date | Points | Due |
|---|---|---|
| 9/19(F) | X | Topic you want to research for the media specialist |
| 10/3 (F) | 5 | Paragraph on what direction you want to go with your topic |
| 10/17 (F) | 10 | Outline of your paper including at least 3 references you have used |
| 11/14(F) | 20 | Rough draft of paper (this is the whole research paper in rough form) including all the references you have used, both a hard copy and copy summated to; Turn-it-in.com. |
| 12/14 (F) | 75 | Final paper (hard copy and electronic, Microsoft word) is due. No late papers will be accepted, when I leave for home I will have all the papers that will be graded with me. |
| Total points | 110 |
Cover Page: Must include: Title, student name, picture
related to your topic, and date. (5 Points)
Body of Paper: 10 to 20 pages in length including diagrams, graphs, tables and charts that demonstrates high level of original thinking and evaluation of information about your topic (cutting and pasting is not acceptable, make sure you read page 3 in your student planner about ACADEMIC INTEGRITY) (50 points)
Writing Mechanics : Must include good spelling, capitalization, punctuation, 12 point fount, clear and readable font choice, double line spacing. (5 points)
Documentation: All sources must be properly cite including footnotes and a bibliography. (15 points)
Citing Electronic Sources in Research Papers and Bibliographies
When citing a web site: Download