Assessment:
The grade of the project is divided into several regions. Each region requires the student to complete a set of tasks concerning the project. Some of the regions cover more than others and are weighted more than others. Below is a chart that shows the scheduled week in which the section will be worked on their weight in percent.
Basic Folds……………………………………………….. 1st week 5 %
Water Bomb: Symmetry…………………………………. 1st week 5 %
Birds: Area of squares, rectangles and triangles…………. 1st week 5 %
Crane: Parallelograms, trapezoids and kites……………… 1st week 5 %
Circles: area……………………………………………… 2nd week 5 %
Cube & Water bomb: Find dimensions without measuring 2nd week 5 %
Surface area: maximizing and minimizing……………….. 2nd week
Test: Area of simple shapes………………………………. 2nd week 10 %
Modular cube: volume……………………………………. 3rd week 5 %
Prisms, pyramids, cylinders & cones: volume……………. 3rd week 5 %
Truncated pyramids: volume …………………………….. 3rd week 5 %
Spheres: volume…………………………………………... 3rd week 5 %
Water bomb: experimental design………………………... 4th week 5 %
Concept map: individual effort and group effort…………. 4th week 10 %
Presentation of concept map……………………………… 4th week 5 %