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Local elementary school students have been writing letters to our local
news station WHSV that say they are very confused about why they
should have study electricity and they dont see it mattering to their
individual lives. Luckily, our 6 o clock news anchor, Carolyn Cerda has
chosen our class to help these students explain why understanding
foundations of electricity is so important!
With your extensive knowledge of electricity and how electrical energy
can be transformed you are considered an expert! You and the rest of
your expert specialist team will present a newscast explaining the
importance of electricity and how it can be transformed into two
different forms of energy.
For this assignment, you will be divided into 2 Teams which will be
either Thermal or Light Energy. Each team will be divided into two
groups, having a total of four groups. You and your group will film a
short news-report teaching the elementary school students about your
specific type of energy and most importantly, its significance in our
daily lives!
Your newscast must to include:
Each team will have 2 class periods to research and brainstorm your
commercial and 1 class period to film your news-report. It is important
to take time to research because these elementary school students
need to be convinced. However, it is not just the students that need to
be convinced, we will also present these to Carolyn Cerda who is
coming to our class for a rehearsal before you report live. Once you
have presented to Carolyn, you will add your findings to our class chart
By signing below you acknowledge you did your very best work on this
assignment and it is ready to turn into me (Miss Green) for grading:
Evaluation Rubric:
Facet of Understanding: Application
Value
Dimension
5
points
Research/Brainstorm
10
points
Script of Newscast
Component
You designed an appropriate and authentic brainstorming
tool for your research on your specific type of energy. Your
tool includes ideas and notes that were effective when
completing your script to be used for your newscast. The
research is accurate and credible.
Your script was neat and organized in such a manner that
each student could pick up and read their part in the
newscast. The script was focused on concisely defining
10
points
Presentation/Newscast
5
points
Professionalism/Reflect
ion
Total:
30
points
Your Score:
Miss Green
Green2kl@dukes.jmu.edu