Term 2 - Light, Colour & Sound Unit~ Science
Miss Berndl's Fabulous Fours

Science   Light, Colour & Sound

Purpose of the Experiment

The main point of this assignment is to get you involved with "mucking about".

Experiment Demonstration - about 1 aspect of Light, Colour or Sound

Length of presentation - about 3 minutes - length of a long Talk About Session
You need to time one of your practices
Items for the presentation:
Equipment & supplies needed to do the demonstration
optional - picture in a book - tagged & ready to show
Cue Card - you may use 1 cue card - see detail below

Information - Show us something - how it works & tell us why
Tell us

What you are showing us
What we should be seeing
Why it is happening, why it works
The scientific principle behind the demonstration
Difficulties you had while learning how to demonstrate & what you did to fix things

Presentation style - very similar to a Talk About.

Notes - You are expected to make point form notes in your Science notebook.

Cue Card - You need to write your presentation outline out on your cue card. An outline tells you the topics you are going to talk about & the order. You will have room to put some point form notes on the cue card. You may only use 1 cue card. You may use the front & back of the card. You may not write the information out in sentences nor may you read from your cue card. You are expected to know your topic and may use your cue card to remind you about what you will talk about next.

Vocabulary - You need to use specific words that relate to light, colour or sound. You need to refer to the scientific principles specifically.

Pictures - If you want, you can show the class what the experiment should look like - how it is explained in a book. Tag the pictures with "stickies" beforehand to make finding them easier during your presentation.

Evaluation - the following form will be used during your evaluation

Light & Sound Energy – Science & Technology Investigation and Presentation

EXPERIMENT DEMO  Evaluation for: ____________________________

Topic:  ___________________________________________  Mark:

  1. Ready on time         Yes     No
  2. Content         Level  1          2          3          4
    Description of what was being demonstrated
    Scientific principle explained
    Scientific / technical vocabulary used
  3. Equipment & Supplies for Demo  Level  1          2          3          4
    Complexity of set up
  4. Demonstration      Level  1          2          3          4
    Handled equipment competently & safely
    Experiment / demonstration worked
  5. Scientific Investigation             Level  1          2          3          4
    Playing around, Curiosity
    Experimented, tried variations
    Problem solving
  6. Presentation Style             Level  1          2          3          4
    Cue card
    Spoke to the audience
    Easy to hear
    Easy to see what was being demonstrated
    Appeared confident

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