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**PBL Projects - Science**
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 **Your name (s):** **Other Content area(s) (if applicable):** **Project title:** **Grade level:** **Project idea:** **Driving Question:** **Content:** **Student Product(s):**
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-Use historical examples to explain how new ideas are limited by the context in which they are concieved; are often initially rejected by the scientific establishment; sometimes spring from unexpected findings; and usually grow slowly through contributions from many different investigators. -Describe concepts/ideas in physical science that have important, long-lasting effects on science and society.
 * Name:** Kevin Bowman
 * Content Area:** Physics
 * Other Content Areas:** History, Language Arts
 * Project Title:** They Did What?
 * Grade Level:** 12
 * Project Idea:** Students will research and present biographical information about a famous physicist. Content will include a biography; education; major influences; discoveries; awards; how they affected their time; and how they affected our time.
 * Driving Question:** What can I learn from an old dead physicist?
 * Content:** -Summarize the historical development of scientific theories and ideas within the study of physical sciences.
 * 21st Century Skills to be taught and assessed:** Collaboration, Communication (Oral Presentation), Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
 * Student Products:** Presentation using Web 2.0 technology

**Your name (s): **Tracy Wigal **Other Content area(s) (if applicable): **Biology **Project title: **Out of this World Biomes **Grade level:** 9th / 10th **Project idea: **Design a biome for a space station that will allow the organisms to exist interdependently and provide habitat for humans sustaining them indefinitely. **Driving Question: **How can a space station biome allow the organism to exist interdependently and provide a habitat for humans that will sustain them indefinitely. **Content: **Diversity and Interdependence of Life (Biomes, Biogeochemical Cylces, Food Webs, Food Chains, Energy Levels, Energy Flow. problem Solving, Real World Application. and Critical Thinking)
 * 21st Century Skills to be taught and assessed:** Collaboration, Communication, and Critical Thinking / Problem Solving.
 * Student Product(s): **Blogs, Biome Model, Multimedia Presentation