8th+grade+page



 End of the Year Cumulative Project [|8th grade Prezi]

This project is a cumulative project, meaning you take what you have learned throughout the year and put it all together! In a group you will be working on designing a new elementary playground for South Central. Your playground must include specifcs such as a sandox, chute, slide, playhouse, steps to playhouse, jungle gym and more! You may also add extras that you feel are necessary. You will then be finding the surface area and volume of certain objects, using the Pythagorean Theorem, slope, perimeter and more.

Your final product will either be completed by hand or using the computer. With the final product you will also be finding the cost of this new playground. Using Internet resources and books from the office, you will figure out the total cost using proportions and equations. Lastly, you will make an advertisment to promote your playground, why is it better than others in the class? This project will be completed entirely in class so you should not have any homework for the next few weeks, YAY!

Excel Spreadsheet for building supplies

Rubric used for grading

Parents please see next two links for more information on this project...

[|SlideRocket] online presentation

PowerPoint Presentation

Ready for Christmas Break...

Let's make a math picture book!

__8th Grade PowerPoint Projects__
 * 1) How many slides?
 * 2) Do I show the answers when I show the question?
 * 3) Do I really have to use the SMARTboard to do our presentation?
 * 4) Believe it or not the SMARTboard is not scary, your writing will not be terrible and if Mrs. Schafer can figure it out...so can you :)
 * 5) How am I supposed to remember everything we learned last year?
 * 6) Guess what...your notes are still in the filing cabinet from last year, good thing Mrs. Schafer saved them!
 * 7) How do I figure out the questions for my assessment?
 * 8) Do I have to grade the assessments?
 * 9) No, Mrs. Schafer will do all the grading but she does want the answer key from you!
 * 10) What all did I need to have in this PowerPoint?

I know these are all the questions you have about this project but hey at least you are using technology and I haven't limited the project too much. Therefore, you have so many possibilities as to what you can add and how you can make your presentation stick out from all the rest! If you have other questions or even want answers to these, post in the discussion forum. Don't know where to start? Begin by viewing some of the presentations that I have uploaded here. They are from last years 8th graders...see what you think! Title Slide Some font too small Plenty of examples (with answers) Slides are easy to read Bright colors, attract attention ||=  || Font too small, color choice?? Examples but no conversion chart ||=  ||
 * = PowerPoint Presentation ||= What should you look at? ||= <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Good or bad...you tell me ||
 * = [[file:pres1.ppt]] ||= All slides have same format
 * I added music later, not for class* ||=  ||
 * = [[file:pres2.ppt]] ||= Every slide has different format
 * = [[file:pres3.ppt]] ||= Last slide has link to play game
 * = [[file:pres4.ppt]] ||= All slides have same transition Title slide different from the rest Very neat and organized Easy to read, easy to follow ||=  ||

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Use your resources wisely, if you need help just ask... <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Mrs. Oney <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Mrs. Grose <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Mrs. Seidel <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Mrs. Kluge <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Mr. Beddingfield

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">All of these teachers can help with either the math or technology aspects.

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">__*MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER*__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Other students in the 8th grade, even those taking Algebra, are doing the exact same projects are you. That means other students in the 8th grade are covering the same topic as you. Therefore, you should use your resources wisely. Post to the discussion often and share your ideas as well as ask for more. You truly have nothing to lose and everything to gain because we all know that two minds are better than one...so two groups are better than one.