The Science Room 047 - Genetics Poem Project Planning Guide   Evaluation Rubric
Background
  • Establish a "real world" role for the student during the project.
    (examples: scientist, engineer, consumer, museum director, politician, teacher, etc.)
  • Establish a valid task for the person above. (this is the project)
  • Define what skills are needed to complete the task. (examples: information evaluation, webpage design, video editing, drawing to scale, public speaking, etc.)
You are a writer for a large publishing company. Your boss has come to you with a project.

A genetics company has developed an advertising plan to introduce a new product, but their research has found that many people do not understand genetics well enough to recognize the benefit of this new product. They want a poem that will describe some concept of genetics in a fun and educational way.

Your poem will be used on the package of the new product. Write the poem and print it on a piece of paper giving your boss some idea of how the poem would look on the package.

This project will give you an opportunity to show how much you know about genetics, creative writting, and page design.

Audience
  • Define who will view the final product.
    (examples: community members, business persons, organization, students, etc.)
You will read your poem to the class and it will be posted on the Internet Biology Page
Purpose:
  • Define the impact the final product will have on the audience.
    (examples: inform, persuade, inspire, teach, etc.)
Your poem should teach some genetic concept in a fun way that will help the audience remember the concept.
Project
  • Define the format of the final product. Exactly what will the final product "look like".
    (examples: video, scale model, bulletin board, skit, webpage, oral presentation, etc.)
  • Identify the curriculum content included in the project.
Your final product will be a poem that fits on one typed page. You should use fonts, borders, and or graphics that will make the poem eye-catching as well as informative. You will read your poem for the class and pass around the typed paper for everyone to see.

The biology curriculum includes an area of genetics that you choose. You will be asked to state the genetics concept your poem represents and to identify the type of poem that you have written; such as rhyme, limerick, haiku, etc.

Procedure
  • Establish the steps needed to complete the project.
      - The teacher provides the minimum structure necessary for beginning students.
      - Experienced students produce most of their own planning details.
  • Establish what materials will be needed and where these materials will be obtained.
  • Establish a timeline listing completion dates for all steps leading up to the final product.
This is an individual project with most of the work done outside of class. You will be given no more than half a class period to polish and print your poem. All of your other work on the project must be done outside of class.