The American Academy of Neurology sponsors a neuroscience research competition. Prizes include money and an all-expense paid trip to the AAN annual meeting to present the research. More information can be found on their website here.
Deadline for application: 11/3/08
Read chapter 18 and answer the following questions:
Your group will design its own infomercial for a product of your choice. The product may already exist or you may invent your own. The infomercial and product must be rated for television, so keep it clean! This assignment is an opportunity for you to practice your terminology so you will remember it better. Therefore the infomercial must contain at least 25 terminology words. These words may already exist or you may combine your own prefixes, word roots and suffixes to make up your own words. You can also use body regions, body planes, body structures etc… Additionally, you should follow these rules:
Presentation is 8-12 minutes. You will be penalized if you go under 8 minutes or over 12 minutes (even by 1 second!) - television time is precious and adhered to strictly – the tv station would cut you off.
Your group must type the final script and hand it in before your presentation. Each terminology term should be in bold and underlined.
You must memorize your parts – you may not have your script in front of you.
A group member may hold up cue cards ‘off camera’ but they must also participate on camera
Everyone must participate!
You should accentuate each term when you use it in your skit.
Optional – you may videotape it ahead of time **
You should be excited about your product – I should wonder how I ever lived without it!
** = I have higher expectations for pre-taped versions!
Due: Monday, 9/29/08
You must sign up at itsyourturn.com using the directions given in class. You must challenge me in a game before Sunday, 9/21/08. You must choose one of the specific games in the instructions given in class.
As a group you will…
1. Research a historical crime - no two groups in a class can choose the same crime. You will find a helpful link to true crime stories on my forensics page.
2. Type a one page paper that summarizes the crime/criminal and discusses the forensic evidence that led to their capture. If they were never captured discuss what evidence was missing or what technologies we were lacking that would have caught them today.
3. You will give a class presentation that will be 5-10 minutes (no shorter, no longer) You may use a posterboard, powerpoint presentation, skit, or whatever other method you wish to give the presentation.
You will receive a grade for both the paper and the presentation.
Due date: Tuesday 9/23/08
Devise a winning strategy for the 3-board version of tic-tac-toe played in class. You may dictate who moves first if your strategy relies on you moving first or second.
Read chapter 17 and answer the following questions…
pg. 457 Check & Challenge # 2, 4
pg. 458 Ch. Review: RI # 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12; UC # 2, 3, 5; Syn. # 3; Ext. # 5
Read the book prologue and answer the following questions:
You should answer these in a Google document titled “Book Questions” We will keep adding to this document as we go through the chapters. You should also share the document with me as a collaborator using my school email address.
Download and install the Mnemosyne program and start entering cards using the sheet of prefixes. You can find a link to the program on my ‘Helpful Resources‘ page.
You should also read, “Cramming Doesn’t Work,” also found on that page.
Read the two articles on my homepage: The World Needs Thinkers and A Different Approach. Write down the main ideas of these writings and be prepared to discuss them in class.