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(Pictures from: http://www.aaaclipart.com/children/)
Here
is a great opportunity for you to become an inventor and place your invention
on the web for everyone to see!
Just follow the directions listed below to help guide you through the process.
1. You and your partner or group will choose an object from the objects your teacher has provided.
2. Now, use your imaginations to come up with a new use for your object. Use Your Imagination!
3. Next, you will use a digital camera to take a picture of your new invention in use. You may want to include your self in the photos. (You may use Adobe Photoshop to edit your pictures)
4. Then you will write a newspaper article. You can use the article to advertise your new invention, announce the invention, or just whatever you want. Just be creative.
5. Using Netscape Composer, you will create your web page. Don't forget to include your pictures and your article.
6. Now you will need to make sure that you have given credit where credit is needed.
7. Be sure to include your e-mail address on your web page so that your teacher and your friends can give you feedback!
The following rubric
is an example of how you will be graded:
| Example: | Total Points Available: 100 |
| 1. Newspaper Article:
Was the article edited, creative, and correctly written? |
20 points |
| 2. Pictures:
Did all group members save the pictures on their own disk? Did all group members follow directions on how to edit pictures? |
20 points |
| 3. Web Page:
Did the web page have both their article and pictures? Did they follow directions when composing their page? Did they cite everything that they needed to? |
20 points |
| 4. Participation:
Did all group members participate in developing their new invention? |
20 points |
| 5. Over All Evaluation:
Is the web page neat, and pleasing to look at? Are there any misspelled words? Are the pictures placed properly on the page - Not over lapping other pictures or text? |
20 points |
| Master Page | Teacher Page | Student Page | Example Page |