Senses+Project


 * “Those who can, teach...” **


 * In your groups, you are going to design a lesson that will help your classmates learn the senses of the body. The members of each group will be randomly assigned and they will teach the inner workings of your assigned sense to the rest of the class (and in turn giving yourself a deeper understanding of that sense). **


 * Goals of this project... **


 * ** To help your classmates (and yourself) learn how each of our body’s five senses work.  **
 * ** To design a presentation that will deliver information to the class that includes visual, auditory, and kinesthetic parts to help students of all learning styles.  **


 * Project Requirements **


 * ** Visual Presentation, in the form of Prezi or Google Presentation that is 7-8 slides long (does not include an Introductory Slide)  **
 * ** An activity to help your classmates better understand your topic.  **
 * ** A one page outline to be handed out to your classmates.  **
 * ** 5 “fill in the blank” style questions that your classmates should be able to answer after participating in your presentation  **


 * Presentation Requirements **


 * ** at least 15 minutes long  **
 * ** everyone in your group must verbally participate  **
 * ** 7-8 slides of information  **
 * ** Presentation must include visuals to help represent the information you are discussing  **
 * ** focus on sensation (how your body receives stimuli and converts it into neural signals) and not perception (how your body makes sense of those stimuli)  **


 * Grading **


 * _____ / 20 __Basic Content__ - Students should have a good **
 * understanding and knowledge of the required terms/concepts of each sense. **
 * _____ / 15 __Presentation__ - Your presentation should be clear, **
 * thorough, and interesting. Your presentation contains the required elements, but **
 * students should feel free to include additional information if they believe it will **
 * help increasing class understanding. **
 * _____ / 5 __Visual Aids__ - Your presentation includes visuals that will **
 * in understanding. **
 * _____ / 5 __Handout__ - Your handout is clear and provides a good **
 * summary of your presentation. **
 * _____ / 5 __Activity__ - Your class activity/demonstration is relevant, **
 * interesting, and engaging. **
 * _____ / 10 __Individual Role in Project__ - Each group will complete group **
 * evaluations on each member's’ role and contribution to the **
 * group. Your individual group ‘average’ will be added to the **
 * group’s total project score to make up the grade that YOU **
 * receive. **


 * _____ / 60 - TOTAL POINTS AVAILABLE **


 * Project Timeline **
 * Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * 22

Biological Perspective Test || 23

Begin Project || 24

I’ll be absent today; you will continue working on your projects. || 25

Projects in Class || 26

Projects in Class HANDOUTS DUE ||
 * 29

Presentations Due by the End of the period || 30

Presentations || 31

Finish Presentations || 1

Senses Quiz || 2

Senses vs   Perception  ||

This is a popular project to do in AP Psych..Check out the website a teacher from Newton South High School created to help his students. There are some different website resources listed to check out, too. [|WEBSITE HERE]