End of the Year PreCalculus Video Project
Introduction: Students will create a video pertaining to a precalculus topic of their choosing studied during the course of the year.
Guidelines:
1. Find 2 or 3 other people to work with. (Group max is 4 – NO Exceptions). You may work alone.
2. Choose a topic for your video. Here are some ideas to get you started:
a. Create a music video for a song you write about a pre-calculus concept or formula(s).
b. Create an episode of a TV show (comedy, drama, mystery) in which the plot line revolves around a concept from this year.
c. Other – It must be approved by me before you begin
3. Prepare a script for your video. Turn in a copy of your script to me for my approval prior to starting work on your video.Due by Thursday May 26th (A day classes) or Wednesday May 25th(B day classes – If you email it to me, I will accept it on the 27th)
4. Your video must be of 3 – 5 minutes (music video)or 10 – 15 minutes (TV show).
5. Your video must be appropriate. No questionable language, gestures, etc. Clothing must be school appropriate.
6. Your video will be graded on originality, content, participation, quality, and following directions. All students in group may NOT get same grade. (See Rubric)
7. You may NOT leave other classes to work on this! You may need to work on this outside of class.
8. Your video is due by Tuesday May 31st, 2016 (A day classes) or Wednesday June 1, 2016 (B day classes). However, you may turn it in as soon as you finish. NO LATE PROJECTS.
9. This is a MAJOR GRADE! If you score below a 70 – you will need to redo by the day of your final exam.
End of the Year PreCalculus Video Rubric
Rubric Category: / 8 / 6 / 4 / 2Script / Script is well-written and accurately covers the chosen topic. / Script is well-written, but it does not accurately reflect the chosen topic. / Script is okay. / Script is poor.
Quality / Great care was taken in shooting the video. Camera is steady, sound is clear. / Video is clear for the most part, but in some scenes the camera is unsteady and the sound is distorted. / Video quality is okay. The camera is mostly unsteady and the sound is poor. / Poor video quality.
Originality / Video shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. / Video shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights. / Video uses other people’s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking. / Video uses other people’s ideas, but does not give them credit.
Requirements / All requirements are met and exceeded. / All requirements are met. / One requirement was not completely met. / More than one requirement was not completely met.
Participation / You were involved in all aspects of creating the video – choosing topic, script writing, videoing. / You were involved in most aspects of creating the video. / You were involved in a few aspects of creating the video. / You were only involved in 1 aspect of creating the video, and put in little effort.