PRODUCTS
by
Virginia Malone and Stephen McCollum
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A
abstracts
accident reports
acrostics
adventure stories
advertisements (for newspapers, magazines, yellow pages)
advice columns (to a historical figure, a river, an electron)
allegories
analogies
anecdotes
announcements
anthems
apologies
applications
assessments
atlases
autobiography (of an earthquake, volcano, landslide, etc.)
awards
B
ballads
beauty tips
bedtime stores
big book
billboards
biographies
board games
books
book jackets
book reviews
brochures
bulletins
bulletin boards
bumper stickers
C
calendar quips
campaign speeches
campus rules
captions
card games
cartoons
case files
case studies
castings for a movie
catalogs
cereal boxes
certificates
CD covers
charts
children’s books
cinquain
circle books
coat of arms
codes
coins
collages
collections
comic strips
commercials
company newsletter
- what employees want to hear. The company's short and long term plans, personnel policies and practices, improvements that have been made, opportunities for job advancement, effects of external events on jobs, comparison of company to competition, departmental news, organizations community involvement, personnel changes, financial results, employee stories
comparisons
complaints
computer program
conundrums
concept maps
constellation stories
constitutions
contracts
conversations
criminal case files
critiques
crossword puzzles
curriculums
D
daffynitions
debates
defense (of a storm, a drought, etc.)
defense of a decision
defined problems
descriptions
designs of solutions to problems
diagrams
dialogues
diaries
diets
dioramas
displays
directions
directories
double talk
drawings
E
editorials
elements - name and describe elements after
historical figures - Limbaughium Lb
The heaviest known element. It possesses an ever-expanding mass. Very white. Acidic. Emits heat but no light. Instantly polarizes all elements that come in contact with it. Repels protons and electrons; attracts only morons.
e-mail message
encyclopedia entries
endings
epilogues
epitaphs
essays
evaluations
exaggerations
excuses
experiments
explanations
F
fables
fairy tales
family trees
fan decks created with a brad
fantasies
fashion articles
feature articles
flags
flash cards
field notes
flip charts (of plate movements, mountain building, mitosis, growth)
folklore
flow charts
fortunes
G
games
graffiti
graphic organizers
graphs
good news/bad news
greeting cards
grocery lists
H
headlines
haiku
horoscopes
how-to-do-it
human interest stories
I
indexes
inquiries
interviews
introductions (to people, places, landforms, etc.)
invitations
inventions (new organisms, new continents, new worlds, new products)
J
job applications
jokes
journals
jump rope jingles
K
key points
kites
knock-knock jokes
kudos
L
labels
laboratory activities
landscapes
laws
legends
lesson plan
letters
lies
lists of steps in processes
love notes
lyrics
M
madlibs
magazines
manners for ....
maps
marquee notices
material safety data sheet
math problems
memories
metaphors
menus
mini-books
mnemonics
mobiles
monologues
models
monuments
movie reviews
movie scripts
MTV productions
murals
museum exhibits
mysteries
myths
N
narratives
news analyses
newscasts
newspapers
nicknames
notebooks
note cards
nursery rhymes
O
obituaries (for tsunamis, snowslides, canyons)
observations
odes (to a jet stream, a wave, energy)
opinions (on erosion from a mountain's, delta's, flood plain's point of view)
oral histories
organizations
outlines
P
palindromes
pamphlets
parodies
party tips
peak over book
persuasive speeches
philosophies
photo essays
pictures
picture books
plans for vacations
plans for solving problems
plays
podcasts
poems
pop-up books or cards
position papers
post cards
posters
press releases
problem solutions
prologues
proofs
propaganda sheets
protest signs
proverbs
public service announcements
puns
puppet shows
puzzles
Q
questionnaires
questions for an interview
questions for an investigation
questions, multiple choice
questions, open-ended
quips
quizzes
quotations
R
raps
reactions
real estate notices
rebuses
rebuttals
recipes for wars or issues
remedies
reports
requiems
requests
research papers
resumes
reviews
riddles
royal decree
Rube Goldberg devices
rules for ...
S
safety poster for a paramecium, rock
sale notice
sales pitches
satires
scavenger hunts
schedules
secrets
sequels
sermons
sky writing messages
slogans
soap operas
society news
solutions to problems
songs
speeches
spoofs
spooky stories
spoonerisms
sports accounts
summaries
superstitions
T
table of contents for a magazine
tall tales
tape recordings
teaching aids
telegrams
telephone messages
tessellations
test questions
tests of memory
tests of reasoning
text messages
thank you notes
theater programs
time lines
titles
Tom swifties
tongue twisters
tourist guide books
toys
tradeshow media kits
transcripts
travel folders
travel posters
tributes
tri-folds 3-d pyramids
trivia cards
TV commercials
TV guides
TV programs
U
ukase
ultimatums
updates
V
Venn diagrams
verdicts
videos
view points
vignettes
visual aids
vitae
vouchers
W
want ads
wanted posters
warnings
web page
web site
wills
wise sayings
wishes
weather reports
words
Y
yarns
yellow pages
You must be a mineral if you ...
You know you are from the skeletal system if you ...
Z
z fold papers
zeotropes
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Note of caution. For products requiring creativity with words it is best to show some examples first. Allow the students to do the same type of product more than once. The first time they are just figuring out what you expect. The second time them improve, the third time is the best. The 4th or 5th time Moan – Do we have to do this again.
For some paper projects with templates see
EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS- A poem about a concept.
- A newspaper or magazine about a unit.
- A description of the world as seen through an organism, inanimate object, energy source, or even a theme.
- A concept map of knowledge.
- Use a scientific term(s) to make a shape poem. Explain how the shape illustrates the term. For example: A circle made from the term "cell membrane" with another circle in the center made from the term "nucleus."
- Make a collection of headlines that have something to do with science. Below the headline explain the connection to something learned in science. For example: "Quarterback has Wrist Injury" The bones of the wrist are the carpals.
- Write a headline for something in ... unit. For example, Nucleus Takes Over, Cells Multiple. Or for English, Subjects and Verbs Disagree, War Follows.
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