Name_________________________________ Chemistry

Date______________________ Unit: The Chemistry of Biofuels

Biofuels Assignment List

Weekly Reflections, due 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Friday As usual, you will be expected to reflect on your learning throughout this unit every Friday. You will be given prompts to which you will respond. 5 Points 10 Points 15 Points All questions may or may Thoughtful and/or detailed Thoughtful and detailed not be answered and responses to all questions responses to all questions responses may or may not be thoughtful and detailed Concept Map, due 3rd Friday Using the vocabulary terms, as well as terms you come across during your research, create a concept map. You have choice in how you produce your concept map, but you MUST label your connections to receive full credit. 10 Points 20 Points 30 Points Only words from the Unit Both words from the Unit Both words from the Unit Guide are used and/or not Guide and research are used Guide and research are used all connections are labeled and/or not all connections and all connections are are labeled labeled Research Plan, 1st Friday On Thursday, we will whiteboard our research plans (investigations) and present them during a gallery walk. This means your group will create a plan on one of our whiteboards, leave it at your station, and let your classmates give you targeted feedback. You will be expected to incorporate some of this feedback into your final plan. This plan can be in any form that the group decides is appropriate but must contain the following artifacts: 1) names of group members and their defined roles, 2) task list to be transferred to your Group Management Log, 3) projected Time line, 4) specific biofuel to be researched with rationale (why you chose it). 5 Points 10 Points 15 Points All 4 pieces may or may not All 4 pieces are present and All 4 pieces are present and be present and/or artifacts are thoughtful, it artifacts are thoughtful, it is thoughtful, it is not evident may or may not be evident evident that class feedback that class feedback has been that class feedback has been has been incorporated into incorporated into group incorporated into group group plan plan plan

Name_________________________________ Chemistry

Date______________________ Unit: The Chemistry of Biofuels

Heat Assignment, 2nd Friday We will discuss how to calculate heat on the 2nd Monday. It is your responsibility to complete this assignment in a timely fashion. This is an individual assignment. You will be quizzed over this material on the 3rd Friday. Biofuel Presentation, 3rd Wednesday and Thursday Your group will decide on an appropriate presentation (powerpoint, tri-fold, wiki, etc). All of the required pieces of your group presentation and artifacts are to be of high quality and thoughtful. Your presentation will need to include: 1. Group members names and defined roles 2. Investigation and rationale 3. Research results (gathered and consolidated information) 4. Experimental results 5. Recommendation/ Persuasive argument 6. Resources In addition, you will need to turn in the following artifact: Completed Group Management Log Presentation Feedback Group Time Line Research Plan All research Documentation that your group has invited your identified community stakeholder to your presentation Resources (works cited) Self-reflections 25 Points Presentation is missing 1 or 2 of the 6 required pieces; 1 or 2 artifacts are missing; self- reflection is not turned in 35-40 Points All 6 required pieces are in the presentation; All artifacts are turned in; Self-reflection is turned in 50 Points All 6 required pieces are in the presentation; All artifacts are turned in; Self-reflection is turned in