[Phys-L] Re: Physics project rubric?

[SSHS KPHOX <kphox@CHERRYCREEKSCHOOLS.ORG>]

Forum for Physics Educators <PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu> on Thursday,
September 29, 2005 at 10:58 AM -0700 wrote:
> One project is a "building" project where they choose to build something
> that is challenging and may have to take several attempts to get it right
> (for example:  "caterpillar" engine boat, RC wall crawler, land yacht,
> etc.).  In the meantime, I have them keep daily journals of their progress
> and plans of what to do next.
>
> The second type of project is a "How does it work project", where students
> pick a complex mechanical device and figure out how it works (for example:
> wind-up clock, combination lock, etc.).  The students then make a
> presentation of their device and how it works.

I do not want to discourage any activity that causes people to think.
However, I do find it interesting, in my own career and in what I observe
others do,  that when we do thnk of a project it is Engineering we lean to
rather than simply Physics. Do we set these up to emphasize Physics?

Just pondering,

Ken Fox
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