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:_________________________________ Project Due: End of Day Thursday

January 26th.

Group Members: _____________________________

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Assigned Question:

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Part 1: Project Planning

Brainstorm: What could we do to answer the question?

When creating your own lab procedure there are a few things to consider.

1) What is the Independent variable (The aspect of the experiment you will change)?
Remember you can only change one thing at a time.

2) What needs to be kept the same or constant between the different trials (cups)?

3) What data will we collect during our experiment? Think both

Quantitative(measurable/ Numbers) (This is the Dependent Variable) and Qualitative
(observations)
Part 2: Creating a Procedure
Use the information from the front page to create a detailed procedure for your
experiment. The procedure should be clear so that anyone in the school could
complete the procedure simply by reading. You may include pictures of the set up.

Procedure

List of Materials.

Picture of Set up, label accordingly

Part 3: Data Tables
Now that you have made your procedure, create a data table or tables to record the
quantitative and qualitative data you will collect during the experiment. It is
important to set this up ahead of time so you can keep your data neat and organized.

Part 4: Processing and Displaying Data

Use the grid on the following page to graph your results. Be sure to include an
appropriate title as well as a key showing what each line represents. Your graph
should also have appropriate labels, intervals, etc
Graph Planning
Title:____________________________________________________________________________________
X axis: _____________________________ Range: ______________ Interval_________
Y axis: _____________________________ Range: ______________ Interval_________
Will it need a key?
Part 5: Analysis Questions

1. Describe the trends in your data. This should explain the trend in each cup and
included data to support each one.

2. Go back and read the question that you were testing. Provide an answer to the
question using data to support your final answer.

3. On Friday, we did a reading about conductors and insulators. What is a

conductor? What is an insulator?
4. Based on these definitions what can you determine about the two different
materials that you tested? Was one a better insulator than the other? Which
one? Why? Did it do a better job keeping the heat out or in?

5. Thinking back to our environmental unit, do some research to determine the

environmental impact each cup has on the environment. Is one a better choice for the
environment then the other? Why or Why not? List your sources below.
Sources:
Part 6: Writing Prompt:
Select one of the writing prompts below to write a 2-3 paragraph response. Be sure to
have opening and closing sentences and to use data from your experiment in your
writing. Be sure to vocabulary related to our thermal energy unit.

Role Audience Format Topic

Dunkin Donuts Dunkin Donuts Letter Inform them of your study and
Customer Corporation suggesting changes they should
make to their cups. You may
reference data from other groups
as well. Use data to support your
suggestions.

Environmental Dunkin Donuts Letter Inform Dunkin Donuts of the

Student Corporation impact their cups have on our
environment and what changes
they should make to their cups.
Use data and research to support
your suggestions. Feel free to
write with passion/emotion!

Dunkin Donuts Consumers or Dialogue Write from the perspective of two

Coffee Cups (2 Corporation comparing different coffee cups and compare
different your life your life experiences. Be sure to
types) stories use data and vocabulary to
support your writing. Be sure to
bring personality to each of your
coffee cups.
 Writing Prompt Rubric for Dunkin Donuts Project
Rubric Points
Full Credit, 5 4 3 2 1
Categories Earned

Opening
Opening
Engaging sentence that
Opening Opening sentence that
opening that doesnt No opening
Sentence sentence that somewhat
summarizes the address the sentence
(10 possible explains the explains the
purpose. correct
points) purpose purpose
purpose

Mostly and
Mostly
Fully and clearly clearly
answered the
addressed the answered the
writing
writing prompt. writing Incompletely Incomplete
Ideas and prompts.
Written prompts. answered the and
Evidence Written
suggestions are Written writing unclear
(50 possible suggestions
given with suggestions prompts. answer.
points) were not
evidence and were partially
supported by
data to support. supported
data.
with data.

Partially
Partially
Written from written from
Written from the written from Not written
the selected the selected
selected role and the selected from the
Voice role and to the role and to
to the correct role and to the selected
(10 possible correct the correct
audience. correct role and to
points) audience. audience.
Written with audience. the correct
Some passion Written
passion. Some Passion audience.
in writing. without
in writing
passion.

Closing
Summarizes the sentence
Somewhat
Closing letter/ writing Mostly didnt
summarizes No closing
Sentence prompt in an summarizes summarize
the writing sentence
(10 possible engaging the writing the writing
piece
points) manner. prompt. piece or what
was learned.

Missing
Most vocab Some vocab Few vocab
Vocabulary All vocab words vocabulary
words used words used words used
(10 possible used correctly or not used
correctly correctly correctly
points) correctly

Very Few
No Errors: Many Errors:
Errors: Multiple Errors:
spelling, spelling,
spelling, spelling, Rough
Conventions grammar, grammar,
grammar, grammar, Draft
(10 possible punctuation, punctuation,
punctuation, punctuation, Quality
points) caps & caps &
caps & caps and
paragraph paragraph
paragraph paragraph

Total:
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Dunkin Donuts Project Rubric

Each team member will be graded individually based on the completion of their packet,
participation, and writing prompt.
The final project with all parts detailed below is
due by the end of the day on Thursday January 26th.

Check List Project Part Possible Points Earned Points

Part 1: Project Planning 10 points

Part 2: Creating a Procedure 10 points

Part 3: Data Tables 10 points

Part 4: Processing and 20 points

Displaying Data

Part 5: Analysis Questions 15 points

Part 6: Writing Prompt: 20 points

See Detailed Rubric.

Participation Throughout 15 points

Project From Teacher, Peer,
and Self Evaluation

Project/ Test Grade 100 points