Physics 113 - Fall 2001 - Poster/presentation ProjectPhysics touches many, many parts of your lives. I want you to think about that in a mode that isn't accompanied with the stress of analytical test-taking. And I want you to have some fun doing it. The poster/presentation project:The class will divide into groups. The default grouping is by assigned workshop section. The minimum group size is 6 and the maximum is 15. Workshop sections with many students can divide into two groups. Different groupings are allowed, provided the size constraints are satisfied. Each group will agree on a topic. The topic should have something to do with the physics we are studying this semester. Ideally, the topic is something of interest to the group, but not necessarily something mentioned in the lecture, text, problems, etc. Each group will prepare a single presentation on their chosen topic. The presentation may be a poster or video, a short skit, a demonstration, etc. It can be interactive or not, funny or not. But,it should be informative and relevant. It should not be more than 7 minutes long if it is a demo, video, or skit. My expectation and preference is that most groups will choose to do posters. If your group has the vision/preference to do a class presentation/skit, that would be great too. Yourgrade will not depend in any way on your mode of presentation.Each group will make their presentation to the class as a whole. Exactly how we organize the presentations depends on the number of groups (could range from 14 to 28) and what each group desires to do. We will use parts of two lecture periods (Dec. 6 and 11) for the in-class presentations and will do the poster session on Saturday, December 8 and a place/time to be specified at another time.The class will do the grading. Each student will evaluate each of the projects. Within each project group, members of the group will provide me with a measure of the relative contribution of each member. Assuming these evaluations are reasonable and consistent, I will translate them into a grade. In cases where the evaluations are not reasonable or consistent, the workshop leaders and I will step in and do the evaluation.Example topics: The physics of roller coasters, bouyancy in submarines or fish, the origin of tides, gravity and the birth of stars, the physics of baseball … golf … swimming …. NASCAR racing, the physics of walking, fluid mechanics in the body, the flight of helicopters, human hearing, the physics of pianos … violins … organs … rockets … earthquakes, uses of gyroscopes.EXAMPLE PROJECT EVALUATION SHEETYour name _____________________________ Your signature _________________________________P113 Fall 2000 - project evaluation Below you will find a list of each of the P113 projects this semester. Please evaluate each project accordingto the given scheme as best you can. If you are unable to evaluate one or more of the projects, for whateverreason, leave the evaluation spaces blank. Evaluate primarily for relevance, accuracy and execution. Interest (to you) and entertainment are secondary in the evaluation.5 - exceptional, over and above the call of duty (these people probably need to get a life), great execution, relevant, at least somewhat interesting4 - above average, well prepared and executed, somewhat interesting3 - average, more or less what was requested, acceptable execution, somewhat interesting2 - below average, a little weak, preparation or execution a bit shoddy or not very relevant1 - "What project?" - Or - "This is really very poor.", no show or not relevant at all or very poor executionGroup 1: Figure skating ____________________Group 2: golf (1 of 2) ____________________Group 3: ballistics ____________________Group 4: music ____________________Group 5: kama sutra/sex ____________________Group 6: ____________________Group 7: star formation ____________________Group 8: swimsuits/drag ____________________Group 9: frisbees ____________________Group 10: juggling ____________________Group 11: billiards ____________________Group 12: relativity ____________________Group 13: Titanic ____________________Group 14: naval aviation ____________________Group 15: yo-yo ____________________Group 16: submarines ____________________Group 17: tennis ____________________Group 18: golf (2 of 2) ____________________Group 19: football ____________________Group 20: jump in train ____________________Group 21: earth's precession ____________________Group 22: potato cannon ____________________EXAMPLE GROUP EVALUATION SHEETYour name _____________________________ Your signature _________________________________Your project group number ________________ Your project topic ______________________________P113 Fall 2000 - project, evaluation of individual contributionsPlease list of all members of your project group (neatly) below. Beside each name, please put the number that best describes that individual's contribution to the project in your opinion. Don't forget to evaluate yourself! 6, excellent, really drove the concept and/or design and/or execution of the project, carried more than his/her fair share of the load 5, very good, consistently did what he/she agreed to do, well prepared and cooperative 4, satisfactory contribution, usually did what he/she was supposed to do, acceptably prepared and cooperative 3, ordinary contribution, below average contribution 2, marginal contribution, sometimes/often failed to show up or complete assigned tasks, rarely prepared 1, No contribution to your knowledge, "This person is in my