Project and Product Ideas
Project Ideas
How did World War II effect the City of Janesville?
How does global warming effect us here in Janesville?
Product Ideas
Don’t settle for producing reports and display boards for every project! Get creative! Use the ideas below (brainstormed by students) to help you design products that ooze with originality and really show what you know.
Remember: any project can be modified to work with any topic.
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Design an advertisement
Curate and hang an art exhibit
Write a biography
Create a batik
Draw a blueprint
Design a board game
Make a book
Create a card game
Create ceramic pieces
Do a charcoal drawing
Create a detailed chart/diagram
Perform a choral reading
Write a cinquain
Create a coin collection
Make a collage
Illustrate a book
Write a letter to a politician
Compile a short story collection
Draw a series of comic strips
Write a computer program
Create a crossword puzzle book
Design and sew a costume
Choreograph a dance
Schedule and do a debate
Keep a journal
Build a diorama
Set up a display
Direct a play/musical
Perform a monologue
Design the sets for a play
Write an editorial
Create an elegy
Write an essay
Do an etching or print
Do an experiment
Write a fable/fairy tale
Record a family tree
Make a film/video
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Create a glossary/dictionary
Create a graphic design
Design a series of greeting cards
Fund and invite a guest speaker
Write a series of haikus
Write a children’s book
Give a lecture
Write a letter to the editor
Design a teacher’s lesson plan
Write a series of limericks
Create a scale drawing/model
Write/submit a magazine article
Draw a map with legend
Create a mobile
Do a movie montage
Paint a mural
Display a museum exhibit
Compose a piece of music
Broadcast the news
Write a newspaper article
Write a novella
Create an oil/acrylic painting
Design a product package
Layout a pamphlet
Perform a pantomime
Create a pattern with instructions
Create a photo essay
Take/develop photographs
Make a poster
Put on a puppet show
Perform a radio show
Do reader’s theater
Write a science fiction story
Create a scrapbook
Create a sculpture
Recite a speech
Write the history of _______
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Do a silk screening
Put on a skit
Do a slide show
Make a compilation CD
Write a sonnet
Do stitchery
Survey and collect data
Record a song/CD
Construct a terrarium
Build furniture
Write a textbook/manual
Create a timeline
Design a travel itinerary
Make a documentary
Design a video game
Create a watercolor painting
Write a report
Put on a fashion show
Sew clothing
Reupholster a chair
Do colored pencil drawings
Publish a magazine
Start a hotline
Start an organization
Design a website
Create/sell bumper stickers
Build a ________________
Host a competition
Do a demonstration
Create jewelry
Clan a park/river
Take action on an issue
Cook an international dinner
Sew a flag
Make wall paper
Learn a musical instrument
Make candy
Start a band
Construct a toy or puzzle
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What Can I Do Instead of a PowerPoint?
Activity Sheet
Advertisement
Alphabet book
Animated movie
Archive
Art gallery
Banner
Big book
Block picture story
Blueprint
Board game
Broadcast
Brochure
Budget
Bulletin board
Bumper sticker
Business plan
Button
Campaign
Cartoon
Celebration
Chart
Choral reading
Clay Sculpture
Club
Coat of arms
Code
Collage
Collection
Comedy skit
Comic Strip
Commemorative stamp
Commentary
Commercial
Competition
Computer Program
Construction
Cookbook
Costumes
Crossword puzzle
Critique
Dance
Database
Debate
Demonstration
Detailed illustrations
Diagram
Dialogue
Diary
Diorama
Display
Documentary
Dramatization
Edibles
Editorial
Essay
Etching
Evaluation checklist
Event
Exhibit
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Experiment
Fact tile
Fairly tale
Family Tree
Film
Flag
Flipbook
Game
Game show
Graph
Graphic
Greeting card
Handbook
Hidden picture
How to Book
Hypermedia
Illustrated story
Interview
Invention
Itinerary
Jingle
Joke book
Journal
Large scale drawing
Laser show
Learning center
Lecture
Lesson
Literary analysis
Machine
Magic show
Manual
Map with legend
Mask
Matrix
Mazes
Menu
Metaphor
Mobile model
Mock trial
Model
Monologue
Montage
Monument
Mosaic
Multimedia
Mural
Museum exhibit
Musical
Narrative
Needlework
Newsletter
Newspaper
Nonfiction story
Oral defense
Oral report
Organization
Packet
Painting
Pamphlet
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Panel discussion
Pantomime
Paper Mache
Pattern
Performance
Petition
Photo album
Photo essay
Picture dictionary
Picture story for children
Pictures
Plaster of Paris model
Play
Poem
Political cartoon
Pop-up book
Portfolio
Position paper
Postage Stamp
Prediction
Press conference
Prototype
Puppet show
Puzzle
Radio Program
Rap
Rebus story
Recipe
Reenactment
Riddle
Role play
Scavenger Hunt
Science fiction story
Scrapbook
Sculpture
Seminar
Service Project
Simulation
Skit
Slogan
Soliloquy
Song
Sound
Speech
Spreadsheet
Story telling-Tall tales
Survey
Television show
Test
Textbook
Three-D model
Time capsule
Timeline
Transparencies
Travel brochure
Travelogue
Venn diagram
Video game
Web page
Write a new law
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Adapted: Karnes, Stephens. The Ultimate Guide for Student Product Development. 2000.
PowerPoint Pointers
1. 7 x 7 Rule
• No more than seven words per line
• No more than seven lines per slide
• Do not use complete sentences or paragraphs
2. Don’t go FONT crazy (no more than two per show)
• One for the title page
• One for text pages
3. Don’t use text smaller tan 18 point
4. Speak (do not read) to the audience, not the screen on the computer
5. Keep the “bells and whistles” to a minimum
6. Maintain uniformity
• Always go to the SLIDE MASTER & make changes there so that the entire presentation will remain UNIFORM
7. Use transitions between slides, where appropriate, but always use the SAME transition for consistency
8. Use contrasting colors
• Light colors on a dark background or vice versa
Criteria:
• Content: Covers topic in depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.
• Organization: Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.
• Attractiveness: Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, and backgrounds to enhance the presentation.
• Writing Mechanics: No errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Sources: Source information collected for all graphics, facts, and quotes. All documented in correct format. Complete Works Cited slide appears at the conclusion.
• Oral Presentation: Interesting, well rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. Uses slides ONLY as a reference. Speaks; does not read.
(Catlin 2005)
Works Cited
Catlin, Heidi K. “PowerPoint Presentation Rubric.” School District of Rhinelander 20 Jan. 2005: 1-2.
Project and Product Ideas
Project Ideas
How did World War II effect the City of Janesville?
How does global warming effect us here in Janesville?
Product Ideas
Don’t settle for producing reports and display boards for every project! Get creative! Use the ideas below (brainstormed by students) to help you design products that ooze with originality and really show what you know.
Remember: any project can be modified to work with any topic.
|
Design an advertisement
Curate and hang an art exhibit
Write a biography
Create a batik
Draw a blueprint
Design a board game
Make a book
Create a card game
Create ceramic pieces
Do a charcoal drawing
Create a detailed chart/diagram
Perform a choral reading
Write a cinquain
Create a coin collection
Make a collage
Illustrate a book
Write a letter to a politician
Compile a short story collection
Draw a series of comic strips
Write a computer program
Create a crossword puzzle book
Design and sew a costume
Choreograph a dance
Schedule and do a debate
Keep a journal
Build a diorama
Set up a display
Direct a play/musical
Perform a monologue
Design the sets for a play
Write an editorial
Create an elegy
Write an essay
Do an etching or print
Do an experiment
Write a fable/fairy tale
Record a family tree
Make a film/video
|
Create a glossary/dictionary
Create a graphic design
Design a series of greeting cards
Fund and invite a guest speaker
Write a series of haikus
Write a children’s book
Give a lecture
Write a letter to the editor
Design a teacher’s lesson plan
Write a series of limericks
Create a scale drawing/model
Write/submit a magazine article
Draw a map with legend
Create a mobile
Do a movie montage
Paint a mural
Display a museum exhibit
Compose a piece of music
Broadcast the news
Write a newspaper article
Write a novella
Create an oil/acrylic painting
Design a product package
Layout a pamphlet
Perform a pantomime
Create a pattern with instructions
Create a photo essay
Take/develop photographs
Make a poster
Put on a puppet show
Perform a radio show
Do reader’s theater
Write a science fiction story
Create a scrapbook
Create a sculpture
Recite a speech
Write the history of _______
|
Do a silk screening
Put on a skit
Do a slide show
Make a compilation CD
Write a sonnet
Do stitchery
Survey and collect data
Record a song/CD
Construct a terrarium
Build furniture
Write a textbook/manual
Create a timeline
Design a travel itinerary
Make a documentary
Design a video game
Create a watercolor painting
Write a report
Put on a fashion show
Sew clothing
Reupholster a chair
Do colored pencil drawings
Publish a magazine
Start a hotline
Start an organization
Design a website
Create/sell bumper stickers
Build a ________________
Host a competition
Do a demonstration
Create jewelry
Clan a park/river
Take action on an issue
Cook an international dinner
Sew a flag
Make wall paper
Learn a musical instrument
Make candy
Start a band
Construct a toy or puzzle
|
What Can I Do Instead of a PowerPoint?
Activity Sheet
Advertisement
Alphabet book
Animated movie
Archive
Art gallery
Banner
Big book
Block picture story
Blueprint
Board game
Broadcast
Brochure
Budget
Bulletin board
Bumper sticker
Business plan
Button
Campaign
Cartoon
Celebration
Chart
Choral reading
Clay Sculpture
Club
Coat of arms
Code
Collage
Collection
Comedy skit
Comic Strip
Commemorative stamp
Commentary
Commercial
Competition
Computer Program
Construction
Cookbook
Costumes
Crossword puzzle
Critique
Dance
Database
Debate
Demonstration
Detailed illustrations
Diagram
Dialogue
Diary
Diorama
Display
Documentary
Dramatization
Edibles
Editorial
Essay
Etching
Evaluation checklist
Event
Exhibit
|
Experiment
Fact tile
Fairly tale
Family Tree
Film
Flag
Flipbook
Game
Game show
Graph
Graphic
Greeting card
Handbook
Hidden picture
How to Book
Hypermedia
Illustrated story
Interview
Invention
Itinerary
Jingle
Joke book
Journal
Large scale drawing
Laser show
Learning center
Lecture
Lesson
Literary analysis
Machine
Magic show
Manual
Map with legend
Mask
Matrix
Mazes
Menu
Metaphor
Mobile model
Mock trial
Model
Monologue
Montage
Monument
Mosaic
Multimedia
Mural
Museum exhibit
Musical
Narrative
Needlework
Newsletter
Newspaper
Nonfiction story
Oral defense
Oral report
Organization
Packet
Painting
Pamphlet
|
Panel discussion
Pantomime
Paper Mache
Pattern
Performance
Petition
Photo album
Photo essay
Picture dictionary
Picture story for children
Pictures
Plaster of Paris model
Play
Poem
Political cartoon
Pop-up book
Portfolio
Position paper
Postage Stamp
Prediction
Press conference
Prototype
Puppet show
Puzzle
Radio Program
Rap
Rebus story
Recipe
Reenactment
Riddle
Role play
Scavenger Hunt
Science fiction story
Scrapbook
Sculpture
Seminar
Service Project
Simulation
Skit
Slogan
Soliloquy
Song
Sound
Speech
Spreadsheet
Story telling-Tall tales
Survey
Television show
Test
Textbook
Three-D model
Time capsule
Timeline
Transparencies
Travel brochure
Travelogue
Venn diagram
Video game
Web page
Write a new law
|
Adapted: Karnes, Stephens. The Ultimate Guide for Student Product Development. 2000.
PowerPoint Pointers
1. 7 x 7 Rule
• No more than seven words per line
• No more than seven lines per slide
• Do not use complete sentences or paragraphs
2. Don’t go FONT crazy (no more than two per show)
• One for the title page
• One for text pages
3. Don’t use text smaller tan 18 point
4. Speak (do not read) to the audience, not the screen on the computer
5. Keep the “bells and whistles” to a minimum
6. Maintain uniformity
• Always go to the SLIDE MASTER & make changes there so that the entire presentation will remain UNIFORM
7. Use transitions between slides, where appropriate, but always use the SAME transition for consistency
8. Use contrasting colors
• Light colors on a dark background or vice versa
Criteria:
• Content: Covers topic in depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.
• Organization: Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.
• Attractiveness: Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, and backgrounds to enhance the presentation.
• Writing Mechanics: No errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
• Sources: Source information collected for all graphics, facts, and quotes. All documented in correct format. Complete Works Cited slide appears at the conclusion.
• Oral Presentation: Interesting, well rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. Uses slides ONLY as a reference. Speaks; does not read.
(Catlin 2005)
Works Cited
Catlin, Heidi K. “PowerPoint Presentation Rubric.” School District of Rhinelander 20 Jan. 2005: 1-2.