THE SCIENCE OF

SUPERHEROES!

So - what IS the purpose of the Group 4 Project?

This project allows students in different group 4 sciences to work together on a scientific or technologic problem.

The project will provide you with an opportunity to…

appreciate the environmental, social and ethical implications of science;

understand the limitations of scientific study;

experience interdisciplinary cooperation; and

focus on the processes involved in scientific investigation, rather than the products of such investigation.

The Project

Your project will…

“encourage an understanding of the relationships between scientific disciplines and the overarching nature of the scientific method” [IB Aim 10]

The Project

“raise awareness of the moral, ethical, social, economic and environmental implications of using science and technology” [Aim 8]

How will our project address

one or more of these implications?

The Project

may address the international nature of the scientific endeavor and the increasing cooperation required to tackle global issues involving science and technology.

? Will our project address international aspects? If so, how?

Project Stages

The entire project will count for 10 hours* of your practical lab experiences for your IB science course. Think of the project in terms of 3 stages:

Planning (~ 2 hours) Action (~ 6 hours) Evaluation (~ 2 hours)

Planning (~ 2 hrs)

Includes…

forming a team and brainstorming/discussing possible topics to analyze or problems to study.

selection of ONE superhero and focus on at least two superpowers needs to involve all team members incorporate feedback from instructors

(communicated through group leader)

Action (~ 6 hours)

During this stage you will

execute your plan… do what you need to do in order to analyze your topic or investigate your problem from the perspective of the various science disciplines.

work collaboratively… findings of investigations should be shared with others working on the project… as it unfolds.

Evaluation (~ 2 hrs)

The final stage includes

Sharing your findings with other students and staff at our

Superhero Party

Poster Session with a display highlighting your project during 4th period and lunch on Friday, March 6

Personal Skills Criterion

Superhero Friday

Friday, March 6 during 4th period and lunch

Projects assessed by peers and staff Poster sessions

Two people from each group to man the display; remaining two people walkthrough presentations

Lunch (provided) Roles are reversed

Assessment of Project

You will earn points towards your internal assessment for IB

[2] Personal Skills Criterion

Self-motivation and perseverance Working effectively in a group Self-reflection

• will include self- and group- assessment of personal skills

• this is the only place where this criterion is assessed !

Superman

Superpowers Super strength and speed Fly Super hearing X-ray vision Heat vision

Super Strength

Normal human Long bone strength is 10,230 lb/in2 Muscle strength 25-33 N/cm2

cross section Superman

No myostatin or activin A? (prevent overgrowth of muscles)

Gravity on Krypton was 10X Earth; bones and muscle were adapted to heavier loads based on gravity

Flight

Body density Make his body less dense than air

Biometric field Able to polarize air to give it a charge and use it as a force to push off