Mr. Mendel, Meet My Monster

Goal: Create a slideshow presentation to introduce your creature to the world and demonstrate that you’ve learned about genetics in the process.

Directions

In order to receive full credit for this assignment, you must create a slideshow presentation.

Make a minimum of seven (7) slides with these elements:

1. Define the unit vocabulary:

Homozygote

Heterozygote

Allele

Phenotype

Genotype

2. Give examples of vocabulary using your creature

3. Create a Punnett square for your creature’s genotype and phenotype

Upload your presentation to SlideShare

Make sure that your slideshow’s settings are set so that:

Users can comment

Your slides cannot be downloaded

Choose education.

Choose private for groups only. (We’ll take care of the groups and accounts together.)

Look at your peers’ work and comment on a minimum of five (5) presentations using the comment guide and checklist.

Moderate your own work’s comments – respond to at least two comments.

Points:

Presentation: 100SlideShare: 100Total: 200

Work Dates:

Due Dates:

Presentation uploaded by:

Comments & Moderation completed by:

Slide Share Comment Guide and Checklist

Directions:

1. Look at each of your classmate’s presentations using the list of links provided.

2. Choose five presentations to comment on.

3. Choose two comments on your own presentation to respond to using this guide and checklist.

Things that you might consider when leaving comments about another’s work:

Format: slides were easy to look at (color, composition, font)

Special effects (help or hindrance?)

Images (cropping, design of slides)

Text (font choice, size, color)

Content

Information on slides was correct (definition, examples, illustration using creature)

Information was organized in a way that helped you understand the presentation

Slides were easy to understand

Considerations to make when writing a comment:

Is your comment on topic?“An on-topic comment isn't just one that refers to the general subject of the original post. An on-topic comment specifically addresses the questions and points of the original post. If the original poster is asking why oranges are round, they don't want to hear about how you think bananas are way tastier than oranges. “http://www.goodcomment.com/

Is your comment short and concise?

Is your comment friendly and polite in tone and language?Don't say anything in your comment that you wouldn't say to them in person. Remember: This is an assignment and your audience includes me!

Does your comment add to the conversation?Will other people going to read your comment and think "Hey, I hadn’t thought of that"? Or are they going to think, "Wow, what a load of malarkey"? Remember: “Me, too!” doesn’t count as a valid comment.

Creature Feature SlideShare Presentation Content Rubric

1 2 3 4Definitions Two or more

definitions are missing and / or incorrect / incomplete

One definition is missing and / or incorrect / incomplete

All definitions are present, but one is incorrect or incomplete.

All definitions are present and correct.

Examples & Illustrations

Two or more terms are missing examples / illustrations

Examples / Illustrations are incorrect

Examples / illustrations do not use the student’s creature at all

One term is missing examples / illustrations

One or more example / Illustration is incorrect

Some Illustrations do not use the student’s creature

All terms include examples / illustrations

One example / Illustration is incorrect correct

Examples / illustrations use the student’s creature

All terms include examples / illustrations

Examples / Illustrations are correct

Examples / illustrations use the student’s creature

Organization Information on the cards did not make sense and was not easy to read.

Information on the cards made sense most of the time; formatting interfered with comprehension.

Information on slides was easy to read, made sense most of the time.

Information on slides was easy to read, made sense

Aesthetics Special effects are distracting

Font and color choices detract from overall presentation

Special effects are distracting

Some font and color choices detract from overall presentation

Uses special effects judiciously

Font and color choices enhance overall presentation

Total:

Creature Feature SlideShare Presentation Technology Rubric

1 2 3 4SlideShare:

SettingsSettings are incorrect

Settings are correct

SlideShare: Using

Presentation unsuccessfully uploaded to SlideShare.

Presentation successfully uploaded to SlideShare.

Comments Comments on 3 or less presentations

3 or more omments are off topic

Comments are written in inappropriate language, style, and/or tone

Comments do contribute to the discussion

Comments on 4 presentations

2 or more comments are off topic

Comments are written in inappropriate language, style, and/or tone

Some comments contribute to the discussion

Comments on 4 presentations

Comments are on topic

Written in appropriate language, style, and tone

Comments contribute to the discussion

Comments on 5 presentations

Comments are on topic

Written in appropriate language, style, and tone

Comments contribute to the discussion.

Comment Moderation

Comments are not moderated.

Replies to one comment.

Reply is inappropriate in language, style, or tone.

Reply does not redirect discussion thread or contribute to the conversation.

Replies to two comments.

Reply is appropriate in language, style, or tone.

Reply does not redirect discussion thread or contribute to the conversation.

Replies to two or more comments.

Reply is appropriate in language, style, or tone.

Reply redirects discussion thread and contributes to the conversation.

Total: