Another Madame Curie project done in Minecraft. These students recreated the Sorbonne, where Madame Curie conducted her research resulting in her discovery of radium and radioactivity. This was the final assessment after my eighth grade science students read Madame Curie: A Biography, written by her daughter Eve Curie. A fairly cool project. It could have been improved with a shorter introduction, better sound for the second student and a more formalized prepared script.
I know. I know; This was not done in Minecraft but, it is pretty darn cool if you ask me. My students read portions of the book Madame Curie, A Biography and then create a project of some sort to demonstrate their understanding and appreciation for her life and accomplishments. It doesn’t get much better than this.
My eighth grade science students read Madame Curie: A Biography, written by her daughter Eve Curie. She was the discoverer of radioactivity and the substance radium as well as the only scientist to win two Nobel Prizes in two different fields of science, physics and chemistry. As a final assessment of their knowledge, understanding or appreciation of Marie Curie’s life, students produced scrapbooks, PowerPoint presentations, facebook accounts, and tumblr sites. One student produced a Madame Curie Adventure Map.
One of my 8th grade science students produced a histogram of the class data for an experiment conducted in class. The purpose of the experiment was to determine if the mass changed when copper and sulfur were heated in a closed system. In the histogram, you can see that frequency is on the y-axis and change of mass in grams on the x-axis.There is a strong central tendency around 0.00 g indicating that there is no change in mass.
My 8th grade science students conducted an experiment to determine if the mass changes when copper and sulfur are heated together in a closed system. Some of the students constructed their histograms using Minecraft.
