During the course of their study of the solar system, students have become aware of the different ways in which we classify the parts of the solar system. As a part of this unit, their groups will be assigned different components, including the sun, terrestrial planets, Jovian planets, asteroid belt, Kuiper belt objects, Oort Cloud comets, and Apollo asteroids. This will act as an example of a well-developed multimedia presentation. Have them pay particular attention to how the navigation tools are constructed and the level of detail in the text. This presentation is to act as their model for their own presentation.
Students are to develop at least five informational cards for a hyperstudio stack.
These cards must include detailed information about their topic, graphic images, and must not be solely linear in their navigation. Allow students at least three days for research and three days for hyperstack development. Students will show their presentations to the rest of the class on the due date for their projects. Stacks will be posted to the web. A rubric will be developed that will assess level of sophistication of the text, richness of image use, and sophistication level of navigation.