Renaissance Project

If you are in Mr. Gardner’s science class, you must choose a scientist from the Renaissance period. If you are in Mrs. Hibberts’ World History class, you must choose an artist or inventor from the Renaissance period. You may choose to use: Projeqt, Glogster, Brainshark, or Dipity to create this presentation (all found in the Web 2.0 materials for Presentations)

All choices must be approved by Mr. Gardner or Mrs. Hibberts by ________.

This presentation will be due: ______. Presentations will be ________ and ________.

You must have the following:

    • Images-Creative commons
    • Works Cited on all information and images

Information about your chosen person:

    • Name
    • Background Info on person
    • Country of origin
    • What was his/her greatest discoveries? Tie this into either your History or Science class.
    • What are the significant contributions to the world? How are these applied to today?
    • Compare this person’s theories/work to the theories/work of today.
    • Who are the students/disciples of this person? Who did this person influence?
    • Any secret societies?
    • How were this person’s ideas/work received during this time period?

Information on the time period:

    • When did the Renaissance occur? How long did it last?
    • Where?
    • Why is the name significant?
    • Why are we studying this time period?
    • What are some identifying elements of the Renaissance period?