***THIS PROJECT WILL BE WORTH 1 DAILY GRADE.*** Insulator Inventor Performance Task In science we have been learning about heat. Heat is the flow of thermal energy from warmer objects to cooler objects. To keep an object from getting cooler/hotter people use insulators. An insulator is any material that does not allow heat to pass through it easily. For example, Styrofoam cups are used to keep drinks cold. Georgia Performance Standard S3P1b. Investigate how insulation affects heating and cooling. Your Job: You are a scientist who has just been assigned to invent an insulator to keep an ice cube from melting. Make this insulator using materials you have at your house. ** The word INVENT means to come up with a NEW way to insulate something, so be creative. You may combine current insulators to make a better one. Requirements: Students must create an insulator out of materials from home and bring them in on or before the due date. Students must write a 3-5 sentence paragraph explaining why their invention will work the best and keep an ice cube from melting. Ice cubes will be provided at school to test insulators. DUE: Wed., March 2nd Any project turned in later than the due date will receive an automatic 10 point grade reduction. We will be using the insulators for an in class experiment on Wed., 2nd. ***THIS PROJECT WILL BE WORTH 1 DAILY GRADE.***

Insulator Inventor Name: Performance Task Rubric 1 2 3 4 Created an insulator Student did not turn in project Student created a project but was not related making an insulator Student created a project related to making an insulator. No thought or effort put into making the project. Student created a project related to making an insulator. Some thought and effort put into making the project. Student created a project related to making an insulator. Much thought and effort was put into making the project. Writing a paragraph Student did not turn in a paragraph Student wrote a paragraph unrelated to their project Student turned in a paragraph related to their project. Paragraph was less than 3 sentences long. Student turned in a paragraph related to their project. Paragraph contained 3-5 sentences. Some thought and effort put forth into writing their sentences . Student turned in a paragraph related to their project. Paragraph contained 3-5 sentences. Much thought and effort put forth into writing their sentences . Grammar Paragraph contained a majority of incorrect sentences and grammatical errors Paragraph contained a several of incorrect sentences and grammatical errors Paragraph contained a few of incorrect sentences and grammatical errors Paragraph contained a no incorrect sentences and grammatical errors Experiment Student did not participate in the experiment Student did participate in experiment, but did not follow any directions. Student did participate in experiment, and followed few directions. Student did participate in experiment, and followed most of the directions Student followed all of the directions and participated in the experiment.