Toshiba Project Research: Project Overview

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About the Project

 All students should develop:

• Abilities of technological design

1. Identify appropriate problems for technological design

2. Design a solution or product

3. Implement a proposed design

4. Evaluate completed technological designs or products

5. Communicate the process of technological design

• Understandings about science and technology

Parts of the Standard ExploraVision Project Format

Each project must include an abstract, description, bibliography, five sample Web pages, and submit via online. Required project components are as below. (Advice for lower grade teams: there is no minimum word count and page number for each section.) See standard ExploraVision sample projects entries as a reference.

I. Abstract; An abstract of no more than 150 words that summarizes the proposed future technology and other relevant information must proceed other project components. The Abstract should be on a separate page and does not count as part of the Description components

II. Description; A project Description section does not exceed 11 pages and may be combination of text and art work. It must include the following sections with headings clearly labeled and be in the following order:

1. Present Technology

2. History

3. Future Technology

4. Breakthroughs

5. Design Process

6. Consequences

III. Bibliography; A list of all sources and references used in researching the chosen technology. Sources must be clearly labeled and include title, author, publisher, and copyright date. Footnotes are encouraged, but not required. The Bibliography is not counted as part of the 11-page limit for the Description section.

IV. Sample Web Pages**; Team members must draw five sample web pages that communicate and promote their future technology vision. Web pages may be hand-drawn or computer-generated (e.g., powerpoint) and may include text, pictures, photographs and diagrams. They should relate to material presented in the written description and illustrate the attributes of the chose technology. One web page should be devoted to a model or visual representation of the technology that could be used to create a prototype for display. The model should help others visualize the design and communicate design features. Include a description of limitations of the model. No need to create an actual website or a prototype untill a team becomes a Regional winner.

** Section central to the Next Generation Science Standards.

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