Name:_____________________________

Renaissance Revisited!- Humanities Component

Objectives:
● Demonstrate an understanding of innovations during the Renaissance and how these changes impacted
worldview
● Communicate Humanities, Science and Math content effectively, both orally, and in writing
○ How can you best organize your ideas to effectively communicate with your audience?
○ How can you use public speaking techniques to best communicate to your audience?

Tri-Fold Requirements:
Section 1:
● Name of Renaissance invention researched and an explanation of how the invention itself has changed
society over time (think worldview!)
● Invention timeline- tracking changes and innovations over time
● Short inventor bio (for the chosen invention)
● Explanation of how the simple machines made the researched invention work better/easier
Section 2:
● Explanation as to why you chose the specific simple machines for your Rube Goldberg machine and
how they increased your mechanical advantage
● Name of Rube Goldberg machine and materials used
● Explanation of how your researched invention guided the building of your Rube Goldberg machine
Section 3:
● Design process tracking- min. 5 pictures with captions explaining challenges faced and how you overcame
them
● Copy of the scale diagram (original will be handed in to math teacher)
● Reflection- if you could do this project again, what would you do differently next time?

Assessment:
See the attached rubric for assessment details. As always with group projects, though you are working in a group
with others, you will sometimes be assessed as individuals within the group.

Timeline and Due Dates:

● April 9-13: all core class time is dedicated to project work
○ It’s important that you divide and conquer! Divvy up the work and stay on task to complete as much
as you can this week.
● April 16-19: one Hum class a day will be dedicated to project work time (many students are absent for Band
Tour so please ensure you have communicated well as a group about who is responsible for what)
● April 23-27: one Hum class a day will be dedicated to project work time
○ All trifold components must be complete by April 27th and ready for assessment
● Wednesday, May 2: trifold is due
● Tuesday, May 8: Renaissance Revisited Fair in the Learning Commons

A Word of Warning from your Wise Teachers: The due dates in this assignment are closer than they may appear!
Do not underestimate the size of this task. Get started early, ask for help if needed, and don’t leave anything to the
last minute!

Name of Renaissance invention and how it changed society over time

Introduction (Background info- 1-2 sentences)
What about your machine changed society during the Renaissance? How does it impact society today?

What impact did your machine have on worldview?

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Timeline: Track the changes and innovations that were made to your invention over time. Include images.
You may choose to use the website: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/
for the final copy of your timeline.

How did the simple machines make the researched invention work better?

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Simple Machine used Effect on the invention/what improvements did it
make to the invention?

Why you did you choose the specific simple machines for your Rube Goldberg machine and
how did they increase your mechanical advantage?

Simple Machine used Effect on your Rube Goldberg machine/

Inventor Biography

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 Name, date of birth and death:

What process did they go through to develop the

invention? Did they take inspiration from other great
minds of the Renaissance?

Did the inventor have an influence on any scientists or mathematicians who came later? If so, who and
how?

Name of Rube Goldberg machine:______________________________________________

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Materials used to construct it:
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How did your researched invention guide the building of your Rube Goldberg machine?

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Short description of the process (3-4 sentences):

Similarities between the two machines:

Differences between the two machines:

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Design process

Reflection:

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What went well during the design process?

What could have gone better? Explain what the challenge/obstacle was and how/if you overcame it?

What advice would you give to next year’s grade 8 students so that they are successful in completing this
project?

4- Excellent 3- Good 2- Basic 1- Not Meeting

Knowledge and -The written and oral -The written and oral -The written and oral -The written and oral
Understanding components components components components

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invention on invention on invention on invention on
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impact of the impact of the impact of the impact of the
invention on society. invention on society. invention on society. invention on society.

Writes to develop, -The written -The written -The written -The written
organize and components are components are components are components require
express ideas and extremely well- mostly well- somewhat organized more clear
information organized and follow organized and follow and sometimes organization to allow
-all written a clear and logical a clear and logical follow a logical the reader to
components on sequence. sequence. sequence. understand. A
Trifold -Ideas are well- -Ideas are -Ideas are logical order is
developed and show somewhat well- sometimes missing.
an excellent developed and show developed and show -Ideas lack
understanding of the a good a basic development and
project content understanding of the understanding of the show a limited
project content project content understanding of the
project content

Constructs -Speakers are -Speakers are -Speakers are -Speakers are

meaning through knowledgeable and knowledgeable and knowledgeable but somewhat
speaking rehearsed. -Able to rehearsed. -Able to may have benefitted knowledgeable and
-presentation of their succinctly speak to speak about most of from more rehearsal. require more
machine and trifold the most important the important -Able to speak about rehearsal to polish
elements of the elements of the some major their presentation. -
project and create project and and elements of the Able to speak about
varied connections create some project and make some elements of
to their studies of the connections to their some basic the project and may
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questions about the Responses to Renaissance. - connections to their
project or process spontaneous Spontaneous studies of the
are answered with questions about the questions about the Renaissance. -
in-depth project or process project or process Spontaneous
explanations. are developed. are answered in a questions, if
basic manner. answered, are done
so in a limited
manner.

Represents ideas -The trifold includes -The trifold includes -The trifold includes -The trifold includes
through a variety both written and both written and both written and written or visual
of media visual media to visual media to visual media but media, or a limited
-Trifold convey convey may require more amount of both.
understanding. understanding. work to accurately Visuals and text may
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extremely well- organized and fairly understanding. convey
organized and easy easy to follow. -The trifold is understanding. -The
to follow. somewhat organized trifold is
and often difficult to disorganized and
follow. therefore difficult to
follow.