TRUTH IN SCIENCE FICTION PROJECT Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, robots, cloning, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life. This project is a poster book report. It will incorporate science with reading, writing, research, and creativity. You will be required to fulfill several steps in order to complete this assignment, so choose a book in which you are interested. Step 1: Choose a science fiction book and read it! It can be one you’ve read since August this year. Books that have been made into movies and a few others will not be acceptable. There will be a list of book ideas below or pick one that you know your reading teacher would approve. The book must be Sci-Fi, not fantasy. Write a summary of the book. You will be required to correctly cite your source. An example is in your Article instructions in your Lab Book. You must commit to a book by Nov 30. Step 2: Research the Science of your book. Find a science article from a science magazine about your book’s science. (Global warming, over population, cloning, organ harvesting, robots, genetic mutations, viruses, space exploration, technology) Your article is about the book’s science. You will print out the article and put it on the poster. The article must be an article from a science magazine source, just like your monthly Science Articles – go through EBSCO. You will be required to correctly cite your article. Use your Article instructions. Step 3: Create your poster. You will create a poster to show the link between the book and the science topic. Be creative and neat when presenting your book and research. This is an outside class project. The project is due on or before January 15. Your poster must include: Book Report Project 300 points Poster 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. BOX 1 1. Name, due date, hour BOX 2 Book Summary BOX 3 Book Science BOX 4 Comparison BOX 5 Science Article 1. 2. 1. 2. Assigned: Nov 16 Due: Jan 15 a poster board Everything typed, size 12-14 2 pictures, one must be the book jacket Each Section (BOX) is labeled Glued securely, neatly presented Sci-Fi book Summarize in complete sentences. Highlight the book’s citation What is the specific science behind the book Give an example from the book 1. Paragraph 1 – summarize the article. 2. Paragraph 2 – Compare the article science with the book’s science. Does the author of the book do a good job and is it believable? 3. Highlight the book’s citation 1. Copy of the Science Article The Book List is just a suggestion. You must be able to identify the “Science” in the Sci-Fi book. Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson After the Snow – S.D. Crockett Alex Rider Point Blank – Anthony Horowitz Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick Ashfall by Mike Mullin Birthmarked Trilogy by Caragh M. O’Brien Catastrophe – David Keys Clone Codes – The McKissacks Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney Dark Life & Riptide by Kat Falls Door in the Lake by Nancy Butts Double Helix by Nancy Werlin Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch Empty by Suzanne Weyn End of an Era by Robert J. Sawyer Eye of Minds – James Dashner Go Big or Go Home by Will Hobbs House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Insignia – S.J. Kincaid Incarceron by Catherine Fisher Infinity Ring – James Dashner Legend Series by Marie Lu Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Lost Code by Kevin Emerson Memento Nora – Angie Smibert Numbers by Rachel Ward Planesrunner by Ian McDonald Rot and Ruin, Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry Secret under My Skin by Janet McNaughton Shades of Earth by Beth Revis Skinned by Robin Wasserman Trapped by Michael Northrop Uglies by Scott Westerfield Wake – Lisa McMann Water Wars by Cameron Stracher NO NO Book List Any book made into a movie, TV, webisodes, or is being read aloud in your reading class. Also included are: Hunger Games Maze Runner Trilogy Cinder Trilogy Michael Vey