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
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BOX 1
1. Name, due date, hour
BOX 2
Book Summary
BOX 3
Book Science
BOX 4
Comparison
BOX 5
Science Article
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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