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.
correctly cite your source the same as in your Reading and English
Classes.
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.
We WILL NOT be working on this in class; this is an outside class
project. The project is due on or before you leave on Christmas Break,
December 19. The projects will be graded during the Break and will
be your first grade of the second semester. It is worth 300 points.
Your poster must include:
Book Report Project
300 points
Assigned: Nov 20
Due:
Jan 15
1. ½ a poster board (14x22”)
2. Typed – Calibri or Arial, size 11-12
Poster
BOX 2
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)
Book
Summary
Your article is about the book’s science. You will print
out the article and put it on the poster. The article
can be found online but CANNOT
be websites or from an
encyclopedia. It must be an
article from a science magazine
source! You will be required to
BOX 4
BOX 3
Book
Science
Science
Article
Article
Summary
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name and Hour BOX 1
2 pictures, one of the book jacket
Each Section (BOX) is labeled
Glued securely, neatly presented
1. Sci-Fi book
2. Summarize in complete sentences in paragraphs
3. Highlight the book’s citation
1. What is the specific science behind the book
2. 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?
1. Science magazine or journal about the book science
2. Attach to poster
3. Highlight the book’s citation
Book List
NO NO Book List
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
Any book made into a movie, TV, webisodes
Hunger Games
Maze Runner Trilogy
Cinder Trilogy
Michael Vey
I, Robot