Black History Month Project: STEM Edition!
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. African American men and women have helped
further mankind’s understanding of the world and universe around us especially in the STEM fields. This month we will be
highlighting and emphasizing some of the amazing African-Americans that have made significant contributions to STEM.
Your project must include:
 A poster board no larger than
 One-page (minimum) paper about your Scientist.
PROJECT DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022 NO EXCEPTIONS!
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You must choose from the list of scientists provided for your class period. You will sign up for the scientist you wish to do your
project on during class. Only one person can do each scientist.
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0
Title
Field of Study
Early Life/Beginnings
(3-4 sentences)
No title on project
Incomplete/Partial
Title, name of
scientist missing
Field of study isn’t on
project
Field of study is
unclear
No early
life/beginnings section
Section is
incomplete,
>3 sentences,
inaccuracies
No
Contribution/Discovery
contribution/discovery
(3-4 sentences)
section
Visual Clarity and
Appeal
Score
Poster Rubric
1
Needs significant
improvement in
design, layout and
neatness
Section is
incomplete, >3
sentences,
inaccuracies
Needs
improvement in
design, layout or
neatness
2
3
4
Title is present
but not
capitalized
and scientist
name spelled
incorrectly
Field of study
is present but
incorrect
Title is mostly
correctly
written in
neat
attractive
letters
Field of study
is present but
spelled
incorrectly
Title is
correct,
neat, and
creative
Field of
study is
present,
spelled
correctly,
and correct
Section is
Section is
Section is
present, 3-4
present, 3-4
present, 3-4
sentences but
sentences
sentences,
too many
few errors,
little to no
errors and
mostly
errors, very
inaccuracies
accurate
accurate
Section is
Section is
Section is
present, 3-4
present, 3-4
present, 3-4
sentences,
sentences,
sentences,
but too many
few errors,
little to no
errors and
mostly
errors, very
inaccuracies
accurate
accurate
Basic design
Nice design
Excellent
and layout,
and layout,
design,
few
little to no
layout and
improvements improvement
neatness.
on neatness
on neatness
Very
and creativity
and
creative!
creativity
0
Summary Paper Rubric
1
Title/Heading
No title on paper, no
name, no date, etc.
Incomplete/Partial
Title, name
present, no date
Early Life/Beginnings
Section
(at least 1 paragraph)
No early
life/beginnings section
Section is
incomplete,
>1 paragraph
inaccuracies
No
Contribution/Discovery
contribution/discovery
Section
section
(at least 1 paragraph)
Section is
incomplete, >1
paragraph,
inaccuracies
Conclusion
(at least 2-3
sentences0
Score
No conclusion
Section is
incomplete, >2
sentences
2
3
4
Title is
present but
not
capitalized
and scientist
name
spelled
incorrectly
Section is
present, 1
paragraph
but too
many errors
and
inaccuracies
Section is
present, 1
paragraph,
but too
many errors
and
inaccuracies
Section is
complete, 23 sentences,
too many
errors
Title is
mostly
correctly
written in
neat
attractive
letters
Title is
correct,
neat, and
creative
Section is
present, at
least 1
paragraph
few errors,
mostly
accurate
Section is
present, at
least 1
paragraph,
few errors,
mostly
accurate
Section is
complete,
2-3
sentences,
few errors,
mostly
accurate
Section is
present, at
least 1
paragraph
little to no
errors, very
accurate
Section is
present, at
least 1
paragraph,
little to no
errors, very
accurate
Section is
complete,
2-3
sentences
or more,
little to no
errors, very
accurate