GeometryLogic Project

This project will give you practice using some of the principles of logic that are necessary in geometry. For this project you will be required to: 1. Select THREE advertisements from a magazine or newspaper as the focus of this project. Please choose ads for things that are considered legal, moral, and appropriate for high school students. 2. Display your advertisements on a half-sheet of poster board. Be creative! 3. Type and label the following sentences on the poster below each advertisement: A. A conditional statement of your choosing as suggested by your ad Be sure this statement is in if-then form. For example: If I pop Pringles, then the fun won't stop. B. The converse of your conditional statement. C. The inverse of your conditional statement. D. The contrapositive of your conditional statement. 4. For ONE of your ads, demonstrate the Law of Syllogism and the Law of Detachment in addition to writing the statements described above in Step 3. 5. S mmary: On a separate sheet of paper, type a brief summary of your project that answers the following questions. !rite one paragraph "or each advertisement# and ma$e s re yo ans%er all the & estions belo% "or each o" yo r advertisements' What do you think about this advertisement after examining it as a conditional, converse, inverse, and contrapositive? Is each statement true or false? Is it a realistic advertisement? Does it make sense? Is it credible? Does it present a valid argument? What did you learn about the use of logic in this advertisement you selected? You should turn in: (1) your poster (which has the ads and statements on it) (2) your written summary on a separate sheet of paper (3) the rubric

R bric ( GeometryLogic Project

Student Names: ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

Category Accuracy of Statements

Law of Detachment and Law of Syllogism

10 Points All of statements (conditional, converse, inverse, and contrapositive) are accurate. Both laws are demonstrated correctly.

8 Points 75%-90% of statements (conditional, converse, inverse, and contrapositive) are accurate. Both laws are demonstrated, but one has some mistakes.

6 Points 50%-76% of statements (conditional, converse, inverse, and contrapositive) are accurate. Both laws are demonstrated, but both have some mistakes or only one law is demonstrated.
Some of the questions are answered. Paragraphs include basic information.

Most of the questions are answered. There is a paragraph for each ad. Paragraphs are thorough, but not thoughtful. The poster Most of the Following includes all required Directions required elements are elements. included on the poster. The poster is The poster is Creativity exceptionally attractive in attractive in terms of terms of creative design, creative design, layout, and layout, and neatness. neatness. Grammar and There are no There are 1-3 Spelling errors. errors. Total Points: _______________

Summary

All of the questions are answered. There is a paragraph for each ad, and they are thorough and thoughtful.

4 Points Less than half of statements (conditional, converse, inverse, and contrapositive) are accurate. Both laws are demonstrated, but both have many mistakes or only one law is demonstrated, but with mistakes. Only a couple of questions are answered. Paragraphs are missing key information.

0 Points None of statements are accurate.

Neither law is demonstrated.

Summaries are not included.

Half of the required elements are included on the poster. The poster is acceptable though it may be a bit messy.

Less than half of the required elements are included on the poster. The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed.

Less than half of the required elements are included on the poster. It is evident that very little time was put into making the poster creative.

There are 4-7 errors.

There are 8-11 errors.

There are 12 or more errors.