Writing Prerequisite

Ok. You better not show up in court with nothing but your legal briefs!

In preparation for the trial your legal team will need a dossier (full factual account - 1 to 2 pages) on:

- the witnesses (who are all famous scientists)
- the exhibits (four of the first electrical inventions)
- some electric technologies (telephone, DVD, etc.).

Send an inter-office memo to call an 'ET' (electric technology) team meeting. Discuss who will do what. But whatever you do - don't show up in court without the facts.

When the prosecutor gets going, you will have to substantiate any credible evidence you have gathered. You know the routine. Find out: who, what, when, where, why, and how all of the electric technology that surrounds us today got here. Otherwise we'll get torn to shreds! And you can kiss any future ET good-bye! The judge is tough. I'm sure she has no problem throwing ET in the slammer for good. It's up to you to redeem it. So get out there and gather your evidence!

Work As A Team - Minimize Redundancy:

Scientist Witnesses:
(Each student must prepare a biographical, 1-2 page dossier on one scientist. Make sure you find out how your scientist was helped by the larger community of scientists. In other words, determine what accomplishments were made possible by the work of others.)

Ampere
Bell
Edison
Faraday
Franklin
Galvani
Goethe
Hertz
Marconi
Maxwell
Oersted
Ohm
Tesla
Volta

Inventions:
(Each student must prepare a factual, 1-2 page dossier on one of the first four inventions. Your dossier should include a clear description of the basic physics involved. Be prepared to teach the court what you have learned. Ask for help from other team members if you are having trouble understanding the workings of the invention you pick.)

EXHIBIT A: The Battery
EXHIBIT B: The Generator
EXHIBIT C: The Motor
EXHIBIT D: The Transformer

Electric Technologies:
(Each student must prepare a 1-2 page dossier on one of the technologies on the list below. Write your ET dossier with 3 parts: how it works, how it is good, and how it is bad.)
Click here for the list of High Technology favorites you must use.

So let's recap...

On the first day of class, you will turn in three 1-2 page papers (your dossiers):

1. a biography of one of the scientists
2. a description of one of the first four inventions
3. a 3 part exposition on one electric technology.

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