A 20 time project is where we use 20% of our class time to work on a project that we design ourselves. Its purpose is to use our creativity as students to solve problems that we find. In this case, we were asked to come up with a 20 time project that is biology related.
The essential question we have asked ourselves is how can we make learning at a high school level more entertaining and engaging. Memes are a fun way for high schoolers to learn and retain information. Our project is to conduct a series of experiments where some students will study for tests with memes, and others will study with their regular biology notebooks. We will ask people to tell us how helpful they felt the memes were as a learning tool.
We chose this project because we are both passionate about memes and making learning more exciting for high school students. Our project answers the question of how can we make learning more fun in high school because memes are a great way to catch the attention of students. Our goals are to come up with a foolproof design for our experiments. We also will strive to make our memes fun, while still being educational.
Our progress will be measured by tests carried out with a diverse group of students. We will use “Kahoot!” to test multiple groups of students about the subject being taught. We will then analyze our data and form a conclusion based off our results.
Our plan moving forward is prepare the memes and tests for the experiment in the months of February and March, conduct our experiments in the month of April, and then analyze our results and form a conclusion in May and June.
