The Scientific Revolution to the Enlightenment: Baseball Cards Project
**This is an in-class project grade. The only work you will be expected to do when you get
home is whatever is not completed in class for that day**
Instructions: You will be creating 3 baseball cards for 3 different individuals who were
key during the scientific revolution. Accuracy, importance of facts chosen, and creativity
will be a part of your grade. Be sure to check the rubric.
Your choices for Scientists/Philosophers are:
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rosseau
Layout of the baseball cards:
Front: Your name, Scientist/Philosopher’s name, decorations that reflect their
ideas/work.
Back: Divide the back into three sections, all must have 2 items in each section
-Major Achievements/Philosophy/Ideas
-Quotes
-Any Published WorKs They Created
Please see the example here:
Ms. Kathan
Major Achievements:
-Discovered the Bahamas
-Claimed a great deal of land for Spain
Quotes:
-“Exploring is a daring task”
-“What we do now is a huge change
for the world”
Published Works
-Diary of My Travels
-Bahamas Sailing
Christopher Columbus
Timeline for Completion:
Day One: 1/27
-Select your 3 individuals
-Research individual 1 and fill in the research chart
-Create their baseball card
Day Two: 1/28
-Research individual 2 and fill in the research chart
-Create their baseball card
Day Three: 1/29
-Research individual 3 and fill in the research chart
-Create their baseball card
Rubric:
Project
Component
Score/
Description
Score/
Description
Score/
Description
Research
Chart
3 - Research
chart is
completely
filled in and
sources are
cited
2- Research
chart is mostly
filled in and
most sources
are cited.
1- Research
0- Component
chart has
not completed
hardly any
components
completed
AND/OR no
sources are not
cited.
X3= 9
Baseball Card
7- Card has 3
back sections
with 2
examples, front
includes
images and
person’s name
3- Cards are
not completed,
those that are
do not have all
the necessary
infomration
1- Cards are
not done and
missing nearly
all of the
required
elements
X3=21
Total # of Points: 30
Score/
Description
0- Component
not completed
Total Points
STUDENT RESEARCH
Person
Major
Quotes
Achievements/
Ideas/Philosophies
Works Published
Sources used