The students are required to turn in a proposal for the product they are intending to sell, within the first 5 weeks of class. Once this is approved they draft a paper that is written for the buyer of their product. From this paper, the script for their video is created and shooting takes place during the last month of class, making their video the capstone project for the class.
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The project is a video-based movement analysis of a physical motion (i.e. soccer kick, baseball throw). Students choose a 10-second motion to analyze (e.g. throw a baseball or step off a staire), video tape the motion, and then put it into a format that they can share with classmates in a presentation.
The final project is worth 10% of the course grade. The grading rubric is shown below.
| Final Project Criteria | Possible Score |
|---|---|
| Video/Diagrams: show phases of movement; correlate to text; are clear; are referenced if copied | 10 |
| Description of whole movement: general terms; all major areas of body covered; content accurate | 10 |
| Description of starting position: anatomical terms; clear and accurate | 10 |
| Inclusion of 3 joints: joints are clearly defined; joint movements are clear and correct | 15 |
| Muscular action: prime movers identified; type of contraction is clear and correct; synergists included, if appropriate | 15 |
| Spelling, grammar, neatness | 10 |
| Bibliography | 5 |
| Presentation | 15 |
| Cooperative effort | 10 |
| Total | 100 |