Thursday, December 12, 2019

How Does Our Earth Work? - Project Write-Up

HW due Friday: 

 How Does Our Earth Work? Individual Interactive Project due tomorrow

As you wrap up, check on the rubric on the orange packet (or page 4 on the link above) to make sure you are meeting all requirements. Your work should include a Connections Web and Project Write-Up (we worked on this for over an hour and 30 minutes in class today... some of our instructions for the write up from class are included below).

Also, consider volunteering to help out as a tour guide in our classroom or to sign up for other service learning opportunities throughout the rest of the school community tomorrow. 

Riparian Festival - Michael's Class Tour Guide Sign-Up 

How Does Our Earth Work? - Project Write-Up - Student Examples

Project Write-Up Requirements:

  1. Restate the question
  2. Answer the question
  3. Cite at least two specific examples to support your response. You need to include the sources for each example.
  4. EXPLAIN how those examples support your response. 
  5. Include at least one connection.

Citing Sources:

Included in the sentence → 

  • According to _________
  • As shown in _________
  • _____ demonstrates that …

At the end of the sentence in (parenthesis). 

  • … that is why this is such an important fact (OMSI Earthquakes Lab)
  • … 57 people died in the Mt. St. Helens eruption (Mt. St. Helens - NewsELA.org)


Bonus → include a “Works Cited” at the end of the response listing all the different sources that you used
EXTRA BONUS → use easybib.com to create a formal Works Cited page to go along with your response.


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