Geophysical Science - Quarter 1 Project.

Project overview: During this quarter you will do a research project based upon a physical science current event that you read about in a newspaper or a magazine. You are to find an article, write a brief summary of the main points of the article and present what you have learned to the class.

Specifics.

1. The article should be about physical science or related to physical science subjects. If your article is about a life science you are to link that article to one of the physical sciences studies areas (physics, chemistry, energy, motion, structured fields, etc.) You are to describe how your article relates to physical science and your argument must be supported by research. The article must be from a current publication that has been published within the past three months. The article may be of any length and you must cite the article name, author, publication and date of publication, and the pages in the publication where you found the article.

2. You must write a one page minimum to a two page maximum, word processed, double spaced paper about your article.

3. You must present your paper to the class in a minimum of two minutes and maximum of five minutes oral presentation.

4. Your paper will include the following parts.

a. Title.

b. Your name and science section.

c. An introductory paragraph that tells what your paper will be about.

d. Additional paragraphs that answer the following questions.

1) What is the article about?

2) What does your article have to do with the physical sciences or how does it relate to the physical sciences?

3) Why did this article interest you?

4) Why should the information in your article be of interest to other students in your class?

e. A concluding paragraph that summarizes the main points of your paper.

f. The citation of the reference you used to link your article to the physical sciences. We will use the MLA Handbook as the guide that tells us the format of the reference citations. A copy of the MLA Handbook is in the school library. MLA citation formats can also be accessed from the Internet.

g. A copy of your article.

5. Mechanics. Your paper must be word processed and must include a one inch margin at the top, bottom, left and right sides of your paper. It must be double spaced. Paragraphs must be indented and must contain a strong topic sentence. Grammar and spelling will count toward the total grade.

6. Timeline for project parts. You are to complete the following not later than the following dates: Note: if your class does not meet on THAT day, the project part is due on the day BEFORE, not the day AFTER. Plan your times accordingly.

a. Sep 25: The title of your article and publication data to Mr. Konieczko

b. October 04: A first draft of your paper.

c. October 18: The final draft of your paper.

d. Week of Oct 28 to Nov 01: Oral presentations.

7. Grading:

a. Article 10 points

b. First draft 10 points

c. Final draft 60 points (grammar and spelling = 15 points)

d. Oral presentation 20 points

(Note: For each day late for each of the project deadlines, you will lose 5 points.)