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Hello 8th graders, if you are interested in creating a blog for your advertisements read the older posts on this blog.  Also take a look at students' blogs from last year on to get some ideas and inspirations. 

If you do create a blog, make sure to post the link to it below in the comments so I can grade it!

Good luck!

Astronomy Research Guidelines 2013

The following is ALL of the information that you must include in your astronomy blog and/or powerpoint.  Look at how the information must be written.  Remember that there are links below for research and there are also books in Ms. Cotta's classroom.

Physical Characteristics/General information:

These facts must be included in your blog and may be written in bullet format.

In COMPLETE sentences & punctuation.

1) Diameter (in km)

2) Length of day (in Earth days or Earth hours)

3) Length of year (in Earth days or Earth years)

4) Average distance from the Sun (in km and astronomical units)

5) How many moons does it have?

6) What is the surface of the planet?

7) Describe its atmosphere, does it have one, what is it made of?

8) What was the planet named for?

9) When was it discovered?

10) How much would 100 lbs (on Earth) weigh on this planet?

11) What is the average temperature (low & high in Celsius)?

12) What is the mass of the planet (in kg)?

13) Does it have rings? How many? How far out into space do they go (in km)?

Space Exploration:

This section of your blog must be written in paragraph form. Complete sentences.

Detail one mission by the United States to the planet and include this information:

            1) The year it took place

            2) What was the mission called?

            3) What were the goals of the mission?

            4) What new information did this mission give us about the planet?

Interesting/Unique Facts:

1) You must include fifteen (15) unique and interesting facts about this planet that have not been covered by the two sections previously.  Do not tell me facts that you already listed.  It may be written in bullet format.

Astronomy Links/Blogger link 2013

Here are some links to help you with your research:

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm
http://nineplanets.org/
http://kids.nineplanets.org/

Create a blog account:
www.blogger.com/start

PLUS do not forget that there are astronomy books that you can use in Ms. Cotta's classroom as well.

Poison links

Here is a link to wikipedia's article on poisons...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison


Here is the government Center for Disease Control, where you can search any of your poisons for information.

http://www.cdc.gov/

There is also a website that helps people poisoned that has info on different poisons as well.

http://www.poison.org/

Blog Guidelines

The Poison Blog Assignment

This assignment will be part of your project grade for the spring semester. 

Objective:  To research, report, and evaluate several poisons to determine which is the least and most threatening to humans.

Research steps:

1) Select a poison to research with your partner. 

            Your choices are: 

Lead, carbon monoxide, petroleum, chlorine, ammonia, arsenic, strychnine.

2) Evaluate the quality of internet search results.  When looking at websites evaluate with these guiding questions.

Ø      Who wrote the page, and is contact information available?

Ø      What is the purpose of the document, and why was it produced?

Ø      Is it a government or education publication?

Ø      Is the page advertising something?

Ø      When was it updated?

Ø      Are most of the links active on the page?

3) Research the substance and include these research questions:

v     Chemical formula

v     Physical properties

v     Chemical properties

v     Common uses

v     Places the poison is naturally found

v     Why is it a poison?

v     How abundant is it?

v     How can you be exposed to the poison?

v     How would you be treated if exposed to the poison?

4) Conference with the teacher about your research

5) Create your blog documenting and explaining your research

6) Read your classmates blogs and respond

ü      Read at LEAST five blogs

ü      Ask at LEAST three questions

ü      Provide at LEAST five comments

7) Select the least and most dangerous poisons after evaluating your fellow students’ blogs.

Rubric for Poison Blog

Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar	One or fewer errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the blog.	Two or three errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the blog.	Four errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the blog.	More than 4 errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar in the blog.
Questioning	Students ask questions on at least three blogs with correct sentence structure.	Students ask questions on at least two blogs with correct sentence structure.	Students ask questions on at one blog with correct sentence structure.	Students do not ask questions on any blogs.
Commenting	Students comment on at least five blogs with correct sentence structure.	Students comment on at least four blogs with correct sentence structure.	Students comment on at least three blogs with correct sentence structure.	Students comment on one blog with correct sentence structure.
Web Research	Students use at least two websites for research and have credited them correctly. Students have evaluated the websites for data accuracy.	Students use at one website for research and have credited them correctly. Students have evaluated the website for data accuracy.	Students use at least two websites for research and have credited them one of them correctly. Students have evaluated the websites for data accuracy.	Students use one website, but have not credited them correctly. Students have evaluated the website for data accuracy.
Supporting Details	Students have addressed 9 of the 9 research questions in correct sentence structure.	Students have addressed 8 of the 9 research questions in correct sentence structure.	Students have addressed 7 of the 9 research questions in correct sentence structure.	Students have addressed 6 of the 9 research questions in correct sentence structure.

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