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MARINE CLIMATE CHANGE ASSIGNMENT

NGSS HS-ESS3 Earth and Human Activity

Assignment: Write an informative/explanatory paper about Global Climate Change

Requirements:

Include at least 4 scientific sources

Use in-text citations
Include at least one visual that effectively displays data or explains a concept
Addresses the questions below:

What is global climate change?

What is causing global climate change?

What evidence exists and suggests global climate change?

What are the effects/consequences of global climate change?

Areas you might want to touch upon:

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The ocean

Streams, rivers, and lakes

The land

The atmosphere

The weather

Agriculture and forests

Fish and wildlife

The economy

Health

Why might some people be skeptical about global climate change?

Explain steps that could be taken to prevent or reduce global warming

Your personal views and things YOU personally can do to help mitigate global climate change

Feel free to use the following resources and any other personal research:
http://www.riclimatechange.org/
http://climate.nasa.gov/
http://www.ipcc.ch/
http://www.gdrc.org/oceans/ocean_cc.pdf
http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html
http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/

Student Generated Traits of scientific writing

Jumps right to the point/succinct
Uses lots of numbers for support
Uses multiple citations/depends of work of others
Uses visuals to explain
Uses subheadings to divide and organize
Is written in a way that is sometimes confusing to
us (students)

Student Generated Traits of scientific visuals

Includes captions and descriptions
Referenced in text
Clear/clean design
Multivariable
Sometimes uses color to represent variables

The essay will be evaluated according to the following rubric:

RUBRIC
4
Craftsmanship

Typed
No Grammar or spelling
mistakes
Well organized, follows outline
Word choices are creative and
articulate

Use of
Evidence/Synthe
size Sources

Cites all evidence used

Visuals are identifiable in text
and cited in bibliography
All evidence is linked together
Evidence is well explained

Accuracy of
Content

All details are correct

Shows high level of research
Thoughts are articulate and
organized

Neat and easy to

read
Few
grammar/spelling
mistakes (4-8)
Mostly organized,
follows outline
Good choice of
words
Missing some
citations
Includes visuals
Most of the
evidence is linked
together

Some parts are

messy
Some mistakes
(more than 8)
Unorganized,
partly follows
outline
Some incorrect
word choices
Not well cited
Very little use of
visuals
Some of the
evidence is linked
together

Difficult to read
Does not follow
outline or directions of
project sheet
Many word choice
mistakes
Many grammar or
spelling mistakes

Most of the
information is correct
Any mistakes are
small ones
Thoughts are
mostly articulate and
well thought out

Some information
is correct (less than
75%)
Has major
mistakes
Does not explain
thoughts thoroughly

Most of the
information is incorrect

No references
None of the evidence
is linked together