Precipitation Art Mini-Project
Assign date: Mon., Nov. 21, 2011
Due Date: Tues., Nov. 29, 2011
Project description: You are asked to write a mini essay/paragraph beginning with the following sentence. "If I were to precipitate to the Earth, I would choose to fall as ______, and this is why." Once your chosen form has precipitated to the Earth, you must detail why you chose that particular form and more importantly, you must carry your chosen precipitation through the complete hydrologic cycle. There are any number of choices about what might occur once the precipitation hits the Earth and then how it ends up incorporated back into a cloud. Essentially, I want to be able to read in your writing your understanding of the hydrologic cycle. Please use science terms from our notes - I will be looking for them to be utilized in the correct context.
Remember to write your mini essay in the shape of your chosen precipitation in blue/black ink or to word process (using Microsoft Word, selecting 2 columns and choosing the center function can help accomplish this). Put this together with a background illustration on the white drawing paper given to you by Mrs. Butts. Make the Precipitation Art work neat and clean, giving 100 % effort to both the art and writing component.
A rubric will be used to assess your final product. Be advised that the writing is worth 70% of the final score and the art is worth the remaining 30%.
Happy, creative writing and illustrating!
Second Nine Weeks Projects are due January 7, 2010
Students are working on an individual Ocean/Sea Project or a Soil and Water Speech.
First computer research day: Nov. 5
Second computer work day: Dec. 10
In class workdays will be sporadic. Much work will need to be done at home.
A project reference page or bibliography is required for all projects. Be certain to give credit where credit is due and not to plagiarize.
Please see "class documents" item "Second Nine Weeks Project" for project requirements, grading rubric...