Monday, January 26, 2009

Earth Magazine Page

Earth Event Project
Your task:
The events that occur on the earth’s surface can be mysterious, powerful and can cause sudden changes or slow changes over time. Your job is to research a recorded earth event and to create a news article magazine page that outlines the details of the event.
Some important details to include:

-location, date, time, length of event
-an explanation giving background information about how such an event happens
-other related earth events/interesting facts
-possible damage it caused or could have caused
-interesting pictures or graphs
-names of geologists, volcanologists, seismologists, etc. who may have studied the event

Marking Scheme

Basic details 20
Explanation 30
Interesting Picture/graph 10
Aesthetics 10
References 10

Total /80 marks

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