Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements
Alternative Assignment: Acid Rain: As an alternative to the acid rain experiment described above, you may submit the following Assignment:
Develop a hypothesis on whether or not acid rain is in your area. Support your hypothesis with observations. In other words, what do you see or what have you observed that supports your hypothesis? For Part 1 of this Assignment, prepare a 250 word or more essay describing your hypothesis and your observations that led you to develop this hypothesis. Include a couple of pictures of local landmarks that would support your hypothesis. Submit your essay under Unit 3 Final Project, Part 1.
Unit Three (Alternate Assignment)
Performance Elements
Points
Criteria
Expectation
Earned
Possible
Content
Hypothesis
Provides clear, specific hypothesis regarding whether or not acid rain is in their area
10
Support for the hypothesis is provided.
10
Observations
Includes pictures of local landmarks (e.g., buildings, roads, trees, etc.) that would support your hypothesis.
9
Clearly defines which water source serves as the control.
9
Organization, logic, details
Accurate use of scientific terminology enhances the project.
3
Specific supporting details included that demonstrate clear understanding of target concepts.
3
Writing Mechanics
Spelling/ Grammar
Free of any spelling/grammatical/ word choice errors
2
APA style references*
Follows APA style for parenthetical/in-text citations and reference page.
1
Sources are scientifically valid (i.e., no Wikipedia).
1
APA format
The body of the paper follows APA formatting guidelines including title page, spacing, font size, paragraph style and margins.
