Mrs. Pelezo

** CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT **

Find a recent newspaper, magazine, or Internet article pertaining to one of the 5 areas of EARTH SCIENCE .

For your report, use the following format:

NAME HOUR

CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE DATE (turned in)

TITLE OF ARTICLE

BRANCH OF EARTH SCIENCE: (Astronomy, Meteorology, Geology, (10 PTS.) Hydrology, or Oceanography ONLY !!! )

NAME OF NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE OR WEBSITE: (5 PTS.)

DATE OF ARTICLE: (Must be recent – Aug. or Sept. 2008) (5 PTS.)

EARTH SCIENCE VOCABULARY: ( list 10 “Earth Science” words mentioned (60 PTS.) in article & give a complete definition .

ex. hurricane, planet, waves, volcano, etc.

Skip a line between each.)

(No written summary of article is necessary)

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(10 PTS.) ARTICLE IS NEATLY CUT OUT & MOUNTED ON CONSTRUCTION PAPER OR

POSTER BOARD. (Cut off any Internet ads.)

REPORT IS NEATLY TYPED OR WRITTEN & MOUNTED ON CONSTRUCTION

PAPER OR POSTER BOARD.

FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS.

(10 PTS.) HI-LITE ALL EARTH SCIENCE WORDS IN ARTICLE, EVEN IF REPEATED IN THE ARTICLE.

*********DUE SEPTEMBER 15th *********

BONUS: + 5 PTS. IF TURNED IN BEFORE DUE DATE

LATE PENALTY: - 10 PTS. A DAY !!!!!

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