"Conduct research activities to formulate and defend your position statement on each of the above questions."

Position Statement Process:

• Ask yourself, "Which of evidence researched is most likely to be accurate?"
• Compare and contrast the theories. Which is most likely to be accurate and why do you think so? What is your position and reasoning?
• Form an answer (prewrite and draft)
• Review "Composition" in Ginn (pages 344-359).
• What is your thesis statement? What are your main points? What are your details to support each main idea?
• Have you included:
  • Introduction with interesting fact and thesis statement?
  • Body of paragraphs
    • Each paragraph has a topic sentence and supporting details
    • All information supports thesis statement
  • Conclusion
    • Interesting fact and clincher statement

    

Keep a lab sheet of your progress.

• See lab sheet template
  

"write a thorough, yet concise and accurate position paper for each question based on and linked to your research. Connect your research to your science text book (is it accurate?)

"Thorough, yet concise and accurate" and "linked to your research."

• Thorough, yet concise and accurate
  • You must conduct a lot of research to analyze and interpret accurately for your position statement and website. To narrow all the research down to exact words is being concise. Your choice of words will show you truly know and understand your topic, and that you are not just pulling ideas out of what you already think you know.
• linked to your research; connect to your science text book (is it accurate?)
  • Your words will show that you have conducted research--you will write in your research, your position statement, your annotated illustrations, what is new to others and based on the truth.
  • Connect your research to your science textbook. Use your index and table of contents to review the research in your science textbook. Is it accurate? Keep a log of accuracy to make a final recommendation.

    

Create a story board to design a website:

Learn how to create a story board at this link: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/steps3.htm

Use your lessons from class to design a web site. For help, ask for it, and go to the web design links.

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