Miniproject 2: Plate Tectonics Exploration In Google Earth

Miniproject 2 Plate Tectonics Explorations In Google Earthgeology 10

Miniproject 2: Plate Tectonics: Explorations in Google Earth Geology 101: The Way The Earth Works Spring 2016 with Dr. Mà¶ller Learning Goals that will determine your grade: · Connect earthquake activity to plate boundaries. · Connect the type of volcano and its mechanism of magma generation to its plate boundary setting. · Write clear, detailed, and grammatically correct paragraphs. · Cite reliable sources using both in-text citations and more complete citations in a “Works Cited†section. Part 1: Getting Started 1. Fire up Google Earth and load the Dynamic Earth layer and the USGS Plate Boundaries layer (from the “Dynamic_Earth.kmz†and “Earth’s Tectonic Plates.kmz†files available in the Course Documents on Blackboard). 2. In Google Earth, go to ‘View’ and de-select “Water Surfaceâ€. This will allow you to see the bathymetry better in the oceans. 3. Download the Microsoft Word document in this folder called MiniProject2Responses.docx. 4. Type your answers into that document and submit it on Blackboard using the SafeAssign module. Sketches can be completed on paper, digitally photographed or scanned, and inserted into the Word document. Part 2: Writing and Citing Your Sources Citing Your Sources · In Part 4 of this assignment, there will be a few questions that require citations – indicated by the word CITE beside the question. You can cite sources for other questions if you wish, but if no citation is requested you should be able to figure the question out from things we’ve learned so far. Any idea or piece of information that you needed to look up should be cited, regardless of whether you are using a direct quote or not! We suggest you avoid direct quotes whenever possible—we will be looking for you to translate ideas into your own words as a demonstration that you really understand the information. Abundant or lengthy direct quotes will result in points being taken off your grade! · For questions that require a citation, cite your source in your answer with an abbreviated form: for example (Marshak, 2001). In this example, the author is Marshak, and the publication date is 2001. At the end of Part 4, include a “Works Cited†section with the following information: Author, date, title, website URL or publisher info. Although some websites don’t contain author information, many reputable ones do, and most include a date when the page was last updated. · Make sure you are citing reliable sources - Joe Schmoe’s blog is not acceptable! Google Earth links to Wikipedia for some information, but because of the way Wikipedia is created and managed, it doesn’t necessarily contain correct or accurate information! Unfortunately, many Wikipedia Geology articles are significantly less accurate than its average article quality (e.g. articles about Civil War battles). Find information to support your answers from more reputable sources - DO NOT CITE WIKIPEDIA . · Appropriate citations include materials provided by the United States Geologic Survey (USGS), state (e.g. Washington) geologic surveys, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), professional societies such as the Geological Society of America or American Geophysical Union, National Park Service websites, or your textbook. As a rule of thumb, websites ending in .edu and .gov are good sources, and websites ending in .com are not generally reliable. If you have concerns about whether your citations are appropriate and reliable, contact one of the TAs well in advance of the due date. · Please visit the “Research/Writing Help†Tab on our Blackboard site if you need additional background on finding appropriate sources, reading them, and writing about them. As always, the instructors are happy to answer any questions that you have. Plagiarism and Honor Policy · You will upload your assignment using SafeAssign in Blackboard, which checks your text against materials on the Internet and against one another’s work. Don’t copy and paste text from websites. It is painfully obvious, and defeats the purpose of this exercise. If you are properly citing sources, SafeAssign will likely come back with a low percentage of duplication (~30% or less total,