Explanation
The term project plan specifies the location of the field site that you will study for your term project and states, specifically and in detail, the geology you expect to find there. See the Term Project Instructions.
| Term Project Plan Rubric |
| Exemplary |
Adequate |
Developing |
Underdeveloped |
Format
- posted by due date
- posted in the term project plans section of the online classroom
- field site location in title and in message subject line
- entire plan in body of message, not an attachment
Content
- description of field site location
- your predictions of the geology you will find there, including:
- rock types
- types of unconsolidated sediment
- names of geologic formations
- geologic ages
- unconformities
- geologic structures
- geologic landforms
- what you will look for to verify prediction predictions (for example, if you predict you will find glacial till, what does glacial till look like?)
- writing meets exemplary standards, including references
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Format
- posted by due date
- posted in the term project plans section of the online classroom
- field site location in title and in message subject line
- entire plan in body of message, not an attachment
Content
- description of field site location
- your predictions of the geology you will find there, including:
- rock types
- types of unconsolidated sediment
- names of geologic formations
- geologic ages
- unconformities
- geologic structures
- geologic landforms
- what you will look for to verify prediction predictions (for example, if you predict you will find glacial till, what does glacial till look like?)
- writing meets adequate or developing standards, including references
|
Format
- posted by due date
- posted in the term project plans section of the online classroom
- field site location in body of message
- entire plan in body of message, not an attachment
Content
- description of field site location
- your predictions of the geology you will find there, including:
- rock types
- types of unconsolidated sediment
- names of geologic formations
- geologic ages
- unconformities
- geologic structures
- geologic landforms
- writing meets underdeveloped, developing, or adequate standards, including references
|
Format
- posted less than a week after due date
- posted in the term project plans section of the online classroom
- field site location in body of message
- entire plan in body of message, not an attachment
Content
- description of field site location
- your predictions of the geology you will find there, including:
- rock types
- types of unconsolidated sediment
- geologic structures
- writing meets underdeveloped or developing standards, including references
|
Checklist
An exemplary term project written summary will have:
- on-time date of submission
- complete plan within the window of the posted message, not as an attachment
- predictions of what you will find in the geology of the site, including:
- rock types, unconsolidated sediment types, geologic formations, unconformities, geologic ages, geologic structures, geologic landforms
- what you will look for to verify key predictions
- writing meets exemplary standards, including references
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Geology of the Pacific Northwest
Term Project Plan Rubric
updated: 6/13/13
