1. Welcome Back to Earth SystemS!
Get out your article about the Earth.

2. ARTICLE INSTRUCTIONS Instructions:
Get into groups of two - you will be working with a partner for this activity.
If you didn’t bring in an article, make sure you partner with someone who did or get an article from me (you will need to read the article before you can proceed with the activity).
Introduce yourself to your partner. Find out two things about each other you can share with the class later.

3. ARTICLE INSTRUCTIONS
Share the article you brought with your partner. Discuss:
What is in the article (summarize it)?
What is most interesting about the article?
Why it is important – consider environmental, social and economic impacts?
Working with your partner, come up with one or two questions about your article that were not explained and you would like answered this year.
Write down each question on an index card. We will be coming back to these cards during the year as we cover each unit.
Be prepared to present to the class: what you learned about each other, summarize your article, and tell us the question(s) you would like answered.

4. THINKING AHEAD:
Based on the articles we shared today, what do you think is the importance of learning Earth Science?
What topics do you think should be covered in an Earth Systems Science Class?
What do you think you will enjoy learning about the most?
Ticket out the door: One “burning question” on a note card to be addressed during the year.

5. CLASSROOM STUFF Trash Recycling Pencil Sharpener
Tape, stapler, hole punch
Washing hands
Kleenex

6. EARTH SYSTEMS IN THE NEWS PROJECT
During the Fall semester you will collect a total of FIVE articles, with one article per unit. You may use your study guides, syllabus, or standards to provide more information about the elements that are included under each standard. Each article in your collection must:
Be related to a specific unit.
Be written after January 1, 2015.
Be at least 500 words in length.
Be from a reliable and credible news source with sufficient evidence to back the story. Not sure what is credible? Ask us!
Be submitted online through the assignment link in Google with a link to the article.
You must have one article per unit.
*NOTE: No more than 2 of your articles may be downloaded from the same online source.

7. EARTH SYSTEMS IN THE NEWS PROJECT
For each article you will include a written summary with the following information:
Title and author of the Article.
Link to the source webpage.
The specific standard the article is related to.
A one paragraph written summary on the page adjacent to the page where you secure each article, focus on the Who’s, What’s, Where’s, When’s, Why’s, and How’s of the article.
A second paragraph reflection on the article – why it is important, what you find most interesting and how it relates to the specific topic you are connecting it to.
Two questions that you have about the article that you don’t understand.
You will submit one article to Google for each unit no later than TWO days after the unit test. Each article will count as 20% of the project grade for Fall semester.

8. EARTH SYSTEMS IN THE NEWS
Grading: 20 points per Article link and Write up (10 points for content or substance, 10 points for language mechanics – grammar, spelling, etc.) Work that is submitted late will be accepted with a 50% penalty
At the end of the semester all points earned on the five articles will be combined for the Fall summative project grade.
Please Note: Academic dishonesty of ANY type will NOT be tolerated.
If you are found to have falsified article dates, sources, etc., or plagiarize your work– you will receive a ZERO for this summative project grade.
Additionally, this is an INDIVIDUAL project, no two students should be found to have the same five articles or identical summaries and reflections in their scrapbooks (considered as plagiarism).

9. REVIEW
Questions?
Use the time left in class to DRAFT your article summary.
You can upload it to Google at any time using the link on the class website.
Due NO LATER than Sep.12 (Unit test Thurs. Sep. 8)