Skating Monday December 16

We are Skating Monday December 16th. Please bring a note, your skates, mitts and helmut. The skating is free of charge.

Grade 7 Geography project/ Grade 6 Social Studies project

Geography/ Social Studies project due December 13

Grade 7

Natural Disaster and Human Impact project

 It is your task to research a natural disaster and create a glog (glogster) about it.

Natural disasters

1) Hurricane          2) Tornado            3) Tsunami            4) Earthquake

5) Volcano   6) Typhoon           7) Industrial Pollution     

Criteria

1)     What is your natural disaster?

2)     How does it happen?

3)     Where does it happen?

4)     What environmental and economic impact does it cause?

5)     Can they predict it?

Voice	Communicate your ideas that involve the disaster and use correct terminology.
Audience	Posted on line
length	One photo for each area or video
Product	Typed using glogster

Rubric

Geography

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Knowledge	Demonstrates limited knowledge of content	Demonstrates some knowledge of content	Demonstrates considerable knowledge of content	Demonstrates a high degree knowledge of content
Critical /creative thinking reading and writing, research	Uses critical /creative thinking processes rarely	Uses critical /creative thinking processes with some consistency	Uses critical /creative thinking processes thoughtfully	Uses critical /creative thinking processes exceptionally
Expression /organization	Rarely organizes information appropriately	Sometimes organizes information appropriately	Organizes information appropriately	Effectively  organizes information that appropriately
Visual	Project is visually rough and lacks cohesion and neatness	Project is visually rough and lacks cohesion and neatness in some places	Project is visually pleasing and displays cohesion and neatness	Project is visually pleasing and displays cohesion and neatness
Learning skill Initiative	Has difficulty staying on task	Has  some difficulty staying on task	Stays on task and interested in topic	Stays on task and interested in finding interesting information about  topic