Names: ___________________ Period: ______ Subject: _________________

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Purpose

The purpose of this project is to gain a more intimate understanding of the ingredients necessary for life on a planet. Students will also develop research, artistic, writing, and computer skills using Power Point software. You will work on this project in groups of 2 MAXIMUM. Groups of 3 or more are NOT allowed!

Assignment

§ Complete the Internet Investigation ESU701 titled “Could Mars Support Life?”

§ Use the results of your Internet investigation and Internet based research on current Mars missions to make a PowerPoint presentation. Your presentation should be at least 10 slides to be considered A material. Pictures should accompany text at all times. DO NOT fill your presentation with pictures only! Make sure to hyperlink your pictures to the website you got them from. Otherwise, it will be considered PLAGIARISM and I WILL NOT GRADE your project! See me if you do not know how to hyperlink a website to a picture.

§ Use the sources listed at the end of the Internet Investigation and other sources that you may find.

§ You will make an argument either for or against the idea that Mars had life in the past and/or could have life in the future. Make sure you understand the definition of life. Life is not considered just humans. Life is considered to be as simple as single-celled bacteria.

§ You must base your information on scientific data and research. DO NOT even think about taking ideas from sources that talk about little green Martians!

§ Your presentation will gain points if it includes maps of areas of Mars that show where the possibility of life may exist. These are places where we either have investigated in the past or should investigate in the future. You will do this using Google Mars or PIGWAD online maps.

§ The last slide of your project should have a slide for the works cited. It is okay to use all websites on this project, as most sources are from JPL and NASA. Your works cited should be in MLA format. Go here to Landmark Citation Machine for a website that will automatically put your citation in MLA format. All you have to do is enter the information, click on “make citations,” and then cut and paste your citation into your last slide of PowerPoint. MLA citations should always have the citations in alphabetical order. The second line of the citation should be indented.

§ Things to consider in doing your research and making your PowerPoint are as follows:

1. What are the basic requirements for life on Earth? You should describe these using text and illustrations.

2. What does it mean when life is said to live in extreme environments? How could this relate to the possibility of life on Mars?

3. What are the similarities and differences between Earth and Mars that determine their ability to support life? Examples are size, gravity, availability of liquid water, distance from the sun, tilt on axis, length of day, atmosphere with appropriate thickness/chemistry, magnetic field, rock types/soils, etc.

4. Keep in mind that you should be finding example sites on Mars that show evidence of flowing water. This will dictate places where future exploration will occur. Refer back to the 8 sites that you looked at in the Internet Investigation ESU701.

5. Be creative with your presentations! Reading 40 of the same type of presentations will get boring for me.

6. Remember. The main question you want to answer is: Could Mars Support Life?

Project Timeline

§ Internet Investigation ESU701 due by today, April 12/13, 2006 block day.

§ Final project due Friday, April 21, 2006. I recommend that you work hard to get most, if not all, of your project done in the IRC on the day that we are there. This project will go into the TEST category, so it is really important that you do a good job!

Turning Your Project In

§ You will first save your project to your student directory on the school server. Ex) “m:\\LCHSNOV2\VOL1\USERS\STUDENTS\year graduating\your ID #”. You will name your file with the last name of each partner in your group. Ex) “traeger_bozzani_mars_project.ppt”

§ You will copy this file to the main project folder on the server by doing the following. 1) Right click “copy” on your project filename. Do not do this while the file is opened in PowerPoint! You must do this from My Computer/Windows Explorer 2) Select drive “t:\\LCHSNOV2\VOL1\STUDENTW” 3) Double click “Traeger” folder. 4) Double click “Mars Project 2006” folder. 5) Double click on your period’s folder. 6) Right click “paste” to save your project. I will then be able to pick up your project and read it. Once you submit your project, you CANNOT change it or modify it. If you mess up and want to resubmit, you must rename the file.

Grading: See the rubric on the last page. This is your formula for an A. Use it!

Basics of PowerPoint

PowerPoint Menus

To add another slide:

-INSERT

-New Slide

To add a text box:

-INSERT

-Text Box

-Use tool to draw a rectangle from upper left corner to lower right corner

To insert clip art:

-INSERT

-Picture ---from Clip Art

To insert a Digital Photo:

-INSERT

-Picture---from File

-Navigate to the A: drive (or wherever your photos are saved)

-Click on the right one, re-size using the handles on one of the 4 corners

To Import a photo from the Internet:

From Google images (or any internet site with photos), right click on the desired photo and slide mouse down to COPY

Go back to your PowerPoint presentation and the appropriate slide, right click to PASTE the photo.

Go back to the original internet site, highlight the URL and copy it.

Select the photo by clicking on it once.

Click on the globe icon which has a chain link icon over it. Click in the box called:”Type the file or web page name:” and paste the URL. Click on OK.

When the presentation is being viewed, the web site will appear as the mouse is being rolled over the image.

To change one slide to another:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Slide Transition

-Random (or which ever you choose)

-Select the button for the speed you wish

To create timing from one slide to the next:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Slide Transition

-Advance Click on box next to: Automatically after

-Type in # of seconds

To add sound to the slide transition:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Slide Transition

-Pull down Menu of Sounds Choose one and

-Preview

-Click on Apply for 1 slide or

-Click on Apply To ALL to have same slide for all slide transitions

To create movement of text or graphics on each slide:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Custom animation

-Click on Timing Tab–Choose one object (It will jump to upper box on left)-Click on Effects Tab-Choose one or RANDOM Use PREVIEW-Sound-Choose one

-Try preview

REPEAT THIS PROCESS FOR EACH OBJECT ON EACH SLIDE

To add a Background photo to a slide:

-Format menu

Background

Go to pull down triangle at bottom of box

Click on Fill Effects

Click on Picture Tab

Select Picture button

Insert Button

OK

(This will apply to ALL the slides unless you choose “Apply”)

Adding Buttons to navigate to a different slide, not just the NEXT slide:

-Slide Show menu

-Action Buttons, slide mouse over one box to choose the type of button

-Click the mouse where you want the button and drag to draw the button

In MOUSE CLICK tab:

Hyperlink to:

Slide…( and choose the title of the slide you wish to move to with a mouse click)

Add a sound to that button navigation as well if you wish

Names: _____________________________ Period: _______ Topic: ________________________

0 = F	1 = D	2 = C	3 = B	4 = A
Content: Worth 30 points total
§ Project not done § No maps used § Content plagiarized	§ Project late 3 days § Poorly written § Insufficient amount of content. Way less than 10 slides (15 geology) § Missing sufficient amount of content § maps	§ Project late 2 days § Average writing § Missing a fair amount of content § No maps	§ Project late 1 day § Good, standard level of writing § Missing some content § 1 map of Mars is used	§ Project on time § Excellent, creative level of writing § Addresses all interest areas that relate to the topic. § Maps of Mars are used in the presentation
Aesthetics (Looks and Layout): Worth 15 points total
§ Project not done	§ Standard presentation with no pictures § No method to layout	§ Standard presentation with minimal use of pictures/visual aids § No animation § Minimal thought to layout	§ Creative presentation with pictures used sparingly. § Minimal animation § Layout is okay	§ Uses full range of color and employs a layout that is pleasing to the eye § Pictures are integrated with the text. § Extremely Creative § Uses animations and slide transitions
Bibliography/Works Cited: Worth 10 points total (No more than 3 Internet citations!)
§ Project not done § No hyperlinks used in pictures and animations	§ No citation used § No parenthetical documentation § No hyperlinks used in pictures and animations	§ Incorrect MLA citation format § No parenthetical documentation used § Hyperlinks used in pictures and animations	§ Incorrect MLA citation format § Parenthetical documentation used § Hyperlinks used and referenced in the works cited	§ Correct MLA citation format § Parenthetical documentation used § Hyperlinks used and referenced correctly in the works cited.
Final Grades	Content	Aesthetics (Looks)	Bibliography	Totals
Project should be submitted to the Studentw server by 3:00 PM on Friday, April 21, 2006
Grand Total out of 55 points possible:

Comments: There should be evidence that BOTH partners contributed to this project. Slackers will lose points! Make sure to tell me if your partner isn’t pulling his/her weight!