Science of the Modern World 21-22-1B Assignments

Purpose: Students will choose from one of the following alternative energy sources or greener energy usages and write a persuasive letter to either Dr. Bugg (Superintendent of Coal City Schools) to encourage him to implement your suggested changes.  

Topics:
Windmill(s)
Solar panels 
Using a different type of light source (instead of fluorescent bulbs)

Complete the attached worksheet with your group for the topic you were assigned. If you're absent, you'll see your name next to the topic in the comment below. Please complete that page for Monday.


Create a presentation to share the information that you've learned while doing this research. Attach that presentation to this assignment.

Each person will have their own topic and need to do this independently. Below is a list of who is assigned which reading, but you'll be given a paper copy of this reading as well. 

Pillow Angel Ashley: Chris L., Lennon, Madison, Carson, Reid, Ariam, Dillon
Talk About Short: Craid, Zech, Jack, Cayden, Kerry, Chris C., Todd
Family Dilemma: Joey, Zephyr, Christina, Azlyn, Mars

Use the Pennington's Sweetie Pie Case Study to complete this assignment. We'll do this on paper in class, but if you are absent or lose your copy, you can add text boxes to this assignment to complete it online. 

Using at least 2 resource types (journal/article/podcast/infographic/etc.) gathered from the LRC databases, write a scientific argument that answers a question of your choosing related to science.


Make sure to use in-text citations as well as create a complete resources section. 

In small pairs, write a scientific argument (aka CER) answering the question: Should school start times be pushed back later?

We are going to work on this together as a class.

Create a graph that tells us something about you. The graph could be any type of graph like a bar graph, line graph, pie chart, etc. It needs to have the following on it:
1. Title
2. Axis labels (assuming it's not a pie chart)
3. Units for measurements (ex: feet, number of dogs, miles, etc.)

If you create a digital graph, attach it here. The graph can be made in Google Sheets, Google Drawing, Desmos, on paper, etc. We are not picky. 

Create a slide(s) in the attached presentation that satisfies the following requirements. Your slides should include each of the following about the natural disaster that is assigned to you:
1. Definition
2. Cause(s)
3. How to prevent (if you can)
4. Picture(s)
5. in-text citations with full citations in reference slide.



(Feel free to add extra slides if you need more space.)