Class Final Report

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Overview
All schools should submit one short Final Report explaining what they have learned from the project. The report does not have to be long; one or two paragraphs is sufficient. Final reports should be submitted to the project Discussion Area at the completion of this project. Selected Final Reports will then be posted in the Student Gallery.

Objectives
Students will:

Develop problem-solving, decision-making and inquiry skills reflected by interpreting and analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and communicating results. Develop an understanding of patterns, relationships, and functions and will use them to represent and explain Real-World phenomena. Connect mathematics to other learning by understanding the interrelationships of mathematical ideas and the in other disciplines and in life. Integrate mathematics as a tool for problem-solving in science and as a means of expressing and/or modeling scientific theories.

Time
Approximately one 45 minute class period.

Materials

Computers with Internet access Notebooks and Pencils Student Worksheets, graphs, files, etc. on which students have previously plotted the earthquakes (You can submit graph files separately to the Project Leader). OPTIONAL Language Arts activities: please include this in the final report Printable Student Worksheet (Optional)

Teacher Preparation

All students should draft Final Reports individually or in small groups however only one class final report should be posted to the Discussion Area. Each student / group can contribute to a section or you can select the one that best meets the criteria listed in the section below.

Assessment Suggestions
The students' Final Reports can be used for assessment (e.g. Are the answers complete, accurate, and do they show an understanding of the lesson concepts?).

Procedure

	Step 7: Class Final Report Materials Notebooks and Pencils Student Worksheets, graphs, files, etc. on which students have previously plotted the earthquakes (You can submit graph files separately to the Project Leader). OPTIONAL Language Arts activities: please include this in the final report Printable Student Worksheet (Optional) Instructions Draft your Final Report: You should include: Introductory Paragraph - basic information such as: School Name Location Grade and/or Subject Area Main Body What you did during the project. How did you measure the temperature and determine the number of minutes of sunlight per day? OPTIONAL: If you completed the Language Arts activity, please describe what you found out. Conclusions (based on the data collected by all project participants) Why do some areas of the earth receive more sunlight than others? Why are some places hotter than others? How did you interpret your results? Graphs, files, etc. Additional questions to consider (Optional) What was something new that you learned? What would you do differently next time?   Submit the Class Final Report: Please submit your Class Final Reports to the Final Reports conference area of the Discussion Area. Click on the words Final Reports and then Post to submit your Final Report. Be sure to include the name of your school, city, and country in the Subject area of the message in the Discussion Area. Example: Final Report from Kennedy Middle School, Newark, NJ, USA   In the last couple of weeks of the project, the project leader will select the best or most interesting reports from the Discussion Area and post those reports as separate web pages in the Student Gallery section on this project web site.