1. Work in cooperative groups to put together a Power Point presentation of an era in Earth History based on the information organized in Inspiration
 

A. The dates of the Era and any periods within the Era ( or mention of no periods within Era)

B. Organisms that evolved during Era, major events, rock layers or Supergroups that were laid down, or any Unconformities within the Era
 

2. Understand how to add pictures, animate, make transitions to create a professional presentation to interest and teach an audience a concept

3. Learn how to make a reference page to give credit to the sites where the information was found

NNJCCCS 8.1  & 8.2

Eras in Earth History

PowerPoint Cooperative Group Rubric

Earth History Timeline

Rocks on the Timeline

Earth History Website

Multimedia:

Username: wtbscience
Password: Bloomingdale

1. Work in cooperative groups to put together a Power Point presentation of an era in Earth History based on the information organized in Inspiration
 

A. The dates of the Era and any periods within the Era ( or mention of no periods within Era)

B. Organisms that evolved during Era, major events, rock layers or Supergroups that were laid down, or any Unconformities within the Era
 

2. Understand how to add pictures, animate, make transitions to create a professional presentation to interest and teach an audience a concept

3. Present their project to the class and critique each other's projects

NNJCCCS 8.1  & 8.2

Eras in Earth History

PowerPoint Cooperative Group Rubric

1. Work in cooperative groups to put together a Power Point presentation of an era in Earth History based on the information organized in Inspiration
 

A. The dates of the Era and any periods within the Era ( or mention of no periods within Era)

B. Organisms that evolved during Era, major events, rock layers or Supergroups that were laid down, or any Unconformities within the Era
 

2. Understand how to add pictures, animate, make transitions to create a professional presentation to interest and teach an audience a concept

3. Present their project to the class and critique each other's projects

NNJCCCS 8.1  & 8.2

Eras in Earth History

PowerPoint Cooperative Group Rubric

1. Work in cooperative groups to put together a Power Point presentation of an era in Earth History based on the information organized in Inspiration
 

A. The dates of the Era and any periods within the Era ( or mention of no periods within Era)

B. Organisms that evolved during Era, major events, rock layers or Supergroups that were laid down, or any Unconformities within the Era
 

2. Understand how to add pictures, animate, make transitions to create a professional presentation to interest and teach an audience a concept

3. Learn how to make a reference page to give credit to the sites where the information was found

NNJCCCS 8.1  & 8.2

1. Use Microsoft Word to write a persuasive essay about "The Best Era in Earth History" with the information organized in the previous Inspiration project
 

A. The dates of the Era and any periods within the Era ( or mention of no periods within Era)

B. Organisms that evolved during Era, major events, rock layers or Supergroups that were laid down, or any Unconformities within the Era

C.  Based on the Information of the history of the Era- persuade readers to believe that chosen Era ( Precambrian, Paleozoic. Mesozoic, or Cenozoic Era is the best Era in Earth History
 

2. Use word to write essay that contains specific criteria for margins, font, color, opening and closing paragraphs and references and save essay as "era essay" in "Word" folder

3. Read and edit each other's essay and make necessary changes before submitting.

NNJCCCS 8.1  & 8.2

Eras in Earth History

Earth History Essay Rubric