Geoscience, National Geographic, Science News, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology, Earth, books on Earthquakes, etc. Most of the previous list includes peer-reviewed papers, where the work of the various authors has been evaluated by other researchers for its validity. A good place to look is the GEOREF database which is one of the databases available from the Library. You will probably need to submit interlibrary loan requests as our library does not have many peer reviewed articles on the stacks. You will be asked to show me your sources prior to writing the final paper! Citations should be in APA style or the style found in the Geological Society of America Bulletin. Just please be consistent. RUBRIC FOR FINAL PAPER Category A B C D F Content (25 pts) The paper compares and contrasts the items clearly. The paper points to specific examples to illustrate the comparison. The paper includes only the information relevant to the comparison. The paper addresses all questions posed in the instructions and/or goes beyond these questions to show differences. More than The paper compares and contrasts items clearly, but the supporting information is general. The paper includes only the information relevant to the comparison. The paper addresses all questions posed in the instructions, but in not much detail. More than 50 % of the references are The compares and contrasts items clearly, but the supporting information is incomplete. The paper may include information not relevant to the comparison. The paper does not address all the questions. Between 25 and 50% the references The paper compares and contrasts items clearly, but the supporting information is incomplete. The paper may include information that is not relevant to the comparison. The paper does not address many of the questions. Fewer than 25% of the references are peer reviewed. No purpose stated for the paper. No comparison given. Questions from the instructions are not addressed. No peer reviewed artcicles
75% of the references are peer-reviewed. are Organization and Structure (10 pts) The paper breaks the information into or point-by-point structure. It follows a consistent order when discussing the comparison. The paper breaks the information into or point-by-point structure but does not follow a consistent order when discussing the comparison The paper breaks the information into or structure, but some information is in the wrong section. Some details are not in a logical or expected order and this distracts from the reader Many details are not in logical or expected order. Difficult to tell how the writing is organized. No organization is present. Transitions (5 pts) The paper moves smoothly from one idea to the next. The paper uses comparison and contrast transition to show relationships between ideas. The paper uses a variety of sentence structure and transitions. The paper moves from one idea to the next, but there is little variety. The paper uses comparison and contrast transition to show relationships between ideas. Some transitions work well. There are limited connections between ideas. Transition s do not work well. Connections between ideas are fuzzy. The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.