Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource covering Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Research Project

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Promote student choice and facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource pertaining to the novel Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Students will choose from more than a dozen topics—Yellowstone's supervolcano, Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima to name a few—and navigate academically appropriate sources with the goal of teaching their peers about their topics. A detailed scoring rubric is provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)

Ultimately, students will perform the following tasks:

  • Articulate connections between a research topic and the assigned novel

  • Conduct research using available resources

  • Collect and classify reliable sources

  • Develop successful methods of recording information

  • Evaluate the credibility of source work, taking into consideration readability, date, relevance, expertise, and bias

  • Apply conventions of MLA formatting

  • Correctly site resources to avoid plagiarism

  • Organize information in a cohesive manner, using a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrasing, and quoted material

  • Analyze, synthesize, and integrate information, generating a thoughtfully comprehensive report, free of generalities and redundancies

  • Present findings verbally, using their own words

Materials are available for teaching a variety of young adult and dystopian novels:

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Promote student choice and facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource pertaining to the novel Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Students will choose from more than a dozen topics—Yellowstone's supervolcano, Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima to name a few—and navigate academically appropriate sources with the goal of teaching their peers about their topics. A detailed scoring rubric is provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)

Ultimately, students will perform the following tasks:

  • Articulate connections between a research topic and the assigned novel

  • Conduct research using available resources

  • Collect and classify reliable sources

  • Develop successful methods of recording information

  • Evaluate the credibility of source work, taking into consideration readability, date, relevance, expertise, and bias

  • Apply conventions of MLA formatting

  • Correctly site resources to avoid plagiarism

  • Organize information in a cohesive manner, using a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrasing, and quoted material

  • Analyze, synthesize, and integrate information, generating a thoughtfully comprehensive report, free of generalities and redundancies

  • Present findings verbally, using their own words

Materials are available for teaching a variety of young adult and dystopian novels:

Promote student choice and facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource pertaining to the novel Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Students will choose from more than a dozen topics—Yellowstone's supervolcano, Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima to name a few—and navigate academically appropriate sources with the goal of teaching their peers about their topics. A detailed scoring rubric is provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.)

Ultimately, students will perform the following tasks:

  • Articulate connections between a research topic and the assigned novel

  • Conduct research using available resources

  • Collect and classify reliable sources

  • Develop successful methods of recording information

  • Evaluate the credibility of source work, taking into consideration readability, date, relevance, expertise, and bias

  • Apply conventions of MLA formatting

  • Correctly site resources to avoid plagiarism

  • Organize information in a cohesive manner, using a note-taking system that includes summary, paraphrasing, and quoted material

  • Analyze, synthesize, and integrate information, generating a thoughtfully comprehensive report, free of generalities and redundancies

  • Present findings verbally, using their own words

Materials are available for teaching a variety of young adult and dystopian novels:

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Promote student choice and facilitate the process of researching scientific and societally significant topics from beginning to end with this low-prep, standards-based resource pertaining to the novel Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Students will choose from more than a dozen topics—Yellowstone's supervolcano, Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, and nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima to name a few—and navigate academically appropriate sources with the goal of teaching their peers about their topics. A detailed scoring rubric is provided.