Lost in the Grand Erg Occidental
How’s it going with the project? Here are a few things to remember:
1. Make sure you make printed copies of the sources you use from the Internet and any books that aren’t in our library. Copy the first page and the page that you use, and highlight the portions that you use. Staple multiple pages.
2. Never use the URL in the internal documentation. Always use the title of the article or the heading of the website page, if it’s from the Internet.
3. Your internal documentation should be the first thing you have listed in your Works Cited. For example, the author, the name of the book, the Internet title, dictionary entry, etc.
4. Each time you mention one of the main 32 items in your paper, use a bold font or underline it so it will be easy to see.
5. Your copied sources should be in the order that they occur in your paper. Your Works Cited should be in alphabetical order.
6. Make sure you write the internal documentation on your illustrations, as well as in your paper. And don’t forget to include it in the Works Cited.
7. Double check to make sure you don’t have anything in the internal documentation that isn’t in your Works Cited, and vice versa.
Good luck!! I’m praying for you!!!
April 26th, 2009 at 2:47 PM
ms skinner,
i was wondering if as a reason not to bring something if we could say that it could be used for example to make a thermometer but we dont have the other material needed to make it…sorry if that doesnt make any sense
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 26th, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Katie – yes, it makes sense, but make sure you really don’t have the other things you would need to make that thing.
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April 26th, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Hey, Ms. Skinner!
I was just wondering if, once we state something’s use and document it, do we need to document the use again if we mention it later?
Like, say, we state that glass is sharp and can cut things. If in a later paragraph we mention that we cut something using the glass, do we have to document it again?
Thanks!
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 26th, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Rachel-Chloe – No, if you’ve already documented it once in the paragraph, you don’t have to keep doing it for the same item/reason.
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April 26th, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Hey, Ms. Skinner!
Do we have to have a reason to use or not to use every item in our pocket in addition to the 32 items? And if we use them, do we put them in the section of things we do take?
Thanks!
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April 26th, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Katherine – no, you’re only responsible for the 32 items. You’ll probably use some of the other items with the 32, however. Hope that helps!
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April 27th, 2009 at 12:23 AM
this has realy helped me you answard all my quetions Ms.Skinner.The website wuold only come up for me today.sorry its late.
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April 27th, 2009 at 10:53 AM
What information do we need on our title page?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 27th, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Hi Manasi, just the regular stuff for the title page. Title, your name, date, class info. Place it like you would a regular title page in English. Good luck!
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April 27th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
do we put all of our printed stuff in binder rings or in the pockets?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 27th, 2009 at 7:19 PM
No binder! Check out the project packet. I believe it says something about the pockets of a folder…….
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April 27th, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Also, Ms. Skinner, if I have different editions than the ones in the school library, do I still need to make a copy of them?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 27th, 2009 at 7:20 PM
No, you’re good!
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April 27th, 2009 at 5:18 PM
are we allowed a pony tail holder?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 27th, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Sorry, no pony tail holder. Although, that’s pretty creative!
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April 27th, 2009 at 6:28 PM
do we have to have the items that could be put together in a paragraph or could we just have them all seperately? (like if i had a par. about HCl and one about NaOH and then talked about them together at the end of the NaOH par.?)
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 27th, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Yep, that’s okay!
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April 27th, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Ms. Skinner, Is there a certain amount of days that we are left in the desert or is that up to us?
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April 27th, 2009 at 7:24 PM
You can assume that, if you’ve done everything right, that you’ll be rescued in three days. I’d go with that.
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April 27th, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Cody – that last comment was for you, by the way! Good luck!
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April 27th, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Do we need to color our illustrations? Or does it matter?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 27th, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Rachel – you can do it either way.
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April 27th, 2009 at 8:53 PM
It’s me again!
Um, if we have a website with an author, do we use that author’s last name for internal documentation? Or just the article title still?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 27th, 2009 at 8:55 PM
I’d use the one that is the most obvious – just because it’d be easier to see and grade. If the author is at the top and easy to see, use that. Otherwise, use the title.
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April 27th, 2009 at 10:16 PM
im crossing my fingers that your still awake mrs skinner, but the only paper i have at home has prepunched holes in it, is that ok? although its a little late noww…
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 28th, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Katie, sorry, I shut my computer down at 10:00 yesterday evening. Hole punched paper would be okay – I won’t count off for it.
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April 29th, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Thank the Lord that this project is over. But on a side note, In Day One what happened in Oak Ridge, Tennessee?
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April 29th, 2009 at 3:48 PM
What kind of grade does the Day One packet count as?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Manasi – this “in class project” counts as four daily grades. great way to improve a daily average!
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April 29th, 2009 at 5:32 PM
how does day one apply to chemistry?
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April 29th, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Ms. skinner, can you tell us what the ten things were that you took for the lost project ?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Cathy – I’m going to the day I hand the projects back to you.
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April 29th, 2009 at 9:03 PM
grrrr, that was an aweful project! But thanks for givin us a break with the video =]
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April 30th, 2009 at 4:45 AM
Well the projects finally done, you woudn’t believe all the stuff that happened to me the last night, I used a remote desktop program to connect to my moms computer at school. 1st my mom’s computer gets a virus, she somehow temporarily stops it with the schools anti-virus thing. Next my keyboard just stops working, and last the school network shutdown -_- but i still got it done.. somehow.
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:58 PM
did i tell you or what!
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April 30th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Who came up with the idea to build the atomic bomb?
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April 30th, 2009 at 9:33 AM
in the video where was the first place they started workin on the bomb
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April 30th, 2009 at 10:28 AM
hey Ms. Skinner, What does the # 235 have to do with the Day One movie and the Atomic Bomb?
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Ms. Skinner Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 9:59 PM
check out uranium on the periodic table or in the book – chapter on nuclear chemistry…
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April 30th, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Ms. Skinner what does the 15 kilograms and the 5 kilograms on the DAY ONE packet have to do with the atomic bomb?
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April 30th, 2009 at 4:03 PM
What was the codename of the project for the making of the bomb?
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April 30th, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Jalen the codename for the making of the bomb was the manhatten project.
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April 30th, 2009 at 5:12 PM
What did Col. Paul Tibbets do?
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April 30th, 2009 at 7:04 PM
was Leo szilard a jew??
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April 30th, 2009 at 7:33 PM
What is little boy?
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April 30th, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Mrs. Skinner,
what was the one on the list that said 15 kilograms??
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April 30th, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Anna, Little Boy was the title of the bomb they dropped on Japan
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May 1st, 2009 at 10:57 AM
what is the significance of august 6, 1945?
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May 1st, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Audrey:august 6,1945 is when the atomiv bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
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May 1st, 2009 at 2:19 PM
what city was the second atomic bomb dropped on?
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May 4th, 2009 at 6:26 PM
@ Ryan: Nagasaki
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May 4th, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Can anyone tell me what 1/1,000,000 of a second represented on the day one video?
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Brennon Chapman Reply:
May 4th, 2009 at 9:22 PM
time it took to trigger bomb if im not mistaken
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