Welcome to a great adventure! You’ve learned so much this year – not just concepts, but skills, and I can’t wait to see how you are going to apply it all!
Here’s the place where you can post your questions about the Lost in the Don Juan Basin project so that everyone can see the answers.
First answer – the due date is Tuesday, April 17.
A really useful hint? Go back and re-read the project again – this time with a highlighter. It’s amazing how much I miss the first time I read something. So what’s your next question? ๐
Flickr photo by P
For the flexible conduit, is there any specifics we need to know about the type? I’m seeing flexible metallic tubing (FMT), flexible metallic conduit (FMC), Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit (LFNC), and Liquidtight Metallic Tubing (LMT). I think I’m just having a hard time finding the description for what the “thin flexible conduit” actually is online. Thanks.
Ms. Skinner said that if the materials were generic, then you could infer on your own and be a little fluid with what you do. This means you can pick the one that you want. Hope this helps!
When searching up images of the Don Juan Basin, almost all the articles said Don Juan Pond instead of Basin. Is there a significant difference, or are they the same thing? If they are, can I use the data I found about the Don Juan Pond to help me choose my items?
Hi N! The basin is the general area where the pond can be found. Yes, you can use that reference. Make sure it is current info. That area has changed rapidly!!
l know you have to source everything except common knowledge, would how fast a human can run fall under common knowledge of would l have to source that? Since my person is running from the plane thatโs about to explode.
I believe that you wouldnโt have to cite that a human has the ability to run but rather that a human has the ability to run a certain distance in a certain amount of time under the certain climate circumstances; however, it seems to be implied that you escape the explosion in the prompt so unless youโre running from a certain item from the explosion or youโre running under circumstances after the prompt leaves off then I donโt believe you would have to cite the ability to run.
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Should I take into consideration the items when trying to determine the decade in which the event took place?
H – it is now! You can consider this a current event.
You said last week to make sure our information about the area where our plane crashed is recent. How recent is recent? I’m seeing a lot of articles and websites written or posted in 2013, would that be considered recent? Or should I try to find something written closer to 2018?
Here. I actually found a few links that are articles from this past year.
http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/11/15/salt-pond-in-antarctica-one-of-saltiest-waters-on-earth-is-fed-from-beneath/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-did-this-weird-super-salty-pond-form-in-antarctica
N – Great articles! Thx!!
I know this post is pretty old, but I’ve been really stressed with the research and sourcing this week and I very much appreciate you sharing these sources, Niki!
A – It’s changed pretty rapidly, so I’d go with closer to 2018.
Can I use EVERYTHING in a crate? For instance, can I assume that I can use both the wood AND the nails from the crate?
N – Yep! ๐
On our sheet it says “…if somehow you’ve been transported to Mars…” , and when I’ve looked up information about the Don Juan Basin/Pond, some of the sites mention how it (the Basin) is similar to Mars. Can we look up information about ponds on Mars to help us with the Don Juan Basin/Pond?
****to help us with information and research concerning the Don Juan Basin/Pond !!
M – No, I’d stick with good old Earth! ๐
If we are taking the crate with Sarin, is the Sarin itself in a separate container within the crate? For example could I take the crate apart if i needed the wood and nails from it? Also, is an article from 2016 to much in the past or is it okay (for info on Don Juan Basin/Pond)? Sorry for asking so many questions!
M – first question, thatโs something you need to research, but you can use the wooden crate if you want. 2nd question, 2016 may be okay, not sure. Niki found some articles that were later, I think. Look below for her post.
Can I source a video? If so…. How exactly would I do that?
I don’t think we can source videos ๐
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N- no, HJ is right. It has to be a written, published source. Videos may lead you to something you can look up somewhere.
When writing the journal, is the introductory paragraph on the same page as the first section? Or do they both go on separate pages?
A – Either way is okay if the introduction is short. Otherwise Iโd start on a new page.
If one of my online sources is a PDF from a website, do I still need to have the link on the top/bottom of the page? If so, can I print off the homepage of the website that it came from along with the PDF since the link isn’t on the PDF? Or can I use the PDF at all?
H – Yes, and yes ๐
Hi! It’s me… again. I have a series of questions (I apologize in advance)
1. Since it doesn’t clarify what material the carabiner is made of, can I choose what it is made of?
2. Can I also use the bottles (i.e. the bottle holding the kerosene) for other purposes other than their intended purpose?
3. I found a blog that reviews multi-tools! Does it seem okay to you? I figured since it has an about page that it would be credible.
http://www.multitool.org/tools/gerber/gerber-shard-review
4. When I am doing my works cited and there doesn’t seem to be a certain *person* who wrote the article, would I just say, for example, *company’s/corporation’s name* Staff? This is something we did for one of our English paper sources, so I was wondering if that would also apply here.
Thank you for your time, and I hope it wasn’t a waste!! ๐
I am so sorry that it hasn’t even been more than 5 minutes, but… it’s important!
Could I use 2 separate sources for the carabiner and magnet? Or do they have to come together? (i.e. On Amazon, I find a titanium magnet by itself and a neodymium magnet sold by itself)
N – yes, that will work
N – 1. Yes
2. Yes, but remember contamination!
3. Yes
4. Yes, that will work, or you can just use the name of the article.
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You know how it says for sourcing “turn in a copy of the first page and the page(s) that you use”? Does that include the first page of every book source I use? Or does the copyright page suffice?
A – you can do either one ๐
A – Either is okay. And you only have to do that the first time the book is used.