To Photosynthesize or Not to Photosynthesize, that is the question! --- Homework --- Update: 5/11/08 DUE Mon. 5/12 - Read pgs. 143-147: plant reproduction do pg. 147:1-4 DUE Tuesday 5/13: Finished Power Pt. handout & slide show DUE Thurs 5/15: Color Book #82-Flowers & Pollination Read underlined sections and color **************************************************** PROJECT: Medicinal Plant Project TOTAL POINTS POSIBLE: 100 Please research your topic. Use books, encyclopedias and/or the Internet to research your subject. You need a minimum of four references. Make a Power Pt. presentation. - use bullet points and phrases/ideas - do not use complete sentences or paragraphs - use photographs, diagrams, charts - Reference whatever source you obtain the information or picture from REFRENCES: use the instructions for the last presentation. PRESENTATION: Please include the following pieces of information in your report: 1. Describe the Herb. a. What is its common name? b. What does it look like? c. Include diagrams and pictures 2. What is its scientific name? 3. Where does the plant grow? BOTH a. specific location And b. type of environment: tropical, temperate, arctic, forest, swamp, etc. 4. What is it used as a medicine for? What condition does it treat? 5. How is the “medicine” prepared for use? 6. Briefly describe the history of this plant AND its use as medicine. You must PRINT out your presentation using the “Outline View” or the “Handout” style. Put 6 or 9 slides per page. DUES DATES: “My” topic is: _______________________________________________ Four references & Notes Due: _____________ Final Presentation with 4+ references and In-text References: ___________ GRADE: Your grade will be based on the quantity and quality of information that your Power Pt. Proper referencing is worth 10 %, so don’t neglect references. **************************************************** REFERENCING GUIDE LINES: References - (Note: this will be the last page or slide of your Project) MLA FORMATS FOR A BOOK - Author or editor’s last name, first name. Title. Place of Publication: publisher, Copyright date. FOR A MAGAZINE – Author’s last name, first name. ”Title of the article.” Title of the Magazine. Date, Pages used. FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA – Name of the Encyclopedia. year edited, Vol. “Article Title of the article.” FOR A VIDEO – “Title.” Publisher or company producing the program. Date. FOR AN INTERNET SOURCE with an Author– Author’s last name, first name. “Title of the document.” Electronic address. Date of access. FOR AN INTERNET SOURCE without an Author– “Title of the document.” Electronic address. Date of access. FOR AN INTERVIEW – Last name, first name. Personal interview. Date. -------------- AN EXAMPLE OF A REFERENCE PAGE – in alphabetic order: -------------------- REFERENCES 1. Adams, Bryan. Seabirds - Their biology and Ecology. New York: A & W Publishers Inc., 1979. (a book) 2. Blewcott, William R. ”Return to Mars.” National Geographic. August 1998: 4- 29. (a magazine) 3. Collier’s Encyclopedia. 1981 ed., Vol. III. “Earp, Wyatt.” (an encyclopedia) 4. Ocean Drifters. Video. National Geographic Video. 1994. 60 minutes. (a video) 5. Parchick, Cherry. “Antarctic Penguins.” http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Penguins.html. 1/16/08. (an internet article w/author) 6. “Penguins.” http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Penguins.html. 12/6/07. (an internet article without/author) 7. Truedale, Gary. 9/2005. (an interview) Use the numbers for the IN-TEXT referencing in the INTRODUCTION and the rest of the paper. © Copyright 2008 . All Rights Reserved.