The goal of project 1 is for you and your group to compose the most effective 8 sentence abstract possible on a paper I assign. Each of the 7 groups will work on a different paper (bellow).
The project is in 3 parts:
Part 1 Each member will produce an 8 sentence abstract that captures 4 main components:
INTRODUCTION
METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
Part 2. During class, using your individual efforts as a guide you will work with your group to produce the most effective possible 8 sentence abstract. You will submit this abstract to the TAs and the Instructor.
Part 3. Following an assignment in which each member of a given group assesses the group abstract to which they are assigned, during class and as a group, you will evaluate the effectiveness of an abstract composed by another group, sentence by sentence. You will submit your group assessment to the Instructor by email.
PAPER ASSIGNMENTS
GROUP 1: Horner et al., 2017. How dinosaurs grew so large and so small
GROUP 2 : Jewitt and Young, 2015. Oceans from the skies
GROUP 3: Fox, 2021. Carbon of Oman.
GROUP 4 : Postberg et al., 2017. Under the sea of Enceladus
GROUP 5 : Van Kranendonk et al., Life Springs
GROUP 6 : Zalasiewicz, 2017. A history in layers
GROUP 7: Jandt and York, 2021. Wildfire is transforming Alaska and amplifying climate change.