In this project, you will research a topic on astronomy, and put together a class iBook about space for next year's 6th graders to study. You may research anything from sun spots, to galaxies, to nuclear fusion! You may be asked to complete more than one page in order to ensure that the class covers a wide variety of space topics, so we produce an iBook with lots of deep content.
Please keep in mind that seventh grade level note-taking, writing, editing and reporting are expected for this project so we have a high-level, professional iBook. You must use all of the Pages skills you have accrued throughout this school year to make your iBooks pages look like a professional textbook. (See the example below on Black holes to see what is expected) Follow these steps to complete your project:
1. Explore the Ducksters page, and choose an astronomy topic to research.
2. Take notes on your iPad - you must take BASIC notes (not complete sentences). You must write down a minimum of FOUR categories within your topic, with a minimum of FIVE bullet points about that topic.
3. Open a Pages TEMPLATE - you may chose any template that will fit your project - listen to Mr. Weimer and Mr. Groth for how to select templates appropriately.
4. Copy your writing into your Pages document, transferring your bullet points into complete sentences IN YOUR OWN WORDS. You must have a minimum of three text boxes of information about a different topic within your subject area.
5. Add pictures from Ducksters (or from google if you include the URL link captioned under each picture).
6. Site every source you used on the bottom right-hand side of your information sheet.
Please keep in mind that seventh grade level note-taking, writing, editing and reporting are expected for this project so we have a high-level, professional iBook. You must use all of the Pages skills you have accrued throughout this school year to make your iBooks pages look like a professional textbook. (See the example below on Black holes to see what is expected) Follow these steps to complete your project:
1. Explore the Ducksters page, and choose an astronomy topic to research.
2. Take notes on your iPad - you must take BASIC notes (not complete sentences). You must write down a minimum of FOUR categories within your topic, with a minimum of FIVE bullet points about that topic.
3. Open a Pages TEMPLATE - you may chose any template that will fit your project - listen to Mr. Weimer and Mr. Groth for how to select templates appropriately.
4. Copy your writing into your Pages document, transferring your bullet points into complete sentences IN YOUR OWN WORDS. You must have a minimum of three text boxes of information about a different topic within your subject area.
5. Add pictures from Ducksters (or from google if you include the URL link captioned under each picture).
6. Site every source you used on the bottom right-hand side of your information sheet.
Use the below worked example for reference only: