Final paper submission: 900-1100 words (excluding title & reference page
Record the number of words (excluding title and reference).
Cite your sources – both text and images. Have a reference page. You can follow the APA/MLA format (or any other acceptable college level format), but make sure you are consistent.
In-text citations are a must –on paper ！ Images need to have captions and cited!
You need to have at least 4 reliable sources
You need to have at least 4 reliable sources
While I encourage you to use Wikipedia for initial background reading, you may not use Wikipedia itself or other encyclopedias as one of your four sources. Your source must be a reputable authority on astronomy or physics (i.e., either the author of a published paper or book, or if a purely online source, an academic or journalist at a reputable publishing or academic institution).No more than 2 direct quotations(and only 2 lines of the quotations)!Citations are a
must, even when you are paraphrasing.sources should include books, articles from a reputed Physics or Astronomy magazine, or online information to get full credit. Please always make sure you get information from credible sources such as NASA webpages. Avoid getting information from blogs or Wikipedia! You need to have at least 4 sources.
Focus on your writing! – Even though this is not an English class, it is very important to write a coherent science paper with fewer errors
Organization – Writing is coherent and logically organized with transitions used between ideas and paragraphs to create coherence. Overall unity of ideas is present.
Level of content – Content indicates original thinking and develops ideas with sufficient and firm evidence.
Development – Main points well developed with quality supporting details and quantity. Critical thinking is weaved into points
Grammar & Mechanics – Essay has few spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors allowing reader to follow ideas clearly. Very few fragments or run-ons.
Style – Attains college level style; tone is appropriate and rhetorical devices used to enhance content; sentence variety used effectively.
Format – Meets format and assignment requirements; margins, spacing, and indentations are correct; essay is neat and correctly assembled.
Title and Word count/PPT slide count/video length
Final Paper
Paper: 900-1100 words (excluding title page and reference Page). DO NOT exceed the word limit.
Organization
There should be an introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion!
The paper or the presentation needs to be organized with each paragraph or a couple of slides dealing with a specific topic . For example, if you selected a space mission to write/present, there can be one paragraph discussing the instruments on board, another paragraph focusing on its important observations, etc. Content Related to the Topic
Include facts and figures but make the paper/presentation readable and interesting for the non-scientist. Include your thoughts and opinions too and make it YOUR paper/presentation!!
If you do not have the sufficient number of words or slides, the score for this will also get affected. Format + Proper in-text citations
You can follow the APA/MLA format (or any other acceptable college level format), but make sure you are consistent.
In-text citations are a must! Grammar & Mechanics
The paper or presentation has been carefully reviewed or edited. Essay/presentation is free from spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors allowing reader to follow ideas clearly. No fragments or run-ons.
For presentation: Voice is clear and audible, and the presentation flows from one slide to another Reference page/slide
Properly formatted reference page/slide included.
At least 4 reliable sources.
