Research Paper on the Museum of Natural History Assignment
[Student’s name]
[Date]
INSTRUCTION:
From the display that you reviewed, write a 2-3 page paper that contains a minimum of 1500 words and a maximum of 2000 words that describes the display as well as details the evidence behind human evolution. You will need to do some research to explain your observations and idea.
You need to turn in a hardcopy of the paper to your instructor before you give your presentation. An electronic submission of the paper must also be completed by email. No electronic submission will result in a grade of a 0 for your paper even if a hard copy is turned in.
Part 1. TITLE:
a. What is the paper about?
b. Describe the content of the paper (Tell the reader the subject of the display you have visited).
Part 2. INTRODUCTION:
a. Discuss background information of the display.
b. Discuss why you are interested in the display.
c. Propose the idea you have studied about the display with respect to human evolution.
You may use the information from lectures, lab manual, journal articles, textbooks, and websites as references to accomplish this part. You need to list all the information you used at the Part 7. REFERENCES.
Part 3. MATERIALS:
Discuss what you have observed from the display.
Part 4. RESULTS:
Describe details about the display related to evolution. You may use both visual (graphs, tables, drawings, and pictures) and verbal (words) representations to present the data you collected form the display.
Part 5. DISCUSSION:
a. Describe what your observations mean. You need to provide the reasons why the observations and evidence support the idea you proposed at Part 2. INTRODUCTION regarding the display behind human evolution.
b. Compare the evidence you have observed from the display with the evidence from other researches you did. You need to list the evidence of the research at part 7. REFERENCES.
Part 6. CONCLUSION:
Provide details of what you have learned from the display. You need to do some research to explain the details you provide. You need to list the research you provided at part 7. REFERENCES.
Part 7. REFERENCES:
Provide a minimum of 3 references to support your observations and idea. Your references have to be “reliable” sources; Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference. You need to cite the specific articles from the websites but not cite the websites directly.
Choose one of the following displays and describe the evidence behind human evolution:
a. Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy)
b. Homo ergaster (Turkana Boy)
c.Neanderthal
d. Homo erectus (Peking Man)
E. Cro-Magnon
