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 6 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 (see rubric):
Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion
Part 2. During class on October 15 and 17, 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: McEwen, 2013. Mars in motion
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
