Task 3D: Competency Assessment

For this competency assessment, you will need to do research on one of the specific biomes presented in this section (terrestrial or aquatic).

You will then be creating a written project of some sort about it. The competencies assessed will be SCI.4.1-SCI.4.3.

The options for your project are:

You will be able to revise this project as many times as you need to reach a level 9.

Competency Assessment Instructions:

Pick a biome from section 2 or 3 that interests you.
You will be researching the following question:
1. How has climate change affected _(your biome)___?
Conduct your research. Really look into how climate change has impacted your biome.
1. You will need to find at least 3 ways that climate change has affected your biome.
2. Make sure you have direct evidence from sources to support it.
  1. Reliable sources end in .gov, .edu, and .org.
Organize your evidence.
1. Once you have found the 3 impacts of climate change on your biome, organize your evidence. Make sure you have direct quotations, graphs/charts, and images.
Determine your conclusions.
1. What are the main takeaways from your research?
2. What should the next step be?
Write an outline for your research.
1. Submit your outline to Slate when you finish it.
2. You can choose any format that makes sense to you. Make sure it has these components:
  1. Research question
  2. Claims (3 impacts)
  3. Evidence of multiple kinds
  4. Conclusions
Finish your project.
1. Use your outline to complete the project format you have picked.
2. Include all the components in step 6 as well as the following:
  1. Formal and objective language
  2. Scientific terminology
  3. Proper citation of sources
    1. Works Cited
    2. In-text Quotations