Fading Footprints

Countdown to CD

Calendar

Mr 31	Ap 1	2	3	4
During this week all work being done on species pages should be in preparation for final drafts. Students who have submitted final drafts and who have received permission from teachers begin work on concept pages.

7	8	9 half-day	10	11
Students continue work on species pages final drafts or continue work on concept pages. Some students may be developing other parts of CD such as video documentary or digital photographs for CD slide show. All concept pages and species pages should be nearly complete by Friday the 11th.

14	15	16	17	18 Spring break begins at 2:30
Concept page makers present their work to all students during science block. All writing completed in other classes. All students identify 5 concept pages that they would like to create links to from their species pages. All students tell concept page designers if they want their species listed on the students' concept pages.

Concept Pages

Concept pages are the gates through which the CD user will pass to get from species page to species page. For example, a user might begin by looking at a page about salmon and then choose to visit a concept page about water quality. From the water quality page the user might next choose a link to another species affected by water quality such as the mayfly. As users travel through the CD they will learn about individual species as well as about concepts related to endangerment.

Outline for Concept Page

Concept Page Topic

1. Introduce and define your page topic. In one or two paragraphs explain how this topic relates to endangerment.

2. Include your own graphics such as pictures, maps, collage, flow chart, table, graphs, video, etc. All graphics must be your own creations--not copied and pasted from other web sites. You can also include other pictures from the CD made by other students, such as watercolors made by students in art class.

3. Tell the story of how this concept is related to a species on the CD. You might choose your own species because that would probably be easiest.

4. Create links to other species on the CD related to the topic of your concept page.

Points for Concept Pages

A total of 10 additional points are available to students who complete concept pages as follows:

Parts	Value
1. Presentation of concept pages by student-designers to the class in the third week of April for review, editing, and link decisions.	2 pts
2. Accuracy and relevance of information on the concept page.	2 pts
3. Information is well organized and clearly presented on the concept page.	2 pts
4. Standard English conventions (spelling, grammar, etc.) are observed.	2 pts
5. All the parts of the outline described above are included in the concept page.	2 pts
Note: failure to complete a concept page may result in a loss of points for your overall Fading Footprints grade. Points may also be detracted for late concept pages.