Reference no: EM133751200
Assignment: Report on Uranus
Prompts:
1) Where is the location?
2) What previous missions/spacecraft have explored this location?
3) What was the objective of the missions exploring there or was it frontier exploration?
Gradations:
Excellent: Contains evidence for answering all 3 prompts with each meeting high standards.
Data:
Prompts:
1) What types of instruments have been used to collect data about this location?
2) What kind of data has been collected (samples, pictures, measurements)?
3) What is the data going to be used for (i.e. learning about geology, mapping certain aspects of the surface, doing atmospheric science, etc.)?
Gradations:
Excellent: Contains evidence for answering all 3 prompts with each meeting high standards.
Phenomenon]:
Prompts:
1) What phenomena have been observed?
2) What makes this location special in regards to observed phenomena?
3) What aspects of this location are unique in the solar system, or archetypical?
4) What are the important discoveries that have been associated with this location?
Gradations:
Excellent: Contains evidence for answering all 4 prompts with each meeting high standards.
Processes:
Prompts:
1) What processes have been suggested to explain why the observed features and phenomena occur?
2) What aspects of this location have helped build better understanding of these processes?
3) Where else in the solar system do these processes occur (or have been speculated to occur)?
Gradations:
Excellent: Contains evidence for answering all 3 prompts with each meeting high standards.
Future Study:
Prompts:
1) What questions remain unanswered?
2) What competing theories are there?
3) What evidence has been provided as support for each theory?
4) What new evidence will help resolve disputes and answer the remaining questions?
Gradations:
Excellen: Contains evidence for answering 3 out of 4 prompts with each meeting high standards.
Clarity: The ease that the reader understands the information in the report. Use of figures, equations, charts (which should all have captions) can greatly improve clarity and complement the descriptions and explanations that are provided in the text of the report.