Science+Project

=**Welcome to the Science Project space!**= This Spring we will work together as a class to build this site. Our goal will be to demonstrate what we have learned about 6th grade science standards and showcase our work for teachers, parents, and other students to view.

Students will work in a pairs to author one page on a topic related to our science  standards. They will use your textbooks, library books, and other web sites to research selected topics. The groups will then write the entries that make up this website. Students will be able to write, edit, and discuss their work on this website. They will also be able to view the work of other groups, comment on, and encourage the work of their classmates. All pages will be moderated by the instructor, and while they will be working in groups, each student will be posting under their own account and will be given credit for and held accountable for what they post to this space.

The links in the box below will take you to the individual pages that our groups will be working on. Students will follow the guide that has been created by the instructor for posting to this space and for the individual pages that are a part of this space.


 * ~ Student Pages: ||
 * # ==Earthquakes 1 2 3==
 * 1) ==Ecology 1 2 3==
 * 2) ==Energy in the Earth System 1 2 3==
 * 3) ==Heat (thermal energy)==
 * 4) ==Plate Tectonics==
 * 5) ==Natural Resources 1 2==
 * 6) ==Volcanoes 1 2 3 4== ||

=Instructions to students=

How to edit your page
[|How to edit a page video]
 * 1) The column of links in the box marked 'student pages' will take you to the pages that you will be editing. Click on the topic that you are working on.
 * 2) Once you are on your page, click on the[[image:edit.png caption="edit.png"]] button at the top right corner of the page.
 * 3) You may now type into the page just as you would in Microsoft Word. You can add, change, or remove anything that is written on your page.
 * 4) After you have made your edits, click the save button at the top of the page. You have now published information to our wiki!
 * 5) Each page has vocabulary section, in which you should include a list of words that go with your topic.I would like you to write definitions for all of the words that you include in this section, and that you may add an image to, if you can find a good one.
 * 6) There is also a list of headings that you need to use to organize your information under. Please be sure to change the sizes of the text in your headings and label them according to your topic.
 * 7) The list on each page is an outline for what is required, adding more information beyond what is asked, will be rewarded in your grade.

How to add images
[|How to add images video]


 * 1) Adding images to your pages will increase their visual appeal and interest.
 * 2) To do this, click the[[image:edit.png caption="edit.png"]]button. At the top of the page, you will see the "Editor Bar". Just under the word "Editor", there is a box with a picture of a tree in it. Click on this button.
 * 3) A side bar will open at the right of the page with a list of available images that you can use. Double click on one of these pictures to insert it into the page.
 * 4) A box labeled "Image Properties" will appear along with the picture you selected. You can change the alignment of the picture to center it in the page, or send it to the right or left of the text on the page. If you don't want to align it, just close the box.
 * 5) Now that the picture is on the page you can click and hold it, and drag it where you want it with your mouse. You can also click and drag the corners of the image to make it bigger or smaller.
 * 6) If there is an image on your computer that you have found and would like to include, click the "Browse" button under the "Upload New File" heading. Locate your image, then click "Upload." It will be uploaded to the wiki and you can then insert it into your page in the same way that was just described.

Warnings about editing pages and adding images

 * 1) You are adding information to a site that is public. The information you add is not anonymous, your instructor will know who has added each piece of information. This information is open to your fellow students, your parents, other teachers, and principal. So please, so not add anything that is not appropriate for school or that is not related to your topic.
 * 2) When you add information from another source, you must give credit to that source. At the bottom of each page, please list your works cited.
 * 3) When you use an image, you must be sure that you have permission. Some images on the web are copyrighted and their owners do not allow them to be used by you. It is illegal to do so.
 * 4) Use only images that are published under a [|creative commons] or a [|gnu] license, and then give credit to their creator at the bottom of your page.
 * 5) The images that are already uploaded to this site are listed with one of the above licenses, but you must list them at the bottom of your page anyway.