Atacama Desert- Wheres the rain?

Atacama Desert- Wheres the rain?

Information of there desert, and why there is no rain.
From instructor:
Finding your source material is the first step in writing your paper. You were to get your information from web sites of reputable organizations, government agencies or educational institutions that supply data and information about the earth’s physical environment. I list many of these in the weekly lessons located in CONTENT. You can find many of these by searching the web using key words, such as volcanoes, rivers, water, etc. DO NOT USE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OR THE TEXT, as part of your required SIX references or you will be marked down. Your references are worth a possible total of 12 points and must be written correctly in the
Works Cited section at the end of the paper. Part of the assignment is finding these web sites yourself.. This is an online class, so please don’t use books from the library, however you can use the library’s DATABASES or online research program.

Now that you have researched your topic, plan to write at least 1500 of your own words (original text) about your topic. No quotes permitted. Be as specific as possible (river, Amazon River) with the information and make sure to relate the information to the geographic principles of PLACE. This means make sure your information specific to location and that it can be mapped. If it isn’t, it is not geographical and will be marked down at my discretion.

Save the addresses of these web sites for your reference list (works cited/bibliography) that must be included at the end of your paper. In addition, you must use in-text citations throughout the body of the paper (at least 6) as you would in any research paper. Ex. (USGS). You need six of these to match your six different references. (each worth 1 point for a possible total of 6 points.)

This assignment should be treated the same as a term or research paper assignment for an on-site class. Write the text using a word program and save it as a personal document file. Take spelling and grammar seriously, as though you were writing a research paper for an on-site class. You can get help at the VVC writing center, which should have an online link. Also, you must complete all information in MLA format, this includes the bibliography. Check the internet or the writing center for the correct way to reference online web citations. A good website for this is:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html

Once complete and proofread, copy and then paste it into the Research Paper discussion forum located at the end of the Discussions. Post by the due date. I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE RESEARCH PAPERS. Also you must email me a copy. In the subject line of your discussion posting and on the Research paper itself, please include the following information. “your full name” Research paper ASSIGNMENT-“title of your topic”, Geog _101__ and section #___.

It is your responsibility to get this assignment to me on or before the due date AND to make sure it goes through correctly. Always double-check. ANY ASSIGNMENT TURNED IN WITHOUT THE PROPER FORMAT (word document) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND MAY BE CONSIDERED LATE. Sometimes posting it on BB or pasting it into an email will mess up the organization. This is ok. Make sure you do not use word wrap!
*You must submit all written assignments to the appropriate forum in the DISCUSSIONS section.

NO LATE RP ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

GRADING CRITERIA: Points are lost for any of the following you do not include.

*Specific topic chosen the 2nd week of classes. Your topic is your title of the paper and should be listed at the top of your paper.

*Do not explain why you chose a certain topic in the body of your report.

*So not use or reference ‘I’ in a scientific paper.

*Minimum 1500 words of appropriate text in your own words. If you add quotes, pictures, etc. you must still have 1500 words of your own text!

*Correct grammar and spelling. Always proofread!

*Specific topical content related to place and location.

*Quality of at least 6 Internet resources (not including encyclopedia sites or your text) included and listed at the end of your paper in a Bibliography. (see above) Your text and any encyclopedias used must be listed, but are in addition to the six required internet references. 12 points possible.

* Rarely use quotes. Remember, only use quotes when they are special and significant to their author. Quoted phrases do not count toward the word requirement for your RP text.

*Properly submitted by the due date.

*Use in-text citations throughout the body of the paper as you would in any research paper.
Ex. (USGS). 6 points possible.