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=ALHS Chemistry Wiki=

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Welcome to the ALHS Chemistry Nuclear Power Plant Project Wiki!

You will be using this wiki to research and collaborate with your group members as you decide whether or not to support the building of a Nuclear Power Plant close to the Council Bluffs vicinity.

Task
Before you start click on the "The Problem" link to the right. Read through the problem and the 'facts' associated with the problem. With your group write down the problem (or the task) as you see it. What is the problem? What are you being asked to? How will you go about solving the problem/completing the task at hand?

Groups
Each group has a link on the right side of the page that outlines your role in this town hall discussion. Read the descriptions carefully as they outline some concerns you may want to consider as you begin research. The listed pro's and con's are not the only areas of research. Please make sure to consider other variables when conducting your research.

Under each group page there is a bulleted page that indicates the page you and your group members will edit as you do your research. **Be respectful and only edit on your designated page.** You and your group members can include appropriate text, images, video, and, audio. **Make sure that any text you include is summed up in your own words and you give credit to sources for images, quoted text, audio, and video.** If you are unsure on how to do this see the ALHS media center web site for help.

Each group page will also have a discussion board in which I will post topics that I expect you to discuss. For example, the first topic for discussion will be to brainstorm possible pros and cons of a nuclear power plant as it concerns YOUR ROLE in the town hall. Off topic discussions and non school appropriate discussions will not be tolerated. I will assign one person from each group to be the discussion board monitor. Consequences for the infraction of any of these guidelines will be assigned to the WHOLE group and not just those responsible. Part of working together is helping each other stay on task when we stray off course.

Your group page will become your presentation platform when you present to the class. After you have compiled your research discuss how you will lay it out on your group page that makes the most sense to your argument. You will be presenting from your group page (no power point). You may include video and audio as part of your presentation, but it must be less that 30% of your total presentation time. (In a 10 min presentation you may only devote 3 mins to video and audio materials).

Grade
Your grade will consist of two parts: a group score for the group presentation and group performance in the town hall and an individual grade. I will have a presentation rubric outlining what I expect to see in each presentation as well as the Employability Skills Rubric for Iowa Core 21st Century Skill Standards. I will also have a self reflection sheet that each of you will be expected to fill out.