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Summary: The project that we did was based on the following eras, the Precambrian era, the Paleozoic era, the Mesozoic era, and the Cenozoic era. The Precambrian era was the beginning of the earth and it looked like it was the apocalypse. The Paleozoic had the 2 snowball earths which covered the earth in ice. The Mesozoic era was the era of dinosaurs and the start of flowers. Lastly the Cenozoic era was the start of humans which then leads us the modern age. The era I studied though was the Mesozoic era which also had some extinctions. These extinctions happened during the Jurassic period one of which affected 80% of marine bivalve species. The second affected many creatures but 2 species didn't make it to the Cretaceous period.
Backward-Looking: How much did you know about the subject before you started?
I didn't really know anything about the subject except that it was about the dinosaurs and how they became extinct. I even thought that the only thing it was about was the dinosaurs. I also didn't know that they had periods for each era or that it during this time it had 4 eras. I didn't even know that archeologists used certain tools to find how old bones are based on the rocks. The only other thing that I knew though was that it was the beginning of the earth and life on earth.
Inward-Looking: What did/do find frustrating about it?
What I found frustrating during the project process was that the title was a bit messy but I got over it quickly. What I also saw frustrating was that my teammates had weren't working the whole time so we had to meet up to work on the project. We also painted on small mini earths but one of my teammates glued the earth onto the tri fold. The earth was dry but the team mate doing that earth painted it again so we had a bit of trouble dealing with a wet earth on the tri fold. What I still find frustrating is that there was a mess up on one of the era names so we needed to use white out. I still find it frustrating because it bothers me that it looks different with the white out.
Outward-Looking: What grade would you give it?Why?
For organization I would give the project a B+, for information I would give the project an A, and for creativity I would give it an A. I would give organization a B+ because some text from one era and another era would look like they're a connecting sentence. Then I would give information an A because the information is good and it has pictures that relates to the information. Lastly I would give creativity an A because we used arrows and we also put mini earths on our tri fold. Another reason is because we were one of the only ones that used a tri fold.
Forward-Looking: What would you change in the next revision of this piece?
A few things that I would change in the next revision of this piece is the title, the way that the text is kind of slanted in the Mesozoic era, and fix the paint stains on the paper. I would want to fix the title because it looks a bit messy and the top is kind of ripped. I would also want to fix the text because since it's slanted it's leaning toward the era on it's left. Lastly I would want to get rid of the paint stains because the paint stains are noticeable even though we put white paint over it. The paper on the tri fold is also a bit crinkled. I'd want to make sure that the paper isn't crinkled in the next revision as well.
