MILESTONE 1 INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
For the first Milestone you will assess the relationships among Earth’s cycles and systems. You will use this information to determine how each of these contribute to the climate related impact or natural hazard event you have previously chosen for use in your communication project.
Each section will be worth 25 points and any required graphs, charts or visuals will be worth 5 points – so read carefully!
Remember: Earth cycles (Water, CO2, Nitrogen, Rock, Milankovitch, Seasonal)
Earth Systems (Biosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Lithosphere) and Human impact!
IMPORTANT!
You MUST select and describe AT LEAST two Earth Cycles & two Earth Systems for Section 2!
ALL Milestones must contain a “Work Cited” page. This should be the LAST page of your Milestone and be a separate stand alone page.
Section 1:
- Name the specific impact/hazard you are investigating.
- Describe how the impact/hazard formed.
- Describe the location and add a map that illustrates the information.
- Describe the population of the location that was impacted (demographic makeup).
- Label each section!
Section 2:
Identify Earth cycles and systems influencing your impact/hazard.
Section 3:
Describe whether these influencing factors have been consistent over time or are changing.
Section 4:
As a result of any potential change in the interaction of the cycles and systems you identified do you believe the risk of a repeat event greater or less than in the past?
Answer each of the questions in a complete sentence
Label each of your sections, Section 1, Section 2, Section 3 and Section 4
Submit your completed work in the designated dropbox
Responses should be single spaced within sections – 12 font (your choice of font type) – be reasonable!
Please list any references or citations used on the LAST page
Milestone 1 Scoring Rubric
| Section 1 | Points Earned | ||
| 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Hazard ID | No hazard ID | Described hazard | Described specific hazard |
| Formation | No description | Partial description | Complete description |
| Location | No description | Text or illustration only description | Text and illustration |
| Population | No description | Basic description | Description with demographics |
| Label | No labels | Labels | |
| Section 2 | |||
| Points Earned | |||
| 0 | 10 to 20 | 25 | |
| Cycles/Systems | No description | Partial cycles/systems described | Describes relevant cycles/systems |
| Section 3 | Points Earned | ||
| 0 | 10 to 20 | 25 | |
| Describes consistency over time | No description | Partial description | Complete description |
| Section 4 | Points Earned | ||
| 0 | 10 to 20 | 25 | |
| Describes potential change in risk | No description | Partial description | Complete description |
| Additional points at risk are formatting, spelling, citation page and submitting on time – varies between 1 to 10 total | |||