Note-taking+Guidelines


 * Note-taking guide for Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain Ranges Research and Technology Project**

**For each of your 3 locations, you need to research, describe and explain the following:**
This is where you name and describe your event (earthquake, volcano, mountain range). Be sure to include quantitative data as well as qualitative. How much, how often, how high, how deep, how old or young, etc. Numbers always have __units__ associated with them, so make sure they are included in your notes. Tell what is remarkable about your event. Find a photo of your event or geologic feature using Flickrcc or Wikimedia Commons.
 * Characteristics:**

Identify and describe the type of tectonic plates involved and explain the geologic process or processes happening at that specific location. Use correct scientific terms. Use your science textbook and glossary as a reference for unfamiliar vocabulary. Don’t just copy; make sure you __understand__ the geology and the connections to plate movement. Find illustrations and diagrams that help explain your findings.
 * Geological Processes:**

Every resource you use, whether it is for information, images, video or animations, MUST be attributed, whether through citation or hypertext link-tribution. Write down the title, author and page number of print sources that you use. Copy and paste URLs into your notes, making sure that you make a note after them about what they were used for.
 * Sources:**

**After you have researched your 3 locations/events, you need to analyze the information and draw conclusions:**
What are the causes and effects that you see in the events that you studied? How are they associated with plate boundaries and plate motions? What do your events have in common and how are they different? What patterns are evident as you study their relationship to each other and to other types of geological events?
 * Patterns and Connections:**

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