This document outlines the requirements for a virtual field trip assignment for an Earth science course. Students will either write a technical report or develop a lesson plan based on an Earth science topic. They will present their work virtually and submit a video recording for a grade. The assignment aims to help students understand and appreciate Earth sciences while celebrations are curtailed due to COVID-19. Grades will be based on quizzes, assignments, exams, and a community engagement component. All work must be submitted through the learning management system.

1. Technical Report Rubric
Technical Reports are of various kinds. However, the following
components are always prevalent and
must be demonstrated in what constitutes “Technical Report” of
any kind especially those that are:
laboratory reports, case study reports and academic research
studies.
Title of Paper or Report
Name(s) of Author(s) and their affiliations
Abstract or Executive Summary: brief report of the study
objectives, approach utilized and the
Results got.
Introduction: should capture and highlight the goals, objectives
and specific aims of a given study.
Literature Review: brief summary of what has been previously
done and the results got or
achieved by other people in a similar study.
Methodology: how the experiment was done or modified to
achieve objectives.
Results and Discussion: results got their comparison and
evaluation with other similar work.
Conclusion: based on the accomplishment of objectives and

2. evaluation results
References: literature referred to in the compilation of the
Report.
Acknowledgement(s): are to support institutions, teams and
individuals who helped in the
accomplishment of the given task.
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Module 6 – Virtual Field Trip and Earth Science
Commemoration (due 4.18.20)
Goal: This is part of our American Geosciences Institute
Annual International event that
began in 1998. The aim is to help you and your “kingdom”
affiliations to better
understand and appreciate Earth sciences so as to encourage
responsible stewardship
of our planet Earth.
Our Virtual Field Trip takes place during this sad moment in
our lives due to Corvid-19
outbreak and subsequent sequestration and curtailing of
movement, social distancing in
our nation and the rest of the world. We will however celebrate

3. the theme “Earth as an
Inspiration” even under these mitigating circumstances.
Activities:
A. Non-Education Majors
(1) Select any one of the following sites found in Maryland.
Write a technical report plus
a video recording of an oral presentation to your peers or
“kingdom subjects.” Using
your own ingenuity to do research/to locate the following sites:
i. Muddy Creek Falls
ii. Swallow Falls
iii. Dan's Rock
iv. Sideling Hill
v. Crystal Grottoes (only public access cave in Maryland)
vi. The Great Falls of the Potomac
vii. Soldiers Delight Serpentine Barrens
viii. Geologic Walking Tour of Building Stones of Downtown
Baltimore
ix. Falling Branch (Kilgore) Falls
x. Calvert Cliffs
xi. Tidewater Maryland
xii. Assateague Island
(2) Make an oral presentation of the same to your peers or
“kingdom subjects.”
(3) Record a video of the same and send it to me through
Canvas for your credit
towards final grade.
(4) Your presentation should capture the 5W’s & H that we

4. started with in Module 1,
i.e., “What, Why, When, Who, Where and How” of Earth
Science.
B. Education Majors
Write a lesson plan from any one of the following learning
activities listed below. The
lesson plan should utilize MD STEAM Centric Planning Guide
Rubric posted in your
Notes Folder and should be submitted together with its video
recording of a
presentation to a “class” through Canvas for my evaluation
towards your course grade.
Learning Activities
(i) Painting with Soil (Grade 6-10)
(ii) Enliven Data with Art (Grade 4-12)
(iii) Shake Alert Earthquake Early Warning (Grade K-12)
(iv) What Covers Our Land? (Grade 6-8)
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(v) Digging into Soil (Grade5-8)
(vi) Latitude and Longitude (Grades6-8)
(vii) Determining Mineral Reserves (Grades 6-12)
(viii) Investigating Rock Types (Grades 5-9)
(ix) Its the “Rain,” Man (Grades K-12)
(x) Awesome Fossils (Grades K-8)
(xi) Making Earth Art with Google Earth (Grades K-12)
(xii) Earth and Ancient Architecture (Grades 6-10)

5. C. Assessments:
(i) Self-Assessment
Ready for
grading?
● Maryland Space Telescope Science Institute,
http://www.stsci.edu/
● Explore the universe with advanced space telescopes and
ever-growing data archives.
● Satellite data search, analysis and presentations
(ii) How to get a grade: Module Assessment
Graded
Assessments
● Quizzes/assignments/homework/case studies 20%
● Online Earth Science Assignments
20%
● Field Trip Technical Report & Video Recording
10%
● Morgan Mile Community Engagements**
10%
● Mid-Term Exam 20%
● Final Exam
20%
● Total

6. 100%
(a) Virtual Field Trip:-
(1) Is an online Field Trip Technical Report that you will write
utilizing the rubric of
technical format provided;
(2) Explaining the tour you took to explore Earth and Space
Resources
availed to you depicting some concepts learned in the Course.
(b) (1) ** - This component will be assessed through the
submission of a
Minimum of three (3) non-technical reports written on those
activitiesdone outside class learning Modules activities
(2) These non-technical report should depict your professional
growth,
promotion of self and MSU in your community and the world.
(3) Reports can be written on what you learned from your
conference
attendance, Presidential, School and Departmental Seminars,
student
organization participation and other personal engagements in
your

7. home communities, church, etc.
(iii) There are twelve (12) Modules for this Course. Assessment
Score for each is:
Module = 100 points
Total points possible = 1200 points
http://www.stsci.edu/
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(iv) Grading Scale
1. 90% to 100% = A
2. 80% to 89% = B
3. 70% to 79% = C
4. 60% to 69% = D
5. Below 60% = F
(v) Online self-assessments, papers, tests, simulation lab
exercises will be added and
grouped into the Modules created in the Canvas Learning
Resources.
(vi) Assignment deadline will be as assigned on Canvas. An
extension will be at the

8. discretion of the teacher.
(vii) Online self-assessments, papers, tests, simulation lab
exercises will be added and
grouped into the Canvas Learning Resources.
(viii) All communiqué, and submissions of assignments on pdf
format, MUST BE DONE
THROUGH MSU CANVAS ONLY.
(ix) You should have a Laptop, iPad or PC with a Webcam
facility, Acrobat Reader and
Writer so as to facilitate your online exam taking and
submissions of assignments.
(x) Your exam taking will be monitored through the Webcam
video recording of you while
your assignment submissions and class attendance will be
monitored through in
class activities and the time logged onto Canvas.