1. A natural history journal (small notebook) containing observations made on at least 10 different days, for at least 30 minutes, in the same location. a. The hand-written journal is to be handed in in-person in class. b. The notebook should be bound in some way (e.g., sewn, stapled, spiral) C. It should be hand-written, usually in pen, BUT on really cold or wet days, a pencil is more effective than a pen. d. Do not tear out any pages, erase, use liquid paper, or otherwise destroy anything that you wrote. If you make an error, you should draw one neat line through it, so that the original information is still visible. This is an important part of all scientists' notebooks and data entries: nothing must ever be removed or obscured so that someone who is questioning your data still has access to everything. e. You may make your observations while sitting on a bench, looking out a window, or walking. Observe the area for at least 30 minutes and record everything that you see, and any curiosity questions that may arise while you are observing. f. g. At the start of each observation record the date, the time of day, and the weather conditions. You may find it helpful to draw diagrams in addition to your written entries, and you may want to take photographs of organisms for later identification for your essay. 2. A 5 paragraph essay in which you discuss winter survival strategies of 1 mammal, 1 bird, and 1 plant that you observed while writing your journal. Identify each of the 3 organisms to species level if possible. You are likely to observe some of each of these species' challenges, but maybe not their solutions, so you will have to use references to answer your survival questions. Be sure to discuss questions that you thought of but could not find answers to. Every statement of fact needs an in-text citation to tell me where you learned it/confirmed it. If this is something that you directly observed yourself cite it as "(pers. obs., Jan. 24, 2024)”. I will then check your journal from that date to see the original observation. a. Double-spaced b. 12-point font C. Submitted online as either .docx or .pdf 3. An annotated bibliography in APA format in which you provide the full reference information for each source that you have cited in your essay. After each reference, write 1 or 2 sentences describing what you used the source for. Do not just copy and paste the abstract for each source. The purpose of the annotations is for you to question how you know the things that you know. In other words, I want you to contemplate your own learning. You do not need to provide reference information or annotations for information from your journal, as you will have handed in your entire journal along with this essay.

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