The mineralogy webpage project may be on the topic of your choice. The selection should be made by November 1, and a first draft is due November 15. This draft should include a working title, table of contents, introductory paragraph, and references. The nearly complete page is due on or before November 20, while the final WebPage Project is due

November 29, 2007.
No late excuses will be accepted!

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Possible Web Topics
Your assignment is to create a webpage that deals with mineralogy. Some topics are given below, although there are endless possibilities!

	Tectonic Settings of Metal Ores	Important Applications for Zeolites	Sea Floor Mineral Deposits
Mineral Production Around the World	Meteorite Minerals		Mineral Resources of Germany
Historic Mineral Prospecting	Minerals as Health Hazards	Mineraloids in Humans
Mineral Speleothems		Precious Metals and Numismatics	Cement Minerals
Minerals Featured on Stamps	Mineral Mining in Kansas	Hydrothermal Processes: Sulfide Formation	The Art of Twinning

To the beginning!

Where do I begin?

It is always best to begin at the beginning. Because this assignment is about creating webpages, you need to know how to create a webpage! The complete guide is now online and you should visit it at www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/go336/html.htm. Examples of ESU pages and some index pages are given below.

To the beginning!

The web page you create must be simple with a unique and accurate content. Content is of prime importance and material should be gathered from a variety of sources, such as books, journals, the Internet, etc. Proper credit to sources must be given when quoting, paraphrasing, as well as when including images. References of the material used in the text should be given at the end of the document. Specific grading is based on the following:

• meeting given deadlines (4 points)
• descriptive page title and prominent name (2 points)
• introductions to general project and specific topic; navigation plan or table of contents; return links to the mineralogy assignment and homepage (8 points)
• the content (text minimum of three typed pages, not including images, using a normal font size) (40 points)
• proper citation of text quotes and paraphrases, plus complete references and proper style (15 points)
• at least two images with proper citations-references to others or self (if it was your photograph) (15 points)
• links must work and at least six links are needed: two internal links and two external links (6 points)
• email address and date of creation (2 points)
• following directions and pleasing background color/layout (8 points)

Two of the biggest problems with past student webpages have been:

• plagiarism - it is best to put all material in your own words. If another's words are used exactly, place quotation marks around the phrase or sentence and place reference to that person at the end of the sentence and in the reference section. If another's ideas are conveyed as a paraphrase, place reference to that person at the end of the sentence and in the reference section. Thus, all references cited and material used to create the report must be properly noted in the text and reference sections. Link directly to online references (this includes images as well as quoted/paraphrased material in the text). References must be given for material that is scanned and/or images you created with a digital camera. Proper notations for sources may be found at academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/web_page.htm and academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/plagiarism.htm.
• "filenamesaretoolong.htm" - limit the file name, text and image, to only eight or fewer characters in front of the file extension, such as index.htm, aberdiam.jpg, foolsgol.gif or whatever the file extension happens to be (see this site for details).

Return to: the beginning or to the syllabus, www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/go336/syllabus.htm.

For more information, contact S.W. Aber, email: saber@emporia.edu. This page was created in August 1998 and was last updated 18 October, 2007.

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