AP Environmental Science Hazards Research Project.

Objective: Choose one Superfund site in the United States and complete a research report answering the following research questions:

1. What is Superfund and what makes a location a Superfund Site?
2. What is the history of the site you chose?
3. What hazards exist at the site you chose? Describe them in detail.
4. What risks exist at your site?
5. How has or might the site be cleaned up? Describe any current or former clean up activities.
6. What is the current site status?

Process:

1. Start by choosing a site from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) website. You can search by location, choose one at random, or choose one that Mr. Whitney has worked at before (See list below). 
2. Choose a format to complete your report. Written Research Paper or PowerPoint Presentation. If you have another presentation format please get approval from Mr. Whitney. Note: We will have only 2 days in the computer lab during class. But reports are due the Monday after break. If you choose a PowerPoint project it must be presented in class on Monday!
3. Research your topic using the Research Questions as a guide.
4. You must create a list of citations using the MLA format for every source you use for your report. Remember www.google.com is not a source. This includes pictures.
5. Use more than one source to collect your information.
6. Use How to Write an A+ Research Paper as a guide for writing your report. If you are completing a PowerPoint presentation you must still create and turn in a typed outline for your report. Your presentation must include citations for all sources of information and images, and you must answer all research questions in detail.
7. Read the Rubric below to see how you will be graded.

Some Superfund Sites that your teacher has worked at.

1. Fort Devens, MA
2. Fort Devens, Sudbury Training Annex, Sudbury, MA
3. Groveland Wells, Groveland, MA
4. Otis Air National Guard Base, Cape Cod, MA
5. Materials Technology Laboratory, Watertown, MA
6. Eastern Surplus Company, Meddybemps, ME
7. Eastland Woolen Mill, Corinna, ME
8. Hanford, WA

Rubric

5. You have completed a research project about a Superfund site that answers the 6 Research Questions in great detail. You have completed a typed report or presentation that has an introduction, body, and conclusion or equivalent slides. You have included all citations in MLA format for all sources of information and images. You have written the report entirely in your own words unless it is a direct quote that has been properly cited. If you have completed a presentation you have presented it on time and included a typed outline.