A good rule of thumb is if you are tempted to title your discussion something regarding a life form or a virus, it’s probably not going to get credit for you in the discussion.

For credit each week, you will be graded on participating in a student-led “Discussions” forum where you will start topics and/or reply to topics already started. Your discussion choices can be any topic focused on Earth Science. Examples of the most popular topic types are:Current Earth Science happenings in the news;Lecture related topics for that week;A documentary watched for the course.You can discuss anything focused on the Earth Sciences as part of this assignment. However, be aware that pure biological science posts that do not have an Earth Science focus, including marine biology posts and COVID-19 posts are considered off-topic and will not count for credit. This is because you are taking a physical science and not a biological science course. A good rule of thumb is if you are tempted to title your discussion something regarding a life form or a virus, it’s probably not going to get credit for you in the discussion. However, you can always check with me before posting if you want to make sure your new topic will count for credit. Also note that replies to off-topic posts will also not count for credit regardless of focus, so be sure to avoid these threads if they are present.What criteria is used to grade this assignment?Please click the link below:https://deanza.instructure.com/courses/12194/files/2608886/download?verifier=V6pfupy2KulBv66HgT5mMDl1dbsCbbENRVHLJtfk&wrap=1Note that I recommend posting at least three times during the week in such a way that follows the rubric document above. There is no minimum or maximum word count, BUT your post should be thoughtful enough that I can grade you adequately on the physical science content of your post. See rubric document above for details.