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BioBeyond Unit 7: Blue Planet

Helpful information and troubleshooting tips on the lessons: Our Blue Planet, Then and Now, History Repeats Itself, With a Twist, Finding the Cause, Keeping Balance, Designer Planet, Submit Your Report

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You’ll find a lot of authentic scientific data in Blue Planet. Make sure to allocate enough time to go through each lesson and think critically about the data, as you’ll need a solid understanding of what the data shows to complete the lesson and your report.

You won't complete the report until the end of the unit, but in each lesson you'll learn more information. Please ensure that you take notes throughout the lessons to ensure you have enough data for the report. 

As you progress through the lessons in Blue Planet, you'll encounter data, graphs, images, and even simulations that provide information you'll use to draw conclusions and form arguments in your Blue Planet Report.

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Your Blue Planet Report has three sections: Analysis, Synthesis, and Design.

You will formulate each conclusion at the end of each of the first five lessons. This is important to note, since you'll need it for your final report.

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Don't worry, if you lose track of your notes, you can always come back and review your completed lessons to jog your memory.

When you have finished the lessons in this unit, you'll be ready to complete your report and submit it in the last lesson, Submit Your Report.

Why can’t I scroll in my observations list?

If you have a long list of observations you want to click and drag into your Blue Planet Report section but find that you can’t scroll, it may be because the list frame has not been activated. Please make sure to read about how to navigate the observations list here.

Scoring

There are 866 points you can earn by going through and completing the first six lessons in the Blue Planet unit and an additional 556 for completing the Blue Planet Report. Due to the variety of unique responses possible in the Blue Planet Report, it is not graded automatically. Your instructors or TAs will be grading it manually.

The total number of points you can earn for Unit 7: Blue Planet 1422 including the Blue Planet Report. For a lesson-by-lesson breakdown see the table below:



Submitting Your Blue Planet Report

You will submit your report in the last lesson of the Blue Planet unit. When you have gone through all the lessons in Blue Report and filled out each section of the report, you will go to the seventh lesson, Submit Your Report. Here you will see your Blue Planet Report for the last time and then submit it for grading. 

NOTE: You can Submit your lesson again if you make changes to the Report as long as the lesson is still open. Just restart the lesson and click through to Submit again. Once the due date has passed you will not be able to submit your report.

After you submit it, your instructor or teachers' assistant will grade the report manually. When they have finished, they will notify you.