Assignment: Online Scavenger Hunt for Success
1. From the first section in the book what are 5 environmental concerns you will learn about in this class?
2. Every field is impacted by the environment, be it being the source or a product, source of a service, a concern to meet an environmental regulation.... How do you feel learning about the environment will impact your future career?
1. Everything is made from chemicals. In blogs or news articles, you might hear about chemicals being a concern, but this is too vague. For example you can say water is a problem because it is a chemical, but this is still not saying why. Find an example of a chemical you want to learn about.
a. What is this chemical made from?
b. How can it be helpful?
c. What it is likely to pollute (air, water, or land)?
d. How can the problem be lessened?
e. Provide a full reference for your authoritative source you used to answer this question.
2. Ozone is a complex chemical. In the1980's a big concern was the hole in the ozone. What is the current status of the ozone hole? Now, you might hear more about ozone warning while driving. What causes this and why is it is problem? What references did you use to answer this question?
Completing Research
In science a research paper needs to have authoritative sources and all facts need to be cited. This does not mean you want to have lots of quotes, but instead paraphrase your material and cite the source
Many times if it tempting to use popular media as a source. However, this means it could be biased.
Go to mediabiasfactcheck website
1. Find one source that could be considered Left biased and explain why?
2. Find one source that could be considered right biased and explain why?
3. Find a source that is considered conspiracy-pseudoscience and explain why with an example of pseudoscience.
4. Find a pro-science source that might be ok for a research paper to get more current information then a peer reviewed source.
5. Using the library, find 3 separate articlesto help you writeabout 3 of the following topics below (remember to choose 3 topics, not just 1). Pick 3 topics from this list: endangered species, environmental toxin, farming, sustainable building materials, or water pollutionto answering the following questions:
1. Why would you use this article?
2. Create a full reference for this source.
3. Paraphrase a fact from this source and insert an in text citation.
4. Find a quote Create an intext citation.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.