Assignment:
1. Select a scientific article addressing one of the following topics: causes of cancer, cancer treatment, causes of mutations, or genetic diseases. You may select an article from any source. Some suggested sources to find scientific articles include: www.sciencedaily.com www.popsci.com www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html news.yahoo.com/science www.sciencenews.org www.scientificamerican.com
2. Write a 2 paragraph critique of the article. The first paragraph should be a summary of the article, including how the science was done and the conclusions. The second paragraph should be a critique of how the experiment applied the steps of the scientific method and the validity of the scientist's conclusions. You need to critique the components of a good experiment in the second paragraph utilizing the terminology we have learned in class (i.e. control, hypothesis, replication, conclusion, etc.).