Assignment: Oceans are in the news!
This semester you are going to tune your eyes and ears to news stories specifically about the oceans, ocean pollution, marine life, and ocean exploration.
Be sure to review comments from your News Report #1.
Skills: exploring the news & media for quality scientific news. Learn to connect out-of-class information to in-class information. Spark interest in quality science reporting. Become aware of current events we can change or that impact us.
Submission: A ~500 word write-up based on a news story related to the oceans. Date of article/news release should be after August 1, 2021 (no old news).
Include full citation information of article/news item included at the top of your submission. Please be sure you are correctly citing your news source. Follow guides you have used in other classes or on the HCC library site.
Expectations: Find a news item of interest to you related to the wide topic of Oceanography. This should be a news story of substance (more than a couple paragraphs of text or more than 5 minutes of audio/video segment). Read the article/listen to the story carefully and consider how it relates to what we have been learning.
Your write up should include a clear summary of the scientific news presented (~1 paragraph). Then the majority of the write-up will be your reflection and commentary of the news.
Examples of things to consider depending on the news item you selected:
i. What connections did this information have with what we have covered in class?
ii. What chapters does it connect to? or will it connect to?
iii. Did it surprise you?
iv. Does it impact people?
v. Is the event or topic short-term or long-term?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes 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.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.