Marine Biology Current Events Assignment

Marine Biology Current Events Assignment

 

In Marine Biology, it’s important to know about relevant current issues in the news. One of my goals for this course is for you to become educated about issues related to the marine environment because they are important to our community, our country, and our world. We will be reading and discussing a variety of current events throughout the semester as well. This is a great opportunity to start thinking about the ocean and how it affects YOU and how you affect IT!

Over the course of this semester, you will need to find articles that relate to marine biology. Topics include, but are not limited to: 
physical and chemical features of the ocean, fundamentals of biology, diversity of marine life including “plants” and animals, marine ecology and major ecosystems and the negative impact that humans are having on the ocean. These current event articles will need to be applicable to the topics covered during the weeks that they are assigned. Reference the schedule on the syllabus to see when each of these are due…you will be finding, reading, and reviewing up to 5 current event articles.

The assignment will entail: the article, a thorough summary of the article in your own words, a description of how it relates to the week’s topics, your personal reaction/reflection about the article, and correct MLA citation. Additionally you will need to respond to no less than three of your colleagues current event discussion posts. (See Discussion Board Instructions, Etiquette and Netiquette for directions on what constitutes a proper peer response)

 

Article Selection:

  • All articles should be current – max of one year old and taken from a reliable source. The sources may be scientific publications, popular magazines, newspapers or the like. Try the NY Times (especially Tuesdays), Washington Post, National Geographic, Discover Magazine, Scientific American, Science, Nature, etc.
  • All bibliographic information should be visible on the article itself or included with the summary. Try to find a variety of articles at the state, national, and global level that address multiple environmental issues.
  • Article should be at least 4 paragraphs long and have enough “meat” to it that you can summarize the article and add your own opinion to it.

 

Summary:

Write a one to two paragraph summary of the article in your own words and point out the major marine biology themes discussed.

Topic Association:

In a few sentences, describe why you selected the article you did and how it relates to the topics we’ve been covering that week.

Personal Reaction/Reflection:

Your personal reaction should clearly state your opinions and/or reflection on the article. You can offer potential solutions, compare it to another marine biology related topics, ask questions about the article, or simply reflect on the article’s content. Do not simply write, “This article was very interesting/good.” Some questions to drive your discussion:

  • What are the key points made in the article? What are the points of view presented about this issue?
– Does the article teach you something new?
Does it support or refute other information you’ve heard or read? What questions does this article make you think about that were not addressed and you’d like to know more about?

 

Cite the source of your article:

Underneath your reaction, list the citation for your article in MLA format. You may use the Citation Machine website (http://citationmachine.net/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) to help with this. Below are two examples of citations:

 

Richtel, Matt. “Driver Texting Now an Issue in Back Seat.” New York Times 09 SEP 2009, late ed.: A1. Print.

 

“Venezuela to Get Russian Missiles.” BBC News. 12 SEP 2009. BBC News. 12 Sep 2009   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8251969.stm>.

 

You will need to provide the link to the article in your post so other students can follow the link when they respond.

 

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