Current Event

Oceans in the News

Every 2-3 weeks you will be responsible for choosing a marine science news article and turning in a written summary (dates to be announced). At the end of the semester a research paper and class presentation on the ocean issue topic of your choice will be due.

What to Do:

• Find an article on Oceans: The topics can be under Astronomy, Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology but MUST be about oceans. The article must be five (5) paragraphs or longer: Articles can be taken from websites, magazines (Bookman's has them cheap and you can cut them up) and newspapers. They should not be more than a year old. The library is a great source for all of these and its free. Keep in mind, there is also the university libraries across the street as a great resource. Some Websites for current event articles can be found under science-> Media->periodicals Look at the listing of websites under Science Websites for some good sources. to help you out.

• COPY your article into a word document.

• Read the article - highlight pertinent facts.

• Write a two or more paragraph summary; answering the questions who, what, where, why and how. Do not forget to credit your source.

• Write a two or more paragraph evaluation discussing why the topic is important in general to science, your general reaction to what the article had to say, how does this tie into Astronomy, how factual is the article (in other words, is it trustworthy and why).

NOTE: The above written portion may be replaced with a worksheet.

(credit: Environmental Defense Fund)