DUE ON December 16 th- If you show up at school at all on the 16th and you don’t hand it in, it will be considered late- you will lose 20 points.
You must hand it in on the 16th(or earlier). I you are absent for a legitimate reason you will need to hand it in on the very next day that you return to school (even if you miss my class)
A.P.E.S in the News Scrapbook Project
PURPOSE: One of the important goals of science education at the High School level is to help students learn how to make good decisions about public issues. Scientific information is decimated to the public through a variety of media, including newspapers, magazines, broadcasting, internet etc. for this project you will collect, read, and evaluate newspaper and news magazine articles.
A. THE COLLECTION: You must collect a given number of newspaper articles. Each selected article must be about or related to some aspect of environmental science – global warming, mining, land use, environmental issues, ecology, biodiversity etc.
Articles must be at least 500 words and be selected from reliable news sources. The collection of articles should cover from the summer months right up until the present.
Article must be from a wide variety of LEGITIMATE sources. No more than two articles from the same source.
For each of the articles you must do the following:
Each article must be mounted on a page (or pages) to be kept in a loose – leaf notebook. Use tape or glue (no staples) – NEATNESS COUNTS!
You may use a photo album or scrapbook if you like.
You don’t have to have them in a notebook until the final assignment. .
Each page must have the date and source of the article (typed)
Each article must be accompanied by a thorough summary on an index card- summary must be contained to one side and must be LEGIBLE- if I can’t read it, it won’t count.
B. THE ANALYSIS : Once all your articles have been collected, you must do the following:
Title Page - Give your scrapbook a title that reflects something about the project.
Organization – Your scrapbook must be organized in some topical manner (not chronological or by source). This scheme need not be explained, but ought to be obvious.
You must include a “table of contents” that demonstrates your organizational plan.
You must select three articles that you found the most interesting and write 2-3 pages on what you learned from them and why they interested you.
C. THE GRADE: Provided that you adequately meet the above criteria, your grade will be determined by the number of articles you have collected.
For an A: 20+ articles (must include at least 4 magazine articles and 6 newspaper articles)
For a B: 17-19 articles (must include 3 magazine articles and 6 newspaper articles)
For a C: 12-16 articles( must include 3 magazine articles and 3 newspaper articles)
For a D: 9- 12 articles (may include 3 magazine articles and 3 newspaper articles)
For an F: anything under 9 articles!
Creativity and NEATNESS COUNT!
