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Weekly Article Review: Discovering Scientific Breakthroughs

This weekly assignment entails locating an article relevant to the topic of the week from specified sources. Provide the full URL of the article, discuss its relation to the subject, and formulate a new thesis statement based on the content. Consistent reviews lead to a TEST grade. Additionally, there is a Scientist Profile due per 6-week period for a test grade. Details to follow.

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Weekly Article Review: Discovering Scientific Breakthroughs

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  1. Year Long Assignments

  2. Weekly Article Review -Locate an article that pertains to what we are looking at during the week. Sources include but are not limited to Google science news www.livescience.com www.sciencedaily.com www.sciencenews.org www.nasa.gov/news/

  3. Weekly Article Review Review must include -full URL of the article. Not just google or livescience.com -Relationship of article to what we are studying -Write a new thesis statement for the article.

  4. Weekly Article Review There are 4-5 of them due each 6-weeks period. If the 6-weeks has a full 6 weeks in it, then there are 5 due(20 possible points each). If the 6-weeks period is short, then there will be 4 due(25 possible points each). The scores for the articles will be added together for a TEST grade. I recommend doing one per week to keep from having to do 5 in one night.

  5. Scientist Profile One per 6-week period for a test grade. I will post a list of scientists at the start of each 6-weeks. You have the option of picking one of the names from the list or proposing a different scientist to me.

  6. Scientist Profile Profile will include -Full Name of Scientist -Date of Birth and, if applicable, Date of Death -Short List (2-3 items) of your scientist's contributions to science -A 1 page (typed and double-space) minimum summary of the life and work of the scientist. -Complete citation list

  7. Scientist Profile These are due the Friday before the last week of the 6-weeks period.

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