course materials

1. To encourage you to make the connection between textbook biology and
biology tha
To encourage you to make the connection between textbook biology and biology that
appears in daily newspapers and weekly periodicals, you will write a short two-page paper
that will help you recognize how science and technology influence and contribute to
modern culture.Biology in the News ChecklistFormat, Presentation, and Citation☐Does
your paper have a title, different from the title of the article?☐Does your paper have three
paragraphs with at least four sentences each?☐Is the article cited at the bottom of the title
page?☐Is a copy of the article stapled to the paper?☐Is the article no more than three
months old?☐Is the article from a major news source used by the general public?☐Is it
news about something related to the course, and is it not a blog, editorial, or wiki?Summary
Paragraph☐Does the summary mention the source of the information by providing the
article title, author, and publication? For example, in a New York Times article, New Study
on Heart Attacks, by John Jones, a relationship is proposed between obesity and heart
disease.☐Does the summary include all the main points of the article?☐Does the summary
make it clear that you understand the content of the article?Correlation Paragraph☐Is the
correlation logical?☐Did you correlate the article to all topics of the course which relate to
the article? For example, an article about heart attacks should be associated with general
information on the circulatory system, the heart and heart disease.☐Did you give details to
explain what you learned in your course about the topic?☐Did you reference a specific
chapter in the textbook or a lab topic?☐Did you explain why knowing this information
helped you to understand the article?Personal Reaction Paragraph☐Did you explain why
you found this article interesting?☐ Did you answer two or more of the following
questions?☐Did the article make you aware of things you had not thought of before?☐Did
the article make you change your mind about the topic?☐Was the article about something
you have personally experienced?☐Did the article address ethical or public policy issues?☐
Do you agree or disagree with information presented in the article?☐Did you speculate
beyond the contents of the article? What else would you like to learn about the subject of
the article? Did you think the author of the article omitted relevant information?Overall
Accuracy of Communication☐Is your paper clear and easy to understand?☐ Is your paper
written in your own words? Were you careful to avoid plagiarism and quotations?☐Do
sentences flow and contain proper spelling and grammar?