Evaluating Science Resources
In Unit 1 you learned how to determine whether a resource was reliable and reputable and how to best apply such a source of information to your everyday life. To reinforce this skill you will apply this knowledge by researching and evaluating two different resources on one scientific topic. Pick a topic that is related to any field of science such as chemistry physics biology or geology and think of a question that you would like to find an answer to. For example Is global warming causing more earthquakes? Or What is the best treatment for my allergies? Discuss how and why you chose your question.
To complete this Assignment:
Basic Writing Expectations:
Be sure to review the Grading Rubric provided in the Course Syllabus for details on how this Assignment will be graded.
Turnitin Analysis
A special feature is available to help you with reviewing your Unit 2 Assignment for plagiarism. When you submit your Assignment to the Unit 2 Dropbox your Assignment will automatically be analyzed by the plagiarism detection tool Turnitin. Soon after you submit your Assignment you will be able to view the Turnitin Originality Report. Originality Reports provide a summary of matching or highly similar text found in a submitted paper. When an Originality Report is available for viewing an icon will appear in the report column of the Assignment Inbox. Originality Reports are only available in the InBox. For this reason you will need to download the report prior to the grading of the Unit 2 Assignment. To do this click on the print icon at the bottom of the Originality Report. This will prepare a readable PDF version of the Originality Report that you can save to your computer.
Submitting Your Assignment
Save your copy of the Assignment in a location and with a name that you will remember. Be sure to use the Save As option to include your first and last name in the title of the document. For example your paper might be called Shawn_Edwards_Assignment2.doc
When you are ready to submit it click on the Dropbox and complete the steps below:
To view your graded work come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it. Click the Dropbox to access it.
ID: SC250-02-10-A