Discussion: Biology-related news article
Discussion: Biology-related news article
For this assignment you will post a biology-related news article. This article must have come out within the last two weeks of your posting. Also, EACH post must be UNIQUE and tell a different story to get credit! Only the first person to post a specific story will get credit.
Also make sure that your article describes an actual study that has already been completed. This way the study will have a hypothesis, experiment, results and conclusions.
Below are several links you can try to find recent biology articles:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/ (Links to an external site.)
http://www.sciencenews.org/ (Links to an external site.)
http://news.sciencemag.org/ (Links to an external site.)
http://www.biologynews.net/ (Links to an external site.)
First copy/paste the title of the article in the message title.
Then include the news source and date the article came out followed by a LINK to the article.
Write 2-3 paragraphs. The first paragraph (50-100 words) should summarize the article addressing the following: who did the research, what question were they asking and what experimental system did they use. Hit the return or enter key twice to separate paragraphs
Then write another paragraph (around 50 words) addressing their findings (conclusions) and a personal statement as to why you think the article is significant for the general public.
***NOTE: Make sure you use your OWN words when summarizing the article! Otherwise it’s considered plagiarism and you could receive a "0" for the assignment.***
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
