Earth/Space Science Current Event

1. Find a newspaper or magazine article on a CURRENT EVENT involving one of the branches of earth science.

2. Date of article - from Jan. 2011 to present.

3. The article must be neat, printed, cut out or copied,

and readable.

4. IRC has 3 scientific magazines & several newspapers that you can use to find articles to copy.

5. Internet articles from http://www.sciencenews.org/

are acceptable. (this is the only website that you can use)

Read the Article

Highlight or underline the main points of the article.

Look up any words that you do not know. Think about what the author is trying to tell

his audience.

Write the Paper

Write a 2-4 paragraph summary of the article thoroughly covering all of the main points of the article.

Write a 1-2 paragraph opinion and tell if you liked the article and agree with what it had to say, and why; or disagree and why.

Current events papers are to be neatly hand-written.

Format for Paper

Your name Period # Date 

Topic-branch of earth science Source(publication or URL) Author Date article was written 

Summary (2-4 paragraphs)  

Opinion (1-2 paragraphs)  

Name

Period 1

9/14/07

Astronomy

Tallahassee Democrat

Author

8/6/08

Summarize the article in 2-4 paragraphs.

Write your opinion of the article in 1-2 paragraphs

After you write the paper…

Attach article to paper. Large articles may be folded under from side

to side and/or bottom. Leave article free to be opened and read.

You will be presenting this article to the class.

Current Event Rubric 

______ 10 - Appropriate Topic (one of the branches of earth science

______ 20 - Article (provide copy, newspaper/magazine) ______ 10 - Correct Format (heading) ______ 30 - Complete Summary ______ 15 – Opinion

______ 15- Presentation to class

100 Total Points

Due Date

Oct. 2-Bring article to class to write paper Oct. 5-Present to class

Extra Credit

Additional current event projects may be turned in for extra credit.

(Limited to 1 each nine weeks)

Practice Article

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63629/title/Gulf_spill_may_have_been_somewhat_bigger_than_feds%2C_BP_estimated

Paper