Your Current Events Scrapbook Will Be Collected and Graded Once Per Quarter

APES Current Events Scrapbook 2013-2014 (ongoing year assignment) Miss O’Quinn

Introduction An environmental issue is referenced up to 20 times in every edition of every newspaper everyday in the United States. Consider that these stats are similar on the international scale, and environmental issues are wrapped and tied into the news media like a political battle, social crisis, or worldwide epidemic. These articles may be about obvious environmental issues such as water quality or global warming or ecological issues such as plate tectonics or changing weather patterns. Yet, the scope of environmental science is even larger than these fundamental parts--it is social, political, and technological. Thus, articles about environmental action groups or new global technologies can also be considered comments on environmental science.

For this ongoing assignment, you will be responsible for finding current articles from the newspaper or magazines that have a clear connection to Environmental Science.

Your Current Events Scrapbook will be collected and graded once per quarter. Your grade will count as 2 QUIZ grades & 2 HW grades.

Be sure to save this document as you will need to refer to it throughout the year. Following are instructions for how you need to complete this assignment:

Instructions:

 Find FOUR large newspaper or magazine (magazine must be w/in last 6 months) articles relating to Environmental Science. These must be hardcopies!

o You may only have 2 articles from a given source o At least one article must be from one of the following sources: Scientific American, Nature, Discover, Science o Do not print articles from the web o You may photocopy the article if it cannot be clipped o Do not type summary Summaries MUST be HANDWRITTEN!

 Carefully read each article.

 Write an article critique that includes the following: (Organize your critique into 3 separate paragraphs.)

o PARAGRAPH 1  A clear, thorough summarization of what the article is about. Be sure to identify the 'Ws' (the Who, What, Where, When, and Why).

o PARAGRAPH 2  A discussion of how the article relates to ecology and how it relates to either economics or sociology.

o PARAGRAPH 3  Comment in paragraph form on two of the following questions: . In what way(s) does the environmental issue discussed in the article apply to you personally? (how you either contribute to the issue, or how you are affected by the issue) . How can you personally be a part of the solution to the environmental issue presented in the article? . What was most interesting about this article? Why? . What was the weakest aspect of the article? Why?

 Neatly cut out article and tape/glue/display the summary facing its article. (Article needs to be placed before the write-up)

 Include a “Table of Contents” in which you number the articles and list the title, source and date of each article. The page # should reflect the page it is in your notebook (not the source) Example:

Title Source Date Page The Bad News About Booming China The Charlotte Observer 6/21/2012 2

 Finally, reference APES outline (the blue handout) and find at least 2 places where your article is applicable to our study of environmental science. Note the Roman Numeral and Capital Letter location in the outline where your article applies. (Write out the heading) As you may be unfamiliar with some of the topics described, use your textbook to assist.

NOTE  the articles you select must have some “substance” and must have a clear connection to Environmental Science. Make sure that articles are selected and summarized periodically as you progress through each quarter. Be sure that your articles are current. This should not be a problem with newspaper articles but could be with magazine articles. Again, magazine articles must be published within the past 6 months.

Suggested sources: (in addition to the others listed above) o The Charlotte Observer (can be found in the CDS media center) o The New York Times (especially the Tuesday edition) o Time magazine o Newsweek o US News o The Economist o National Geographic o Orion o E – The Environmental Magazine

Examples of some environmental issues: chemical contamination, oil spills, pesticides, air pollution, climate change, rainforest deforestation, overpopulation, desertification, coral reef destruction, urban sprawl, introduction of non-native/invasive species, endangered species