Environmental Science – pick and summarize 250-500 words
Resources
- Textbook: Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future
- Media: Dose-Response Curves (Graphit)
- Media: Atmospheric CO2 and Temperature Change (Graphit)
- Media: Monitoring Major Air Pollutants (Graphit)
Background Information
Completing these Graphit activities can improve your qualitative-analysis skills.
Instructions
- Review Chapters 15 and 17 through 20 in the textbook, Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future.
- Select one of the following Graphit activities to complete:
- Media: Dose-Response Curves (Graphit) answering any internally prompted question as you proceed through until the tutorial is completed. Please disregard any prompts to answer questions outside of the tutorial.
- Media: Atmospheric CO2 and Temperature Changes (Graphit) answering any internally prompted question as you proceed through until the tutorial is completed. Please disregard any prompts to answer questions outside of the tutorial.
- Media: Monitoring Major Air Pollutants (Graphit) answering any internally prompted question as you proceed through until the tutorial is completed. Please disregard any prompts to answer questions outside of the tutorial.
- Disregard any prompts to answer any questions in the Graphit activities.
- Write a 250- to 500-word summary of what you’ve learned in this assignment. Be sure to reference specifics and cite any sources in APA format.
- When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor using the Dropbox by the end of the workshop.
Assessment Criteria
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Criteria |
8-10 POINTS |
4-7 POINTS |
2-3 POINTS |
0-1 POINT |
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Quality |
Your summary is well developed and provides clear evidence of critical thinking. |
Some critical thinking is evident in your summary. |
Your summary shows only the beginnings of critical thinking. |
Your summary is mostly a reiteration of the media resources. |
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Criteria |
4-5 POINTS |
3 POINTS |
2 POINTS |
0-1 POINT |
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Grammar, Spelling, Length, and Citation |
Your sentence structure is complete with correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, varied diction, and word choices. Your assignment length is correct with sources correctly cited and in APA format. |
Your sentence structure has minor errors (fragments, run-ons) with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, but limited diction and word choices. Your assignment length is correct with sources correctly cited and in APA format. |
Your sentence structure has several errors in sentence fluency with multiple fragments/run-ons, poor spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice. Your assignment length is inadequate with several APA and citation errors. |
Your sentence structure has serious and persistent errors in sentence fluency, spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice. Your assignment length is inadequate with several APA and citation errors or sources not cited. |
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Total Points |
15 |
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