Sunday, August 29, 2010

Weekly Writing Assignment

Each week learners will read an article on science which will be in the area of physics, technology, engineering, chemistry, space, or environment. No politics or editorial article will be accepted. The article must be current and relevant to our physical science course. The learners will write a paragraph, summarizing the article. Include citation of the article; which newspaper, page number, who wrote it. The paragraph can be thought of as a briefing for the President on the science contained in the article, first summarize the article. Identify the discussion points of the article and then draw connections to class class discussions, your community, state or nation. Ask relevant question pertaining to the science presented in the article. Refer to the page Science Article on the website for the grading criteria.