Week 4 Assignment: Human-caused Environmental Issues – Website Recommendation Blog
Part 1: Initial Blog Post on a Human-caused Environmental Issue
After completing this week’s reading assignment (Chapters 30, 31 & 32), select a human-caused environmental issue (for example, climate change, species extinction, etc.) and research it further. Find a reliable, useful website that discusses the human impacts to the environment caused by this issue. No duplicate websites are permitted. [NOTE: Neither open resources nor open blogs can be used as sources of information; see ‘Researching Information’ within the class for more information on appropriate credible/reliable sources of information].
This is not an opinion assignment; therefore information presented about the Human-caused Environmental Issue must be supported by reliable academic resources (facts supported by research) and cited per APA.
[Not citing a specific reliable academic/scientific resource is an automatic 10 point deduction].
Share the website with the class by writing a full paragraph summary (150 words minimum) of what you have learned or have found particularly helpful when reviewing the website. Do not copy and paste directly from the website. This blog should be written in your own words. Any content and paraphrased information from the resource (URL) must be properly cited per APA including the specific URL (website) you are recommending. The initial blog post must be directly posted in the classroom; please do not upload a Word document only.
The initial blog post is strongly suggested to be posted by 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday of Week 4.
Part 2: Response Blog Post
Peruse some of the Blog entries made by your fellow classmates. Choose at least one that you found useful and comment on how the website helped you with your understanding. The comment should be 100 words minimum.
For Part 2 – posting the Blog Response Post to a fellow classmate, click the “Week 4 Assignment – Website Recommendation Blogâ€� to enter the assignment. The screen will refresh and on the right side will be a black bar with “Blog detailsâ€� on it and below that will be your name and a down arrow. Click the arrow and all the people who have posted blog posts will be listed. Read through the post by selecting the fellow student’s name and the screen will refresh – scroll to bottom and on the bottom left will be the student’s blog post. When ready to respond, click “Commentâ€� at the end of the blog post and then a space will open below the blog post you are responding to. When done with the response blog post, click “Addâ€�. Then the response blog post is posted.
Both parts (1 & 2) of the Week 4 Assignment must be posted on separate days. The Week 4 Assignment (both Parts 1 & 2) are due and must be completed by 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday of Week 4.
The Week 4 Assignment – Human-caused Environmental Issues Website Recommendation Blog is worth a potential total maximum of 100 points and there are two components:
- Part 1: your initial blog post, 150 words minimum, discussing a credible and reliable, scientific website (10 points maximum) that augments what you have already learned about that particular human-caused Environmental Issue. The initial blog post will be scored on topic (10 points), grammar and spelling (10 points), content and discussion of the specific environmental issue (30 points maximum), usefulness of the website (10 points maximum), submitted on a different day than Part 2 (5 points) and meeting the minimum blog post length of 150 words (5 points)
- Part 2: response blog post to a fellow classmate and it will be scored on grammar and spelling (2.5 points), content and discussion of what was learned about the bioethical issue from the blog post and resource (15 points maximum) and meeting the minimum blog post length of 100 words (2.5 points maximum).
Requirements: 250