This semester you are going to tune your eyes and ears to news stories specifically about the oceans, ocean pollution, marine life, and ocean exploration. exploring the news & media for quality scientific news. Learn to connect out-of-class information to in-class information. Spark interest in quality science reporting. Become aware of current events we can change or that impact us. A ~500 word write-up based on a story related to the oceans. Date of article/news release should be after August 2021 (no old news). A news story is not an encyclopedia entry, itΒs not a descriptive textbook-like article. A news item is about an event, a discovery, new data, new interpretations, change of policy, milestones etc. Include full citation information of article/news item included at the of your submission. Please be sure you are correctly citing your news source. Follow guides you h
ave used in other classes or on the . Find a news item of interest to you related to the wide topic of Oceanography. This should be a news story of substance (more than a couple paragraphs of text or more than 5 minutes of audio/video segment) from a reputable source. Read the article/listen to the story carefully and consider how it relates to what we have been learning. Your write up should include a clear summary of the scientific news presented (~1 paragraph). Then the majority of the write-up will be your reflection and commentary of the news. Examples of things to consider depending on the news item you selected: Graded out of 15 points HINT: I recommend you type your assignment in a word processing program and when itΒs Βall pretty and doneΒ then copy/paste your submission into this assignment discussion. Spelling and grammar and structure and idea expression count.