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Student Instructions

For each assignment, you will use the M.U.S.E. link OR ANY OTHER OF YOUR CHOICE, to complete the lab.

In this lab, you will gather data about CO2 emissions using the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Web site (Earth System Research Laboratory, n.d.) to help you write up a scientific report centered around known phenomena of CO2 emissions, related to the following question:

Would you expect to see an increase or decrease in CO2 emissions in the data over the past 40 years? Why?

Sources of CO2 Emissions

Using the M.U.S.E. link or any other link of your choice, review the background information, and access the Web site to gather your data.

Use the Lab 3 worksheet for assignment instructions and data collection.

This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided here.

GENERAL EDUCATION RUBRIC—UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS 1

Criteria	Exemplary (A)	Accomplished (B)	Proficient (C)	Partially Proficient (D)	Unacceptable (F)
PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT AND CONTENT DEVELOPMENT HUMAN PERSPECTIVES Human cultures, physical and natural world, social and behavioral sciences, mathematics, history, ethics, the arts, and the natural sciences EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION	Demonstrates an outstanding use of appropriate, relevant, and compelling content with excellent expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Demonstrates exemplary knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context.	Demonstrates a sound or accomplished use of appropriate, relevant, and compelling content with appropriate expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Demonstrates sound or accomplished knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context.	Demonstrates adequate use of appropriate, relevant and compelling content with adequate expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Demonstrates acceptable knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context.	Demonstrates inadequate use of appropriate, relevant, and compelling content with inadequate or partial expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Demonstrates inadequate knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context.	Demonstrates unacceptable or unclear use of content with poor expression of topic, main idea and purpose. Demonstrates unacceptable knowledge or analysis of human perspectives appropriate to the assignment’s purpose and context.
ORGANIZATION, GRAMMAR AND PRESENTATION EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills, including the ability to organize and communicate thoughts, ideas, and information in effective documents and presentations.	Organization is clear. Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable). Audience, style, tone and perspective are consistent and appropriate to assignment. Few if any errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.	Organization is apparent and mostly clear. Language communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment, with occasional minor lapses or misstatements. Presentation and delivery are mostly confident and persuasive (where applicable). Audience, style, tone and perspective are mostly consistent and appropriate to assignment. Several minor errors in grammar, spelling, and	Organization is adequate though confusing and unclear. Language is adequate, generally communicating ideas and content relevant to the assignment, sometimes impedes meaning. Presentation and delivery are adequate, with evident lack of confidence and persuasion (where applicable). Audience, style, tone and perspective are often inconsistent and	Organization is inadequate, confusing, and distracting. Language often impedes the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Presentation and delivery are inadequate, lacking confidence and persuasion (where applicable). Audience, style, tone and perspective are often inconsistent and inappropriate to	Organization is not apparent. Language does not clearly and effectively communicate ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Presentation and delivery are unacceptable with little or no confidence and persuasion (where applicable). Audience, style, tone and perspective are inconsistent and inappropriate to

Please submit your completed assignment.

Reference

Earth system research laboratory: Global monitoring division. (n.d.). Retrieved from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research Web site: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/

LAB 3 WORKSHEET

Name:

Date:

Instructor’s Name:

Assignment: SCIE211 Phase 3 Lab Report

Title: Sources of CO2 Emissions

Instructions: You will need to write a 1-page lab report using the scientific method centered on the known phenomena of CO2 emissions, related to the following question:

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Would you expect to see an increase or decrease in CO2 emission in the data over the past 40 years? Why?

When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.

Part I: In the Web site link given in the assignment description, you will see an interactive map of the world titled “GMD Measurement Locations.” You can zoom in and out and move the map around within the window. In the map, choose 5 sites that are labeled with a star, which will have CO2 concentrations. Follow the steps below to fill in the data table:

Click on a starred location. (One site will not have CO2 concentrations.)

Once the starred location opens, on the right side of the screen, click on the pictured graph “Examples of Data” for CO2.

Once the graph opens, make a note of the CO2 concentrations from previous years to present day. Fill in the table below.

Repeat steps 1–3 for all other locations.

Use these results in your lab report to help you assess CO2 concentration trends from 1990 to 2005.

Location Code	Name of City/Country	CO2 Emissions in 1990	CO2 Emissions in 2005

Part II: Write a 1-page lab report using the following scientific method sections:

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Purpose

State the purpose of the lab.

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Introduction

This is an investigation of what is currently known about the question being asked. Use background information from credible references to write a short summary about concepts in the lab. List and cite references in APA style.

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Hypothesis/Predicted Outcome

A hypothesis is an educated guess. Based on what you have learned and written about in the Introduction, state what you expect to be the results of the lab procedures.

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Methods

Summarize the procedures that you used in the lab. The Methods section should also state clearly how data (numbers) were collected during the lab; this will be reported in the Results/Outcome section.

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Results/Outcome

Provide here any results or data that were generated while doing the lab procedure.

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Discussion/Analysis

In this section, state clearly whether you obtained the expected results, and if the outcome was as expected.

Note: You can use the lab data to help you discuss the results and what you learned.

Provide references in APA format. This includes a reference list and in-text citations for references used in the Introduction section.

Give your paper a title and number, and identify each section as specified above. Although the hypothesis will be a 1-sentence answer, the other sections will need to be paragraphs to adequately explain your experiment.

When your lab report is complete, post it in Submitted Assignment files.