including all visuals, you have a minimum of 10 pages double-spaced and maximum of 13 pages double-spaced. This page limit excludes title page, abstract, and reference pages.

· General Project Directions & Useful Tips for Signature Assignment:

Topic: Change in mosquito ecology leading to increase of (Dengue Fever) in Southern Florida.

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· Page Limit: including all visuals, you have a minimum of 10 pages double-spaced and maximum of 15 pages double-spaced. This page limit excludes title page, abstract, and reference pages.

Please include headings/sub-headings to isolate appropriate sections

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· Please use information and visuals (photos/images/maps, tables and figures/diagrams) made by you and/or from online sources, government websites, international organization’s websites, as well as, peer-reviewed journals. Use a minimum of one visual within 2 page of text, thus, at least 5-8 visuals, within 10-16 pages. Your visuals are a very critical piece of your writing and must flow well and must be properly called from the text, and numbered in the correct order (sequentially). In addition, please ensure that you use a variety of visuals instead of using the same visual type (example: a map, a diagram, a table, a photo/image)

· All in-text citations must be APA style. Every statistic and major point must have supporting sources. Do not overuse a single source within the same paragraph, add variety by using multiple sources in the same paragraph. Make sure to order alphabetically your reference section. Always use Agency name, not the title as your in-text citation, with Year. See APA style. (general orientation on APA format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/).

· Acronyms, such as NIH, CDC, EPA, WHO, UN, etc., must be used in expanded form the first time it is used in the text, and subsequent times, the contraction can be used.

· Pay attention to punctuations and proper sentence structure!

· Identify the literature that you will review. I look at HOW you UTILIZED the peer-reviewed literature rather than the quantity of the peer-reviewed scientific literature that you have been able to locate. Thus, a paper with properly utilized 5-7 peer-reviewed literature may receive a higher grade than a paper with improperly utilized 15 peer-reviewed sources!

· Analyze the literature, take notes from each article, group them into topic and subtopic and try to understand the progression of knowledge (chronologically). Critique the articles by looking at possible weaknesses or strengths in their methodologies and results or interpretation. Evaluate your references for depth and breadth: Although you can always find more articles on your topic, you have to decide at what point you are finished with collecting new resources so that you can focus on writing up your findings. However, before you begin writing, you must evaluate your reference list to ensure that it is up to date and has reported the most current work. Typically a review will cover the last 10 years, but should also refer to any landmark studies prior to this time if they have significance in shaping the direction of the field. Synthesize and write the research by making sure you discuss how studies relate to each other. As the same time, look for obvious gaps and areas needing more research.

Pathway Diagram Example (not a perfect scoring example)

Figure 1. Pathway diagram illustrating global temperature increase’s ocean warming and its effect on methylmercury poisoning in the Pacific Islands.

1.Sunderland, E. M., Krabbenhoft, D. P., Moreau, J. W., Strode, S. A., & Landing, W. M. (2009). Mercury sources, distribution, and bioavailability in the North Pacific Ocean: Insights from data and models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23(2).

2.Mason, R. P., Fitzgerald, W. F., & Morel, F. M. (1994). The biogeochemical cycling of elemental mercury: anthropogenic influences. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 58(15), 3191-3198.

3.Hansen, J., Sato, M., Ruedy, R., Lo, K., Lea, D. W., & Medina-Elizade, M. (2006). Global temperature change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103(39), 14288-14293.

4.Schuster, P. F., Schaefer, K. M., Aiken, G. R., Antweiler, R. C., Dewild, J. F., Gryziec, J. D., ... & Liu, L. (2018). Permafrost stores a globally significant amount of mercury. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(3), 1463-1471.

5.Schuur, E. A., McGuire, A. D., Schädel, C., Grosse, G., Harden, J. W., Hayes, D. J., ... & Natali, S. M. (2015). Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback. Nature, 520(7546), 171-179.

6.Dijkstra, J. A., Buckman, K. L., Ward, D., Evans, D. W., Dionne, M., & Chen, C. Y. (2013). Experimental and Natural Warming Elevates Mercury Concentrations in Estuarine Fish. PLoS ONE, 8(3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058401

7.Maulvault, A. L., Custódio, A., Anacleto, P., Repolho, T., Pousão, P., Nunes, M. L., ... Marques, A. (2016). Bioaccumulation and elimination of mercury in juvenile sea bass (Dicentrarchuslabrax)in a warmer environment. Environmental Research, 149, 77–85. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.035

8.Karatela, S., Ward, N., & Paterson, J. (2019). Mercury exposure in mother-children pairs in a seafood eating population: Body burden and related factors. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(12), 2238. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122238

9.Silbernagel, S. M., Carpenter, D. O., Gilbert, S. G., Gochfeld, M., Groth, E., 3rd, Hightower, J. M., & Schiavone, F. M. (2011). Recognizing and preventing overexposure to methylmercury from fish and seafood consumption: information for physicians. Journalof toxicology, 2011, 983072. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/983072

10.Rice, K. M., Walker, E. M., Jr, Wu, M., Gillette, C., & Blough, E. R. (2014). Environmental mercury and its toxic effects. Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi, 47(2), 74–83. https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2014.47.2.7

FOLLOW THIS GUIDE FOR YOUR PAPER

***GUIDE for Climate Change Case Study Final Report***

(Page Limit: including all visuals, you have a minimum of 10 pages and maximum of 15 pages double-spaced , excluding title page, abstract, and reference pages within this limit. Please include headings/sub-headings to isolate appropriate sections)

% Grade	Outstanding
Title Page (1%)	Uses proper APA style as outlined by APA (running heads, title, names of authors, etc.)
Abstract/Executive Summary & Keywords(10%)	Abstract/Executive Summary includes a summary of the major issues: 1. health effect addressed, 2. geographic region identified, 3. key elements of causal pathway briefly summarized, and 4. brief public health response included. A reader must be able to gather the most important points of the report just by reading this section. Appropriate keywords (5-7) included below the abstract with “Keywords” heading. A word limit of between 200 and 300 words is maintained in this section (use MS Word to do a word count on this section’s main text and include the count BELOW Keywords).
Introduction/Background (8%)	Explains the significance and importance of the chosen topic in a logical and organized manner. Review of the pertinent background literature is thorough, relevant, and organized. Sources are varied and properly cited in this section. The section wraps up by including objective(s) OR emphasis of the chosen topic.
Geographic Location (8%)	Discusses the geographic location thoroughly with topic relevant information making excellent connection to the chosen region. Provides detailed map(s) or other geo-coded visual material(s) pertinent to the topic & geographic area.
Health Effects (8%)	The biology, epidemiology, and health effects associated with the topic are addressed in depth. The health effects should be properly tied to the geographic region with relevant information.
Causal Pathway (15%)	Clearly and concisely explains the cause(s) and appropriate pathway connecting “changes in climate” that is forecasted in the geographic region to the chosen health effect. Cause-effect relationships are clearly explained with appropriate visual(s) and directional arrows with a comprehensive list of sources. Students show clear understanding of system thinking. The students are able to properly identify all major climatic and non-climatic factors affecting this health problem.
Public Health Response (15%)	At least one public health response (climate mitigation, climate adaptation as pertinent to the health effect, climate resilience) is addressed in depth with geographic region specific policies and information. The students have clearly included and described a comprehensive list of public health approaches to addressing the chosen climate change problem.
Synthesis of Peer-reviewed journal papers and government reports (10%)	Each section flows well and contains technically in-depth materials as found in peer-reviewed journal papers and reputed government or agency websites. Uses ample peer-reviewed journal papers/report to provide the required depth in the report.
Visual Materials (15%)	Uses a variety of visuals, such as figures, diagrams, maps, tables, photos (as applicable to the report). Balances the text with visuals and introduces all visuals within the text, as dictated by APA style. All visuals have proper captions and are sequentially numbered according to APA style. All visuals have clear source information in the caption or below the visual.
Overall quality of technical writing (5%)	Excellent writing. Text is clearly divided into sections and sub-sections (headings and sub-headings) by topic. Summarizes the conclusions. Displays writing proficiency, topic sentences, grammar, flow, precise language. Uses a variety of technical terms and the writing style is varied and technically and scientifically appropriate for the chosen topic.
Citation and References (5%)	The entire document has no more than one missing in-text citation and all in-text citations are APA style. The reference section is complete and has no missing or unused citations. Clearly exceptional work!