science news help (less down payment is important to me)

Every other week you will have an assignment relating to the Science News magazine. You will read one article from https://www.sciencenews.org/and post a writeup to the D2L discussion board.

For your posts, you should include the following:

· A citation (include a link please).

· A one or two sentence summary of the article.

· Why you picked it/why you thought it was interesting.

· A critique of the research or a benefit of the research to society.

These should not be long posts—no more than a paragraph total. Clear and concise is what I’m hoping for.

The learning objectives associated with this assignment are as follows:

· I can communicate clearly about science topics.

· I can critique a scientific research summary.

Each time you submit you have a chance at both objectives. You need six proficiencies on these objectives.

Grading rubric/examples:

Objective	Basic level	Developing level	Proficient level
I can communicate clearly about science topics.	Multiple typos, missing citation	Some typos, may be missing citation	Citation included, no typos
I can critique a scientific research summary.	No real critique or benefit: “I liked this research” or “This is useful research.”	Attempted critique but weak: “This will help cancer researchers” or “This helps us understand our history”	Reasonable critique or benefit: “This will help reduce health care costs because…” or “Learning about alternate Earth planets could help us in determining if humans could live on other planets, which we need to consider because…”