Current Event Assignment

Choose a current event article of your choice pertaining to biology and/or environmental science, such as a disease and treatment, Stem cells, Global warming or Pollution.  Make sure your topic is original (no one else has presented this current event article, so check with the members of your team so you are not choosing the same article). Your task is to make connections between concepts presented in class and a "real-life" example found in the news. This assignment requires close reading of the news items you choose, summarizing your analysis in a coherent way to the rest of the class, a mind map, along with several (at least 3 questions) follow-up questions. Tips :   Do NOT PICK AN ADVERTISEMENT for a product  (NO WIKIPEDIA!)      Be selective in your choice of articles. Find one that is substantive but not excessively long or complicated. Avoid tabloids, theme or genre publications, and web sources that are not credible. Use articles from current technical and business publications (preferably online). Ask me if you are unsure of your choice. Think contemporary, not ancient. While your article doesn’t have to have been written in the week you are presenting, try to pick something that was written in the past year. Make connections between the issue/event you have chosen and a concept or concepts from one or more of our readings for the week. Ideally, your current event will lead the class into an interesting discussion of your topic on the discussion board.  Create a mind map. A mind map or concept map is just a colorful, visual, graphical representation of the main ideas of your article. If another student was to look at your mind map they would be able to quickly see what your article was about. Most students just make one PowerPoint slide.     You must create a mindmap, write a summary of your article which includes at least 3 discussion questions and a link to the current event article.  See an example of a current event and a mindmap in the attachment to this assignment. POST THIS TO THE CURRENT EVENT DISCUSSION BOARD. ALSO SUBMIT IT IN THE ASSIGNMENT FILES SECTION ON BB. It is due at the end of the week your team was assigned the current event project.  Remember to:  1. Create a mind map  2. Summarize and analyze the current event  3. Pose critical questions to the class  4. Include a link to the article and reference where and when the article was written  5. Post to the CURRENT EVENT DISCUSSION BOARD  6. SUBMIT your summary and mind map here by clicking on The Current Event Assignment