Ms. K. Jackson’s – ScraMS
Marine Science is in The News- Scrapbook Project ScraMS
Purpose:
One of the important goals of science education at the high school level is to help students learn how to make good decisions about public issues. Scientific information is disseminated to the public through a variety of media, including newspapers, magazines, broadcasting, and the Internet. Topics in ocean science are constantly changing and therefore, students of marine science must keep up with the current research. For this project, you will collect, read and evaluate news articles about oceanography.
A. Collection:
You must complete an article each week. Each selected article must be about or related to some aspect of ocean science. Articles must be AT LEAST 500 words and be selected from a reliable news source. For each of the articles, you must do the following: *Your digital notebook will be posted on an appropriate site * Each page must have the date and source of the article (with the actual article either posted with your reflection or linked) * Each article must be summarized: see summary criteria below
B. Analysis:
Once all your articles have been collected, you must do the following: * Title Page- Give your scrapbook a title that reflects something about the project. * Organization- Your scrapbook must be organized in some topical manner (not chronological or by source). This scheme need not be explained but ought to be obvious. You must include a “table of contents” that demonstrates your organizational plan. * (At the end of the semester): You must select 3 articles that you found the most interesting and write 2-3 pages on what you learned from them and why they interested you.
C. Presentation:
In addition to the ScraMS book- you must present one article to the class per semester (5 minutes). *You are not allowed to use an article presented by someone else in your ScraMS notebook. During the presentation, you must explain the topic of the article, main ideas and why it is interesting to you. Be ready to answer questions from your classmates. ** Questions regarding presented articles may be included on the exams.
Summary Criteria:
For each article summary, make sure you cover all the following points: (see rubric)
Title/Author/Source/Date
• Topic in Marine Science (What is the main topic?)
1: Summary- 1 CONCISE paragraph explaining what the article is about (Who, What, Where, When Why and How)
2: Why did you choose this article? What is most interesting to you? Make connections to self or to another text (1 paragraph)
3: Next Steps? What now? (What is significant about this article?) (1 paragraph
Marine Science- ScraMS Article Rubric
Name:
Score: __________/25 Points
Title of Article:
Source:
Date:
Topic:
Objectives
Low Performance
Average Performance
High Performance
Score
Summary of article
1 point
Summary does not contain the who, what, when, where, why and how of the article. No quote from the article.
3 points
Summary contains the who, what, when, where, why and how of the article OR there is a quote from the article.
5 points
Summary contains the who, what, when, where, why and how along with a quote from the article.
News Article
1 point Article is not related to science
3 points
Article is not related to marine science specifically
5 points
Article is directly related to a topic in marine science
Source/Title
1 point
Source is not sited or no title
3 points
Source is sited incorrectly or incomplete or no title
5 points
Source is sited correctly and complete and title is listed
Self/Text Connections
1 point
No connection to self/text- no reflection
3 points
Incomplete reflection weak connections/ critical thinking
5 points
Complete reflection and connections to self or another text
Critical Thinking
1 point
No critical thinking about next steps
3 points
Next steps is not thoughtful or incomplete
5 points
Next steps discussion is thoughtful and insightful
Comments: Total: _____
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