GEOLOGY 101 Outside Assignment 2

Outside Assignment 2 is due on April 11. You must use the FORM below to submit your work by downloading the WORD file and filling it in electronically.

1. 20 points. Read and summarize a short article from a PRINTED medium, ie a magazine or newspaper, not an online article. These should be recent, but could be from the last three years or so. Write a summary as described below, one typewritten page.

Requirements:

1. Document the title, and source of the article, published date, and attach a copy

2. Briefly summarize the article:

2a. Who was the author?

2b. What was the overall theme? For example, the theory of Plate Tectonics, or how earthquakes affected human civilization, etc. 2c. Setting: where did the article take place, and how did that affect or control the view or outcome of the article? For example, “the article looked at earthquakes in Japan, so it dealt with a convergent plate tectonic boundary”, etc.

3. Article summary

a.) Summarize the main theme and any conclusions that the article made.

b.) Discuss whether you thought the article was helpful, biased, naïve or whatever. For example: “This article was written before the recent tsunami so it is apparent that the authorities were very naïve because they greatly underestimated the threat”.

c.) Find an online companion article/illustration/commentary etc for your article.

Your BRCC library has a periodical section that will have many appropriate articles, or you may draw from your own newspapers or magazines, etc. Try the Advocate, American Scientist, National Geographic, Natural History, Science, or Smithsonian.

http://guides.mybrcc.edu/serials

The East Baton Rouge Parish library on Goodwood near BRCC also has a periodical section that will have many appropriate articles. Try the Advocate, American Scientist, National Geographic, Natural History, Science, Scientific American, or Smithsonian.

FORM FOR GEOLOGY 101 OUTSIDE ASSIGNMENT 2

Assignment: Review Print Article

Name________________________

1. Title of outside source: (1 pts) _____________________________________

2. Briefly describe the outside source.

a) Author(s) (1 pts):________________________________________

b) Overall theme (1 pts):_______________________________________

c) Setting (1 pts):____________________________

3. Summary and comment.

a) Summary of outside source (10 pts):__________________________.

b) Your views/comments (2 pts):______________________________

c) Find a video clip or other online illustration/commentary about your topic other than from Wikipedia and submit the URL(4 pts): ________________________________________________