Science Assignment

Overview: To start working on your planning document, you will review potential issues in the natural sciences and choose the issue you want to research in
your project. Each topic in the Soomo webtext will include a potential question and a nonacademic source that you can review to help you judge whether you
are interested in the topic. If no topics interest you, you can choose your own topic with the approval of your instructor.
Prompt: Select a contemporary issue in the natural sciences to investigate. You may select an issue that was discussed in the course, or you may select your own
if you have instructor approval. You could consider using your topic and question from Perspectives in the Natural Sciences if they are something you would like
to investigate further for this project. In this first step, you will identify your chosen issue and explain why it is significant.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
 Describe the issue in the natural sciences that you have selected to investigate.
 Explain why is this issue significant. This may include how it is significant to you personally or professionally, or how it is significant for society as a
whole.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your topic choice should be one to two paragraphs, double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. You
should use current APA guidelines (or another format approved by your instructor) for any citations or references.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Issue Describes issue in natural
sciences to research
Describes issue in natural
sciences to research but with
gaps in appropriateness,
relevance, or detail
Does not identify issue in natural
sciences to research
40
Significance Clearly explains the significance
of the chosen issue
Explains the significance of the
chosen issue but with gaps in
appropriateness, relevance, or
detail
Does not explain the significance
of the chosen issue
40
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
20
Total 100%