Science Articles

Science Articles  

Read a science based article.  Learn how Science is happening in our daily lives and how it relates to you. I will supply you with a variety of links on the internet.   
It should be typed out on Docs and uploaded to your Google Classroom account.  

 Follow these simple steps to make an A!
1) Summarize the article in 5-7 sentences (i.e. What is the article about?)
2) How does this affect us? (1 sentence min.)
3) Why is this important? (1 sentence min.)
4) How is this science related? (1 sentence min.)
5) Pick a science word and write its definition.  Use a dictionary or www.dictionary.com
6) Draw a picture, sketch an image in your notebooks, create one online or use an image from the internet that shows your understanding of the vocabulary term.

7) Make sure to include your source.  i.e. Where did you get your information from?  Please copy/paste the website url under your image.

This week's source comes from Newsela.

Understanding how energy transfers

	4	3	2	1	0	Total Points
Heading, Neatness, Overall Organization	The loose leaf is neat, the heading is legible, the work is organized	There is some disorganization.		Parts of the heading are missing.	There is no heading.  The loose leaf is torn.  It is disorganized.
Summary explaining the main idea	There are at least five sentences in the summary paragraph	There are only four sentences in the summary paragraph	There are only three sentences in the summary paragraph	There are only one to two sentences in the summary paragraph.	There is no summary.
1)How is it science related? 2) Why is this important? 3) How does this affect us?	All of the Science questions have been answered.	Two of the three Science questions have been answered.	One of the Science questions has been answered.	The questions have not been answered properly, they have been copied, etc.	None of the Science questions has been answered.
Science word dictionary definition	There is a Science word from the article that has a proper dictionary definition.				There is no definition, it has been made up, the word is not from the article, etc.
Science illustration	There is a student constructed Science illustration with color.	There is a student constructed Science illustration with no color.	There is a printed out Science illustration.	Minimal effort has been put into the Science illustration.	There is NO Science illustration.