Honors Chemistry II

Journal Article Reports

You will write a review of one article from a science journal. It must be from a science journal, such as Discover, Science News, Scientific American, Popular Science, and Popular Mechanics. On-line science articles are NOT acceptable. There is a large supply of science journals in my classroom that you may take home and turn them in with your report.

Three reviews per six weeks are to be done. Each will be due every other Friday. No late work will be accepted.

The article must be about a science topic, i.e. biology, earth science, chemistry physics, engineering, computer technology.

The Review must be typed and be at least one full page long.

The review should include information about the topic:

what is new in the field that caused the article to be written,

who did the research for the article and what are

their conclusions,

may (should) include quotes from the article, especially

for sentences that you don’t have the

expertise to paraphrase.

The journal article must be a full-page article, not a two or three paragraph news item.

Turn in the article with your review.

Format:

Title of Article

Author(s)

Source (magazine name) date, issue, and page number.

Write a two – three paragraph synopsis of the article.

Grading: Each report is worth up to 33 points.

A poorly reviewed report will receive a check minus and be worth 28 points.

An average review will receive a check and be worth 30 points.

An excellent review that includes all the information will receive a check plus and be worth 33 points.

If all three articles receive a check plus you will get a 100 for all three reports.

The average of all three reports will count as one quiz grade for the 6 weeks.