PART 1
   
Review the news story that you chose to complete the topic exploration graphic organizer from Theme: Understanding the Scientific Process and complete the following:

Explain the article in your own words, providing a brief summary.
Why did you select this news story for scientific and personal study? In other words, what was it about the news story that interested you or made you curious?
When responding to your peers’ posts, consider the following: Is their reasoning clear? Does it make sense to you? Where might there similarly be room for interpretation in your own post, and how might you clarify? Your review of your peers’ posts will help inform your approach to your Project 2: Question Development Worksheet submission.

As you complete this assignment, note that your answers to these questions or closely related questions will be part of your Project 2: Question Development Worksheet submission, which is due at the end of this theme. It is recommended that, in addition to entering the answers to the questions below, you save your answers in a Word document that you can refer to later when completing Project 2

PART2

Learning how to ask good questions helps shape our learning. Science is constantly building on the work of those who came before. Review the news story you chose to complete the topic exploration graphic organizer from Theme 1 and respond to the question below.

What question related to the topic in the news story you chose would you, assuming the role of a natural scientist, like to study?

Use your response to this question and the list of questions that you posed in Project 1: Topic Exploration Graphic Organizer (submitted at the end of Theme: Understanding the Scientific Process) to select one question that interests you and that you would like to focus on as you continue your project work in the course.

As you complete this assignment, keep in mind that your answer to this question or closely related questions will be part of your Project 2 submission, the question development worksheet. It is recommended that, in addition to entering the answer to the question below, you save your answer in a Word document that you can refer to later when completing Project 2.

This activity will be graded based on completion.

PART 3

Review the news story you chose to complete Project 1: Topic Exploration Graphic Organizer (submitted at the end of Theme: Understanding the Scientific Process) and respond to the following:

What prior knowledge and assumptions about the science topic in your article did you have before viewing this news story? In other words, describe what you already knew about the topic.

As you complete this assignment, keep in mind that your answer to this question or a closely related question will be part of Project 2: Question Development Worksheet. It is recommended that, in addition to entering the answer to the question, you save your answers in a Word document that you can refer to later when completing Project 2.

This activity will be graded based on completion.