Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Extra Credit

Hi everyone

Here is an extra credit opportunity.

AP Biology Extra Credit

Current Events Articles and Summaries

Due Date: October 9, 2007


Read newspapers and magazines. Select up to 5 articles relating to cell biology. For EACH article:

1- Read the article.

2- Cut it out.

3- Summarize the article in two paragraphs.

4- Identify the topic and explain how it relates to our class.

5- Use proper grammar, check spelling, and use proper paragraph form.


Grading Rubric:

Article #: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Complete, original article included (1 point) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Summary of article (4 points) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Related topic/explanation (4 points) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Grammar, spelling (1 point) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Article Total (10 points) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Websites: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/cell_biology/

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/interest/id/2363/topic/Genes_%2B_Cells

http://discovermagazine.com/topics/living-world

These can help you or you can use others.

-Emily

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