Lab Makeup - Current Event Sheet
Name ________________________________ Block _____
This “Current Event Summary” is instead of the ____________________________________ Lab
Current Event Grading Format:
You are graded as follows for your current event. If any section is missing, you automatically forfeit those points. You must label each section, regardless of whether or not there is anything in it.
Go to: https://www.sciencedaily.com, find an article on something related to the topic of the lab you missed by typing the topic into the search bar, then follow the format below
1. Title: 10%
2. Source 10%
3. Summary 40%
4. Vocabulary (all science terms) 10%
5. Impact on society (if any) 10%
6. New about article (if anything) 10%
7. Attached copy of article 10%
Sample Current Event:
1. Title: Katrina Submerges New Orleans
2. Source: www.msn/katrina/damage
3. Summary: Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane. It made landfall east of New Orleans which initially speared the city which is below sea level from the worst of the storm surge. Katrina also weakened slightly just before hitting the coast. These facts did little in sparing the residents of New Orleans from what could be one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit this country. Two major levees failed allowing the waters from Lake Pontchartrain to submerge this major American city under as much as twenty feet of water. It will be weeks or months before the city will be able to start recovering.
4. Vocabulary(any science terms)
storm surge – mound of water under the eye of the hurricane that moves ashore with the eye.
Category four hurricane – major hurricane with wind speeds of 131 – 155 mph.
5. Impact: This storm has basically shut down a major city and destroyed the local economy. It could be years before the region fully recovers from the economic loss.
6. New Thinking: There was nothing new reported about hurricanes.
7. Attached Copy: For this one, you would just attach your article.
This “Current Event Summary” is instead of the ____________________________________ Lab
Current Event Grading Format:
You are graded as follows for your current event. If any section is missing, you automatically forfeit those points. You must label each section, regardless of whether or not there is anything in it.
Go to: https://www.sciencedaily.com, find an article on something related to the topic of the lab you missed by typing the topic into the search bar, then follow the format below
1. Title: 10%
2. Source 10%
3. Summary 40%
4. Vocabulary (all science terms) 10%
5. Impact on society (if any) 10%
6. New about article (if anything) 10%
7. Attached copy of article 10%
Sample Current Event:
1. Title: Katrina Submerges New Orleans
2. Source: www.msn/katrina/damage
3. Summary: Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane. It made landfall east of New Orleans which initially speared the city which is below sea level from the worst of the storm surge. Katrina also weakened slightly just before hitting the coast. These facts did little in sparing the residents of New Orleans from what could be one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit this country. Two major levees failed allowing the waters from Lake Pontchartrain to submerge this major American city under as much as twenty feet of water. It will be weeks or months before the city will be able to start recovering.
4. Vocabulary(any science terms)
storm surge – mound of water under the eye of the hurricane that moves ashore with the eye.
Category four hurricane – major hurricane with wind speeds of 131 – 155 mph.
5. Impact: This storm has basically shut down a major city and destroyed the local economy. It could be years before the region fully recovers from the economic loss.
6. New Thinking: There was nothing new reported about hurricanes.
7. Attached Copy: For this one, you would just attach your article.