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MICROBIOLOGY-RELATED CURRENT EVENT PAPER
Microbiological topics are prevalent in today’s news media coverage and may be overlooked between the Sport’s page, comics, Dear Abby, sudoku puzzle or the FOX major headline of the day. Advances in biotechnology, concerns with public health issues, infectious diseases and environmental concerns are just some of the many topics that are newsworthy. The purpose of this activity is to increase student awareness of microbiological topics/concepts by utilizing reputable online/library resources.
The student is responsible to collect at least 3 current references for their current event this semester and share the current event in lecture or laboratory with the class. The student is responsible for summarizing at least 2 science/nursing related journal references and one internet reference. More than three references may be used in completing your selected current event.
As you research your topic, identify potential problems or issues facing scientists today (ethical issues, public health policies, research value, governmental funding, etc.) and identify science’s influence on or contributions to today’s culture (technological advances, epidemiological studies, infectious disease controls, etc.).
Your topic should be approved by the instructor prior to starting your current event (by February 7). The completed current event paper should be submitted before/by March 21.
This exercise will be evaluated as a laboratory grade and will be worth 150 total points. No late work is accepted. Failure to share the current event with the class will result in a 25 point deduction. Summations should be computer generated (double spaced) and should be four full pages in length. Plagiarized reports will not be accepted. The font should be Times New Roman and the font size 12 for this exercise. APA format of documentation should be followed.
Submission of your Microbiology current event should be as a file upload (doc or docx) in Canvas. Remember that Turnitin is enabled for this assignment, so please do not plagiarize. If your originality report from Turnitin is too high, you are probably plagiarizing. Your originality report score needs to be below 30% to insure that potential plagiarism issues are being monitored.
Please note that students that have previously attempted the course will need to select and complete a different microbiology-related current event topic. Also note that papers that have previously been submitted and evaluated for the microbiology course cannot be resubmitted for evaluation.
Databases and information on proper APA formatting for citations and references is provided under the “Library” tab of the Panola College homepage. The link is as follows: http://www.panola.edu/library/fresource.html
The following format should be followed for your current event report:
1) Title Page 2) Abstract 3) Report Content: 4+ pages 4) Reference Page
If you have not written an APA formatted paper you may wish to view the following You-Tube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xntxoinC0wA
MICROBIOLOGY CURRENT EVENT GRADING RUBRIC CATEGORY EXCELLE NT ABOVE EXPECTATIO NS ACCEPTAB LE UNACCEPTAB LE POINTS AVAILAB LE TITLE PAGE/ ABSTRACT/ HEADERS *Present with correct components and proper APA formatting. *Present with minor issues with correct components and proper APA formatting. *Present with little indication of correct components and proper APA formatting. *Not present or no indication of proper components or proper APA formatting. 15 POINTS CONTENT *Informatio n related to the selected topic was properly introduced and specific components of the selected topic were thoroughly covered. *Information related to the selected topic was adequately introduced and specific components of the selected topic were adequately covered. *Information related to the selected topic was minimally introduced and specific components of the selected topic were minimally covered. *Information related to the selected topic was not properly introduced and specific components of the selected topic were incomplete or lacking. 75 POINTS GRAMMAR & MECHANICS *Spelling, grammar and sentence structure are excellent. *Spelling, grammar and sentence structure are adequate. *Spelling, grammar and sentence structure are mostly appropriate. *Spelling, grammar and sentence structure are consistently lacking or inappropriate. 15 POINTS CITATIONS & REFERENCES *Proper references are selected and citations follow correct APA formatting. *Proper references and citations are noted and mostly follow correct APA formatting. *References and citations are present but some issues are noted with correct APA formatting. *References and citations are incomplete or lacking and do not follow correct APA formatting. 20 POINTS ORAL PRESENTATI ON Oral presentation, presentation style, grammar are excellent. Oral presentation, presentation style, grammar are above expectations. Oral presentation, presentation style, grammar are adequate. Oral presentation, presentation style, grammar are unacceptable or lacking. 25 POINTS LACK OF A PROPER ORIGINALITY SCORE (TURNITIN) WILL RESULT IN A REDUCED GRADE AND PLAGIARISM COULD RESULT IN A GRADE OF “0” FOR YOUR MICROBIOLOGY CURRENT EVENT. GRADE REFLECTS A TOTAL OF 150 POINTS
