Recognize and explain how the scientific method is used to solve problems make observations and discriminate between scientific and pseudoscientific explanations weigh evidence

tep 2: Innovations in Biology and Technology – Writing Assignment

Addresses course outcomes 1-4: 

• recognize and explain how the scientific method is used to solve problems 
• make observations and discriminate between scientific and pseudoscientific explanations 
• weigh evidence and make decisions based on strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge and the scientific method 
• use knowledge of biological principles, the scientific method, and appropriate technologies to ask relevant questions, develop hypotheses, design and conduct experiments, interpret results, and draw conclusions 

Write a paper about your chosen topic.  

• Your paper should consist of a title page, introduction, several paragraphs addressing the questions for your chosen topic, conclusion, and references.  
• The outline you wrote in step 1 should be your starting point, but you can make edits to the topics and details you include, and the organization of the content. Take advantage of any feedback received.   
• Your paper should be 750-1500 words, excluding references and the title page. 
• Use a minimum of three (3) reliable information sources. These may or may not be the same resources that you found in step 1 of this assignment.  
• The majority of your paper should be written in your own words, in your own writing style and structure, and fully paraphrasing information from the selected information sources (just changing a few words in a sentence is not enough). Your paper should consist of less than 10% direct quotes. Quotation marks must be used at the start and end of a direct quote, followed by an in-text citation. When paraphrasing, you should also use text citations to acknowledge the source.