College of San Mateo Biology in The News Coral Reefs in Hawaii Discussion Directions To encourage you to read current events related to biology in the news

College of San Mateo Biology in The News Coral Reefs in Hawaii Discussion Directions
To encourage you to read current events related to biology in the news, on specified weeks you are required to identify, read, and analyze an article from the popular press that relates to a current issue in biology. The article should relate as much as possible to current topics we’re studying in class.
Examples of appropriate sources for articles include the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Economist, Wired, Scientific American, Time, or Newsweek. Many other credible news sites are on the Internet, just ask if you have any questions.
Click the reply button (arrow icon) to start your post.
Forum Post Guidelines
your name and the date for which you’re submitting the article
full citation information for your article, including the hyperlink to the website URL/source, authors, date of publication, and page numbers
a 5-7 sentence short summary of the main ideas of the article
a 5-7 sentence reflection on your personal response to or ideas about the article
3-5 thoughtful questions that the article raised for you personally
Additionally, you also must submit a complete and substantive post in response to two of your classmates’ posts in the same forum.
Forum Response Guidelines
Make sure that your response expands on the main ideas/questions in the student’s posting
Try to use your response to add value to the discussion; this is more effective than simply responding to meet a requirement
Make sure your response is at least 100-150 words
Discussion Forum Learning Goals
Develop the learning community we are working to establish in class
Learn from one another by reading about their articles and elaborating on their ideas
Become more current in the field of biology
Grading Rubric (out of 20 points)
Submitting complete post on time in the forum, fulfilling all of the Forum Post Guidelines above (10 points)
Submitting at least 2 substantive and complete response posts on time in the forum, fulfilling all of the Forum Response Guidelines above (10 points)
You may also review Discussion Forum Grading Rubric page for more information.