Special Scientist Reports.....

Students will begin in January reporting current events in science.    Use the following websites and periodicals to choose you from.  The news should be appropriate and relevant information. (if you don't know what physics, microbes or gene therapy are, these are likely not good topics to chose from.)

Rules and Guidelines

• This should be fun!
• Mrs. Pittorino would like to preview the topic of choice by the next class.
• The article needs to printed and accompanied by a summary consisting of:
  • Title and Author
  • Source (where did you find it)
  • A Brief Summary of the Topic (main idea) with 2 or 3 supporting details (evidence from the article - prove it)
  • Why did you chose this article or why do you think its important? 

• Lastly, you will need to present this article to your class. You may use a PowerPoint, poster, model, diagram, Explain Everything, Google Slides, Imovie to help report the information.  
  
  

Two students from each class will present a 5 to 10 minutes presentation.  If you are assigned the topic on Monday, bring the article to the next class, then present the next class..  This information will be graded and a rubric will be provided.  

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Website & Periodical to chose from
Here are a few suggestions of places to find science news:
   Newspapers
·         Boston Globe - Science/Health focus in the G section (each Monday)
·         Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Health Section (every Monday)
·         MetroWest Daily News - Science Section (every Tuesday)


Magazines         (articles from Time for Kids are NOT allowed)

•  Weekly news magazines like Time, Newsweek, and The Week usually have science-related articles.
• Popular Science
• Smithsonian Magazine

Websites (Remember: ALWAYS use safe practices on-line!)
www.tweentribune.com – age-appropriate news website, including science and technology
discovermagazine.com (use ARTICLE section, not the Blog section)
www.eurekalert.org/scienceforkids
www.cnn.com/TECH
sciencenewsforkids.org
dogonews 
youngzine
Newsela


copy of the handout, summary page and rubric