Soil Quality and Resilience Of Agriculture Under Climate Change (The connection between climate change, agriculture, and soil)
You Must Use These Three Articles:
spongy soils to the rescue (more resilient agriculture through soil)
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/turning-soils-sponges#.WYsozNPyvBJ
https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/blog/boosting-soil-health-to-curb-climate-change/
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/16112/
guiding questions:
1. What is theenvironmentalproblem?
2. How/Why is it a problem?
3. Where did the problem come from? What are the causes of the problem?
4. How is it affecting the world? (or a location or region)
5. What are potential solutions and how likely are they to help?
(Note: 3 visual images with photo credits and/or graphic design elements will results in full marks – 3/3 for Visual – see the Rubric and the example link posted/given below).
Please make sure you arrange your assignment as shown in the link below. Use it as a guideline structure.
file:///C:/Users/hodan/Downloads/Blog%20example%20climate%20change%20and%20wildfire.pdf
Given all the core articles for the topic. It is a must that you share some of the main points in the articles and your thoughts,following the guiding questions above. Make sure you mention your sources within the “body” (text) of your blog! e.g. I learned about [something]from an article in National Geographic…Then at the bottom of your blog, have a list of sources that includes National Geographic and the link to the article. APA is not required.
Note: Your assignment should be 500 words maximum.
Blog Post Rubric*
TOTAL POINTS
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24 pts
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18 pts
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11 pts
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6 pts
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SCORE/24
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Criteria
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6
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4
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3
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2
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Content/Originality/6
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Content is complete, accurate, relevant, AND offers new ideas. Clear evidence of going beyond material covered in class.
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Content is complete, accurate, and relevant, but lacking in new ideas. Some evidence of going beyond material covered in class.
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Content is incomplete, irrelevant, and/or contains inaccuracies. Little evidence of going beyond material covered in class.
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Content is incomplete, irrelevant, and contains inaccuracies. No effort made to go beyond material covered in class.
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Writing Quality/6
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Writing is crisp, clear, and succinct. The writer incorporates the active voice when appropriate and supports ideas with examples. No spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are made.
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Writing is generally clear, but unnecessary words are occasionally used. Meaning is sometimes hidden. Paragraph or sentence structure is too repetitive. Few (3) spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are made.
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Writing is generally unclear. Meaning is ambiguous. Many (5+) spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors are made.
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It is hard to know what the writer is trying to express. Writing is convoluted. Misspelled words, incorrect grammar, and improper punctuation are evident.
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Writing Style/3
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The style is engaging and appropriately colloquial for the blog post. (mark: 3)
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The style is appropriate for a blog post, but not very engaging. (mark: 2)
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The style is either too academic, or too patronizing for the audience. (mark: 1)
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The style is totally inappropriate for a blog post. (mark: 0)
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Empirical evidence/6
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Information is gathered from multiple, research-based sources.
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Information is gathered from multiple sources.
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Information is gathered from a limited number of sources.
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Information is gathered from a single source.
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Visual appeal/3 (see Example Blog 2-4)
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Very visually appealing, relevant photos and/or other graphic design elements (minimum of 3) created for the post. (3)
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Only 2 photos or other graphic design elements relevant to the post. (2) Or 3 photos but no photo credits.
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Only 1 photo or other graphic design elements relevant to the post. OR Photos reused or not visually appealing. (1)
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No photos or graphic design elements or totally irrelevant choices. (0)
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