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First Step - Find an article! Step #1: find a science in the news article. Use your teacher’s website Think of something that interests you Can’t be more than 6 months old Make sure you can read and understand it

Second Step - Read the Article and Understand it Read the article to find out about: The main idea 3 things you learned Something surprising A question you have

Third Step - Finding Citation Information

Fourth Step - Make a Presentation! Step #4 - Make a presentation to share with your group: Create a presentation (try Google Slides if you don’t know how to use any other tools) Include all information from your paper in your presentation Insert a picture to make it more interesting Edit your presentation Practice your presentation and present on 10/31!

Let’s try this all together... Step 1 - Find an article Step 2 - Read the article and record information Step 3 - Find Citation information Step 4 - Make a presentation

Step 1: Find an Article Find an article in a newspaper or magazine (Science World magazines are available for you to borrow.) OR Go to your teacher’s webpage and find the “Science in the News” section. Select a website and browse based upon your interests. HMS Faculty

Step 2- Read the article, understand it and record information This year has been a very severe hurricane season. ”Harvey, Irma, Jose, And Now, Maria- Is The 2017 Hurricane Season The Worst One Yet?”- Dogo News The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) predicted that this hurricane season would be more active than usual. On average, the Atlantic experiences 12 named storms in a year. However, forecasters predicted 11- 17 named storms for the 2017 hurricane season. Experts believe that the storms are the result of a combination of human and natural causes. In the 166 years of weather data collection, the US has never experienced more than one Category 4 hurricane in the same year. If humans are partially responsible for this, what other ways can we help to stop climate change?

Step 3- Find Citation Information Meera Dolasia “Harvey, Irma, Jose, And Now, Maria- Is The 2017 Hurricane Season the Worst One Yet?” DOGO News DOGO Media, Inc. September 23, 2007

Step 4- Make a Presentation Select a presentation tool to use (Google Slides is a great choice). Organize the information on your info. sheet onto slides. Consider adding pictures or a short video to help your audience understand the information. Let’s see what a completed presentation looks like. . .

Is the 2017 Hurricane Season the Worst One Yet? Science in the News Is the 2017 Hurricane Season the Worst One Yet?

Article Information Author: Meera Dolasia Title: Harvey, Irma, Jose, And Now, Maria — Is The 2017 Hurricane Season The Worst One Yet? Title of Container: DOGO Media, Inc. Publisher: DOGO News Date Published: September 23, 2017 Link: https://www.dogonews.com/2017/9/23/harvey-irma-jose-and-now-maria- is-the-2017-hurricane-season-the-worst-one-yet

Main Idea of the Article The main idea of the article is that the 2017 hurricane season has been extremely relentless leaving many communities devastated. Experts have cited both natural and human causes for this hurricane season’s severity.

Three Things I Learned The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) predicted that this hurricane season would be more active than usual. On average, the Atlantic experiences 12 named storms a year. However, forecasters predicted 11-17 named storms for the 2017 hurricane season. Experts believe that the storms are the result of a combination of human and natural causes.

Most Interesting Thing! In the 166 years of weather data collection, the U.S. has never experienced more than one Category 4 hurricane in the same year. This year, the area has experienced four.

Questions? If humans are partially responsible for this, what other ways (besides those listed by the article) can we help to stop climate change?