BIOL 4252

Popular Science Article Evaluation (10%)

Winter 2020

 Use of a short, catchy, approachable title (1)

 Overall quality of main article (5)
 Well-summarized and accurate to original article (3)
 Use of language for a non-science audience (2)
 Acceptable length. Must be 1 page. (1)
 Relevant photo (1)
 Article is current (2014-present) and topic is related to endocrinology (1)
 Article topic is submitted on Google spreadsheet and a PDF of the scientific paper you
are using is submitted on Blackboard by February 21st (1)

Total: /10

 You must include a reference for the paper you are referring to at the bottom of your
article (i.e. in a footer). No second page for a reference.
 NOTE: If there is no reference or reference is on a second page then 0.5 of a
mark will be taken off