University of California Davis Offshore Renewable Energy Blog Post Evaluation Task 1: ? Choose one of the two articles to read: ? To Save the Climate, Look

University of California Davis Offshore Renewable Energy Blog Post Evaluation Task 1: ? Choose one of the two articles to read: ? To Save the Climate, Look to the Oceans ? Coronavirus is not just a health crisis — it’s an environmental justice crisis Task 2: ? Summarize and evaluate/annotate the information presented in the blog post and describe ways it could be checked or improved. Does the author seem biased in any way? Can the statements made be proved? Task 3: ? For one of the specific claims made in the blog post, write a paragraph explaining how you would go about fact checking it. What kind of sources would you use or need to consider the claim credible (or to refute the claim). Task 4: ? Finally, choose one of the sources cited in the blog post (will be a hyperlink in the post). Read it and write a paragraph explaining if you think it’s a reliable source and why or why not. Blog Post Evaluation
ESP1 SS1 2020
Due: July 6th by 11:59PM PST
Goal:? Learn how to fact check and critically evaluate information about environmental topics.
Practice reading internet content with skepticism and learn how to synthesize information from
multiple sources to gain a better understanding of a topic. Gain experience clearly expressing
your thought process and providing rationale for your assertions.
Assignment Tasks:
Task 1:
? Choose ?one? of the two articles to read:
? To Save the Climate, Look to the Oceans
? Coronavirus is not just a health crisis — it’s an environmental justice crisis
Task 2:
? Summarize and evaluate/annotate the information presented in the blog post and
describe ways it could be checked or improved. Does the author seem biased in any
way? Can the statements made be proved?
Task 3:
? For one of the specific claims made in the blog post, write a paragraph explaining how
you would go about fact checking it. What kind of sources would you use or need to
consider the claim credible (or to refute the claim).
Task 4:
? Finally, choose one of the sources cited in the blog post (will be a hyperlink in the post).
Read it and write a paragraph explaining if you think it’s a reliable source and why or
why not.
Grade Breakdown (100 points total):
? 50 points? for your thorough evaluation of the blog text (this can be either positive or
negative comments, but we want to see that you were thoughtful and explain the
rationale behind your critiques)
? 25 points ?for a paragraph describing how you would fact check one of the claims made
in the blog post. What information would you need and what sources would you consider
credible?
? 25 points? for a paragraph evaluating one of the sources used in the blog post. Why is
this source credible or not. Is there an alternative type of source that would be better?

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