Personal Choices, biology homework help
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Write a 3–4-page report in which you examine ways to reduce your environmental impact.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
- Competency 2: Analyze the impact of contaminants in the environment to human health.
- Examine the impacts of personal choice on environmental health.
- Competency 3: Apply personal and professional decisions based upon an understanding of environmental risks.
- Illustrate ways to reduce personal impact on the environment.
- Demonstrate how to encourage others to make a change in the ways they impact the environment.
- Competency 4: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
- Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Competency 2: Analyze the impact of contaminants in the environment to human health.
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Use the APA Paper Template (linked in the Resources under the Required Resources heading) to format your report.
- Written Communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
- Length: This report should be 3–4 pages in content length. Include a separate title page and a separate references page.
- Font and Font Size: Times New Roman, 12-point, double-spaced. Use Microsoft Word.
- APA Formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
- Number of Resources: You are required to cite a minimum of 2 scholarly resources. You may conduct independent research for resources and references to support your report. Provide a reference list and in-text citations for all of your resources, using APA format. You may cite texts and authors from the Resources.
Criteria | Non-performance | Basic | Proficient | Distinguished |
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Examine the impacts of personal choice on environmental health. | Does not describe the impacts of personal choice on environmental health. | Describes the impacts of personal choice on environmental health. | Examines the impacts of personal choice on environmental health. | Assesses the impacts of personal choice on environmental health, supported by examples from reputable sources. |
Illustrate ways to reduce personal impact on the environment. | Does not list ways to reduce personal impact on the environment. | Lists ways to reduce personal impact on the environment. | Illustrates ways to reduce personal impact on the environment. | Analyzes ways to reduce personal impact on the environment, and suggests specific steps that could be integrated into the professional or personal environment. |
Demonstrate how to encourage others to make a change in the ways they impact the environment. | Does not list ways to encourage others to make a change in the ways they impact the environment. | Lists ways to encourage others to make a change in the ways they impact the environment. | Demonstrates how to encourage others to make a change in the ways they impact the environment. | Develops a plan for how to encourage colleagues, community, or family members to make a change in the ways they impact the environment. |
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Does not write in support a central idea in appropriate format. Does not use correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Writes in support of an idea with consistent format, but includes major errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Writes coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Writes coherently, using evidence to support a central idea in a consistently appropriate format, with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. |