Personal Choices, biology homework help

  • 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.

  • 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
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. 

 
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