Scientific Paper Report
no one has signed up for this
option
This semester you have a
choice of 2, perhaps 3 papers/topics to choose from:
The first two reports deal with the availability and use of
water in Arizona. This seemed likely a timely topic
considering last year's severe drought conditions in parts of
California and Arizona.
1. The first of these new reports is titled "Layperson's
Guide to Arizona Water" and was prepared by the Water
Education Foundation and The University of Arizona Water
Resources Research Center. It's a relatively long report
and a set of report writing guidelines is not yet available
(that's largely because I haven't read the entire report).
2. The second is titled "Closing
the Water Demand-Supply Gap in Arizona" and is also from
the University of Arizona Water Resources Research
Center. This shorter report comes with some Report Writing
Guidelines that I would suggest you look at before
reading the paper.
3. The third possible topic will have to do with climate
change. In the past I have
used the report "Frequently
Asked Questions" from the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change as a reference source. A recent issue
of Sonorensis,
a magazine published by the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
examines what is being done to adapt to and prepare for
climate changes in the Sonoran Desert. You can
access the 2018 issue here.
I haven't yet read the entire magazine, but will try to do
so soon and prepare some Report Writing Guidelines.
You should probably double check with me first before
starting to work on this topic.
Unless noted otherwise reports will be due in class on Mon.,
April 1. An X in front of your name means I
have received your report.
Note: The Scientific Paper is
one of the options some students chose rather than writing
an experiment report. If you have done or are
working on an experiment you don't need to do the
Scientific Paper report.