SCI 100 SNHU Global Warming and Climate Change Discussion

Overview

All scientific inquiry starts with a question. Scientists may wonder  why something exists, how it came to be, or how it interacts with other  things. Whatever the inspiration, asking questions is at the heart of  scientific research. In this activity, you will revise the research  question that you would like to concentrate on as you continue working  on your project.

Prompt

Use the provided Module Three Activity Template PDF  to complete this assignment. You will consider the research questions  you wrote in the previous module and choose one to focus on for your  project. Use this opportunity to edit your research question based on  instructor feedback and what you have learned so far in the course.  Revising your question may involve the following:

• Clarifying language
• Connecting it more directly to your news story
• Making it feasible
• Narrowing its focus
• Make it measurable
• Ensuring it is ethical

You will also reflect on how your personal beliefs, assumptions, and  values may have impacted how you wrote and revised your research  question. For example, maybe a close family member has chronic fatigue  syndrome, and you assumed the medical community does not know what  causes it. So you decided to focus your research question on what  contributes to the disease.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

• Finalize your scientific research question related to main idea of your chosen news story
• Explain how your beliefs, assumptions, and values may have impacted your research question

 POST

Causes and Effects of Global Warming, Climate Change and Ozone Depletion. Question 1:What is the cause of global warming? How do we know that it is caused by human activity?  Question 2:How has climate change affected us in the past and how will it affect us in the future?  Question 3:What can be done to help reduce global warming and climate change?     Teacher’s feedback:  You have come up with one or two research questions but did not provide 

two questions that are both measurable. Recall from the module reading 

that measurable research questions require the collection and analysis 

of evidence, and their potential answers go beyond a simple “yes” or 

“no.” For example, the question “has there been an increase in carbon 

emissions in the past 50 years?” can be answered with a simple “yes.” A 

measurable version of that question could be “How much has the amount of

 atmospheric carbon dioxide increased by in the last 50 years?”