Article of the Week Extra Credit
Each week, a new article featuring a recent news story will be made available in the classroom and on this website. Students who choose to read the article and complete the Article of the Week assignment will receive extra credit that may help their grade at the end of the quarter. As with other assignments, each article assignment can only be submitted on the week it is due; past article assignments can not be submitted during following weeks.
Click the button below to access the worksheet that must be completed to get the extra credit. Google Drive will ask you if you want to make a copy. Click "Yes", then share the document with [email protected] when you are finished.
Click the button below to access the worksheet that must be completed to get the extra credit. Google Drive will ask you if you want to make a copy. Click "Yes", then share the document with [email protected] when you are finished.
This week's article:
Some Good Coronavirus News: Genetic Detectives are on the Case - Boston Globe (Due by 3/16/20)
Previous articles (may no longer be submitted for credit):
Semester 2 Articles
Scientists Detect Oxygen Molecules Outside Milky Way For First Time Ever - The Weather Channel (Due by 3/9/20)
‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician Katherine Johnson, who broke barriers in space and NASA, dies at 101 -USA Today (Due by 3/3/20)
Semester 1 Articles
Trio Wins Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine For Work On Cells And Oxygen - NPR (Due by 10/21/19)
Taconic Grad Wilson Key Link to Success of First All-Female Spacewalk - Berkshire Eagle (Due by 10/28/19)
Paralyzed Man Walks Using Brain-Controlled Robotic Suit - CNN (Due by 10/15/19)
North America Has Lost More Than 1 in 4 Birds in Last 50 Years, New Study Says - Audubon.org (Due by 10/7/19)
Berkshire health officials on vaping: 'Do we know it's safe? Absolutely not.' - Berkshire Eagle (Due by 9/30/19)
It's Really OK If Japan Dumps Radioactive Fukushima Water Into The Ocean - Forbes (Due by 9/23/19)
Researchers Unearth "New" Extinction - Phys.org (Due by 9/16/19)
Some Good Coronavirus News: Genetic Detectives are on the Case - Boston Globe (Due by 3/16/20)
Previous articles (may no longer be submitted for credit):
Semester 2 Articles
Scientists Detect Oxygen Molecules Outside Milky Way For First Time Ever - The Weather Channel (Due by 3/9/20)
‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician Katherine Johnson, who broke barriers in space and NASA, dies at 101 -USA Today (Due by 3/3/20)
Semester 1 Articles
Trio Wins Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine For Work On Cells And Oxygen - NPR (Due by 10/21/19)
Taconic Grad Wilson Key Link to Success of First All-Female Spacewalk - Berkshire Eagle (Due by 10/28/19)
Paralyzed Man Walks Using Brain-Controlled Robotic Suit - CNN (Due by 10/15/19)
North America Has Lost More Than 1 in 4 Birds in Last 50 Years, New Study Says - Audubon.org (Due by 10/7/19)
Berkshire health officials on vaping: 'Do we know it's safe? Absolutely not.' - Berkshire Eagle (Due by 9/30/19)
It's Really OK If Japan Dumps Radioactive Fukushima Water Into The Ocean - Forbes (Due by 9/23/19)
Researchers Unearth "New" Extinction - Phys.org (Due by 9/16/19)