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Question: Use a Google search to locate a website, page, blog, or publication that discusses genetically modified foods.

Read the information posted carefully in light of the module readings, especially the scientific journals and federal government publications. Make sure to save the link to this location to include in your essay. Check to be sure your link works!

Next, submit the following:

You will be writing a 500 to 750 word essay (2-3 pages of text, not including title page and references) that addresses each of the following questions about the site you have located. You will be applying the probing questions you used in the Science Tool Kit assignments to formulate this essay.

Include the link to your source, and briefly (1 paragraph) explain the key informational points you found on this web page.

Locate the people, organization, or group that is responsible for the website, blog, etc. This is usually found under the "About Us" heading. Investigate this organization and any sponsors: Who are they? What is their goal or agenda for producing the web page, blog, etc.?

Do the listed sponsors have any affiliations that make you think there is a biased approach to the information being shared? If so, who are they, and why might it be a biased report?

What scientists, researchers, or government agencies are identified as being the sources of the information you have read?

Do you think the writers of the web page, blog, or site "cherry-picked" data and facts for this post, resulting in a biased product? Give concrete examples showing how and where this was done.

Do you think the site you located has any truly incorrect, false, or misleading information? Give examples, and show the data from our reliable sources in contrast to the website/blog information.

Do you find this website, page, blog, or publication to be a reliable source of information on this topic? Summarize why or why not from your previous responses.

What tips and techniques would you suggest to someone who wants to search the Web for more information about GMO/GEO foods so they can locate reliable information from trustworthy sources

Science Toolkit for Short Answer: Evidence for Climate Change

Part 1

1. Where did the author of the Brookings Blog get the scientific information he/she is reporting (the "source")? (Give the full name of the journal or publication, website, etc.)

2. Does this source have a special purpose or goal? (Go to the website of the journal/publisher and see who publishes this(i.e., what organization or government agency), and check their stated objectives or goals. Is this a "peer reviewed" scientific journal?)

Part 2

1. Is there a difference in the information/data you find in the blog compared to the information provided in the module resources, the WHO (World Health Organization) Fact Sheet, and the Policy Brief that published the research?

2. Is there a difference between what you learned from this article and what you thought before? Do you think the American public would agree with the findings reported in the news article? Why or why not?

Part 3

1. Do all the scientific sources you have examined on this topic provide data or information that supports the premise of theblog?

2. Did the blog reporter find any scientists who disagree or use key words that indicate these are theories or possibilities instead of proven facts? Give specific quotations and examples to support your response.

3. What two questions do you wish you could ask the author of the blog and/or the authors of the reports provided in the module readings?

Part 4:

1. Does the evidence suggest correlation or causation? In other words, do the data suggest that two factors are correlated with one another, or that changes in one actually cause changes in the other?

2. Is the evidence based on a large sample of observationsor just a few isolated incidents?

3. Does the evidence in the scientific literature, provided in the module readings and other sources you have located, support the claims made by the authorin theblog?

4. Does the reporter exaggerate or overstate the findings in any sensationalized manner?

Part 5: Now, answer the following concluding questions:

1. Do you trust this Brookings Blog story to provide accurate evidence of the health concerns associated with climate change?

2. Is the data and analysis in the Brookings Blog supported by the data used in the Original Policy Brief from the Future of Children and the WHO Climate Change and Health Report?

3. Based on your answers to the Tool Kit questions andeverything you have read on this topic,do you think the Brookings Blog is an accurate report of the impact of climate change on our health?