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Assignment: Science
A. Review the Learning Resources on using the library.
B. Choose a topic from the list below:
a. COVID-19
b. Childhood obesity
c. Pancreatic cancer
d. Falls in the elderly
e. Health effects of climate change
C. Using the Walden library, find a scholarly, peer-reviewed article on the topic that is no more than 5 years old.
D. Find a media source on the topic that is no more than 1 year old. The media article should be written for the general public.
E. Review the rubric for this Assignment.
F. Review both the article and media source and consider their similarities and differences in how they report on the same topic.
Task
A. Explain the process you used for finding the media article.
B. Summarize the media article and its findings.
C. Explain the process you used for finding the peer-reviewed article in the Walden library and how you determined it was peer reviewed.
D. Summarize the peer-reviewed article and its findings.
E. Compare the quality of the information from the peer-reviewed article to the mainstream media article. Note similarities and differences. How is each type of resource unique?
F. Explain the issues with using non-scholarly sources in your research.