ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Select one of environmental issue from the list below:
Population – US or foreign or worldwide
Cities affected by rising ocean levels
Air
Pesticides
Endangered species
Deforestation
Energy solar, wind, water, geothermal, fossil fuels
Transportation
Food
Oceans.
FORMAT
1. Have numbered pages.
2. Double spaced.
3. Times New Roman font – font size 12.
4. Follow APA guidelines.
5. You can include your own or other illustrations, pictures, graphs, etc. Those that are not yours need to be identified and a citation given for them.
6. The term paper should be in your own words, not copied from another source. However, you can use quotes or specific wording as long as you give a reference to it.
7. Pictures, illustrations, graphs, etc. should be numbered as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.
8. Proof-read and use spell check.
9. The report should consist of Chapters or Sections
Example of how term paper should be set up
1. Title page
2. Summary
3. Why you chose this issue
4. Description and history of the issue
5. Current status of issue/problem
6. Impact/importance of the issue; nationally and globally: on people, land, water, environment, economy, etc.
7. Impact of the issue nationally, world-wide, globally: on people, land, water, environment, economy, etc.
8. What has been done/is being done regarding issue/problem
9. Potential solutions
10. Outlook for the issue
11. Literature Cited/Bibliography
Literature cited/Bibliography
This is an important part of your paper. You should use references from, a minimum of four different sources. No more than 50 % of the references should be from the internet . The others can be from a book, magazine article or a scientific journal.
Examples of how to list citations
List papers alphabetically by author(s), last name first
Cameron, J. and Blood, D. Catalyzing Capital towards the Low-carbon Economy,
Thought Leadership Series No. 3, Copenhagen Climate Council, 2008
Stern, N. The Economics of Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 2007
