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- | =====Literacy Assignment 3: Greenhouse Gases===== | ||
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- | Data source: [[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-graph-nov-20-2019.html|NY Times Article]] | ||
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- | ====Objective:==== | ||
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- | To think creatively and critically about data visualization decisions and motivation. | ||
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- | ====Deliverable:==== | ||
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- | 1 one-page PDF (no MSWORD, please!) writeup that responds to the questions below. | ||
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- | ====Grading standards:==== | ||
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- | Your PDF will be graded on the following: | ||
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- | * 100% Successfully turned in a PDF with reasonable answers | ||
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- | ====Assignment Description:==== | ||
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- | For this assignment, you will need to analyze the following graphic and respond to the questions/prompts below. Please submit your responses as a one-page PDF via LearningSuite. | ||
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- | {{ :greenhouse_gas_graph.png?nolink|}} | ||
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- | You must respond to the following questions. | ||
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- | This graphic was published in a NY Times article. | ||
- | * What do you notice when you first look at this graph? What jumps out at you? | ||
- | * What claim is the graph making? What evidence do you have that the creator of the graph was trying to make that claim? | ||
- | * How do the two graphs (left and right) enhance each other and the story in the data? | ||
- | * How does the author of this graph use color to make claims? | ||
- | * What trends do you notice in the U.S. Sources of Greenhouse Gases over time? (Be careful not to speculate - use the data!) | ||
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