Medical and veterinary entomology in the news! Find an on-line news article published on or after Jan 1, 2018 that is relevant to a direct, negative impact that insects or arachnids have on human and/or animal health (preferably a story published in a major news or media outlet; e.g., New York Times, CNN.com) and uses hyperlinks (Links to an external site.)within the main text of the article (see example below). Read this news article (referred to below as the ‘original’ story ), click on a hyperlink of interest within the story (one that is relevant to the content of the story; i.e., don’t click on an advertisement), and see where it takes you (referred to below as the destination site).
Please note that news articles that were included as an assigned reading for one of the modules are not eligible. If you are not sure whether a particular news story is relevant then please send it to your instructor for review. Articles should be focused on a direct negative impact of an insect or arachnid on human or animal health. Articles about agricultural pests that affect human or animal food supplies are not relevant because the direct impact of the insect or arachnid is on plant health.
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Assignment instructions:
Please use the Word template here Download hereto complete this assignment. Answer the prompts in the Word template (also pasted below for your reference) and upload as a Word (‘doc’ or ‘docx’ file extension) or PDF file to submit the assignment.
Original news story prompts
Provide a working web address (url) to the original news story you found (2 pts)
In 2-3 sentences, briefly summarize the original news story in your own words (3 pts)
Explain in 2-3 sentences how the original news story was relevant to a direct, negative impact that an insect or arachnid has on animal and/or human health (3 pts)
Destination site prompts
Provide a working web address (url) of the destination site (i.e., the web site where the hyperlink you clicked took you) (2 pts)
Explain in 1-2 sentences why you clicked on the hyperlink that led to the destination site (2 pts)
In 2-3 sentences, briefly summarize the content of the destination site in your own words (3 pts)
Learning prompts
Describe in 1-2 sentences a new fact or concept about Medical/Veterinary Entomology that you learned from the original news story or the destination site (2 pts)
Describe in 1-2 sentences a fact or concept you previously learned in Veterinary Entomology that was reinforced by the original news story or destination site (2 pts)
Indicate the module or topic of the course where you first learned this fact or concept (1 pt)
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