Bio Assignment

 

Innovations in Biology and Technology – Finding Information Sources and Outline

 

Vaccines. Your friend is worried about the many vaccines that his newborn son is scheduled to receive and asks you for advice since you are taking a biology course. Start with an explanation of how vaccines work. Briefly contrast the traditional methods used to create vaccines with more recently used biotechnology techniques, including the COVID 19 mRNA vaccines. Explain how the mRNA vaccines work based on your knowledge of the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology. What are some of the diseases that infants and children in the US are routinely vaccinated against? How have vaccinations impacted the frequency of these diseases over the past 100 years? Why are some people worried about giving their children vaccines? Why do some people believe that the MRR vaccine can cause autism? Is there scientific evidence to support these concerns? Conclude with advice to your friend in regard to getting the recommended vaccines based on what you learned from reliable information sources.

 

• locate 3 reliable information sources that you may use for this assignment. The purpose of this step is to get the research process started; you are not required to use these information sources in the final version of your assignment.
• Write 1-2 sentences for each information source explaining why you believe these sources are reliable using what you learned from the UMGC library article.
• Write references to the 3 information sources in APA format: https://libguides.umgc.edu/apa-examp.
• Create an outline for the writing assignment. The outline should be in a bullet list format and include the major topics that you plan to include in your assignment, with some supportive detail for each topic. It should not be a draft with full sentences and paragraphs. Here are two resources that may be helpful as you write your outline:

 

 

Rubric

 

 

 

Criteria	Excellent	Good	Needs Improvement	Criterion Score
Information Sources (30 points)	30 points Three reliable and relevant information sources are provided, with a 1-2 sentence explanation for each source. 28-30 points	27 points Two reliable and relevant information sources are provided, or three information sources but with some concern regarding reliability and/or relevancy, and/or missing description for one or more of the information sources. 15-27 points	14 points One reliable and relevant information source is provided, or three information sources that are not reliable or relevant, or no reliable/relevant information sources included. 0-14 points	Score of Information Sources (30 points), / 30
APA format (20 points)	20 points All information sources are in correct APA format. 20 points	19 points A few errors in APA format. 15-19 points	14 points Multiple errors in APA format, or just URLs. 0-14 points	Score of APA format (20 points), / 20
Outline (50 points)	50 points A well-organized outline that addresses all the questions with good supportive detail. 45-50 points	45 points A mostly well-organized outline that addresses all or most of the questions with mostly good supportive detail, but with some room for improvement. 25-45 points	25 points Outline is not well organized and/or is missing information related to several questions, and/or is lacking supportive detail. 0-24 points	Score of Outline (50 points), / 50