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Unit 4 Assignment Forum: Benefit or Harm? For this assignment, you will take a stance for or against the use of Genetically Modified Organisms(GMOs) or pesticides in agriculture, and showcase an article that provides evidence for your claim.By the Friday

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Unit 4 Assignment Forum: Benefit or Harm?

For this assignment, you will take a stance for or against the use of Genetically Modified Organisms(GMOs) or pesticides in agriculture, and showcase an article that provides evidence for your claim.By the Friday deadline, share your article with the class in this Unit 4 Assignment Forum.  By the Sunday deadline, review your classmates’ work and provide at least one reply

• By Friday of Unit 4, 11:59 p.m. EST – Post assignment to the forum.
• By Sunday of Unit 4, 11:59 p.m. EST – Respond to a classmate.

Points: 100

For this assignment, you will take a stance for or against the use of Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs) or pesticides in agriculture, and showcase an article that provides evidence for your claim.

• Find an article that either supports or discredits the helpfulness of GMO’s or pesticides. The
article should support your claim.

• Discuss at least three (3) pieces of evidence to support your stance. Some possible points of
discussion include crop output, health and safety of humans and animals, water pollution, and
economics.

• Upload your chosen article for your peers to evaluate your response.
• Provide at least one (1) peer response that elaborates on your classmate’s ideas with further

comment or observation, presents a relevant new idea or viewpoint for consideration, and
raises a question, or politely offers an alternative perspective.

• Include the citation of the article in the correct APA style.

• Post the assignment, article, and your response to the Assignment Forum by the due dates
listed above.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and
again after you write.

ENV110 – Exploring Environmental Issues

Unit 4 Assignment Forum – Benefit or Harm?

Evaluation Rubric for Benefit or Harm? Assignment Forum

CRITERIA Deficient Development Needed Satisfactory Proficient

Evidence #1

(0-14 Points) (15-19 Points) (20-22 Points) (23-25 Points)

Component is
minimally or not
addressed. Stance
not supported.

Component
somewhat supports
stance. Missing
significant details.

Component is fairly
well addressed and
supports stance, but
may be missing
some detail.

Component is
thoroughly
addressed and
strongly supports
stance.

Evidence #2

(0-14 Points) (15-19 Points) (20-22 Points) (23-25 Points)
Component is
minimally or not
addressed. Stance
not supported.
Component
somewhat supports
stance. Missing
significant details.
Component is fairly
well addressed and
supports stance, but
may be missing
some detail.
Component is
thoroughly
addressed and
strongly supports
stance.

Evidence #3 (0-14 Points) (15-19 Points) (20-22 Points) (23-25 Points)

Component is
minimally or not
addressed. Stance
not supported.
Component
somewhat supports
stance. Missing
significant details.
Component is fairly
well addressed and
supports stance, but
may be missing
some detail.
Component is
thoroughly
addressed and
strongly supports
stance.

Article Included
and Reference
Citation in APA
Formatting

(0-2 Points) (3 Points) (4 Points) (5 Points)

Article citation was
not present, and/or
APA style formatting
has significant
errors.

Article citation was
included and has
some issues with
APA style
formatting.

Article citation was
included, but has
minor errors in APA
style formatting.

Article citation was
included and
correctly formatted
in APA style.

Peer Response

(0 Points) (6 Points) (8 Points) (10 Points)

No response post
made to a
classmate’s post.

Peer response
provided, though
minimal and lacking
depth by restating or
summarizing what
was already
expressed, details,
and new ideas
missing or lacking.

Peer response
elaborates on
classmate’s ideas
with further
comment but does
not raise a question
or offer an
alternative
perspective.

Peer response
elaborates on
classmate’s ideas
with further
comment or
observation;
presents a relevant
new idea or
viewpoint for
consideration; raises
a question or politely
offers an alternative
perspective.

CRITERIA Deficient Development Needed Satisfactory Proficient

Posting Due
Dates

(0 Points) (5 Points) (10 Points)

The assignment and
response were not posted
by the due dates of the unit.

Either the assignment or the
response was not posted by
the due date of the unit.

Both the assignment and
response were posted by
the due dates of the unit.

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