1. Choose from the articles that are listed on the back of this page. They are broken down by unit and you may choose only one per unit. You may access a copy of each article online (complete with graphics) using the Scientific American Archives . You can find any article by searching by title or keyword. You may also search this database for articles on other topics of interest and relevance
(but you will have to get the article approved prior to review). You will need your GCC palette username and password to access this site. Please note that articles published before 1993 are not available in this database.
2. Type or word process a two to three page summary of the article. One point will be deducted for every page over three. You should include the following: a. Summary of the important information presented in the article. Make sure you are as thorough as possible. b. Biographical citation- Author, Year published, Name of the article, Name of the Journal,
Volume, page numbers. ex: Breummer, Fred. 1990. Survival of the Fattest. Natural Science 7:26-33. ex: Leffell, David J. and Douglas E. Brash. 1996. Sunlight and Skin Cancer. Scientific American
1996(7):52-59.
3. Papers must be typed or done on a word processor. They should be two to three pages
TOTAL in length- single or double spaced. Please do not include separate title and
bibliography pages!
 Papers submitted with many spelling, typographical or grammatical errors will be returned to you to be re-done with points taken off. After the third spelling error one
half a point will be taken off for each spelling, grammatical or typographical error.
 Margins must be no more than 1” around the page and font no larger than 12 (Arial,
4. Due dates are the period of the appropriate unit exam.
 The last paper is due the LAST DAY OF CLASS, not at the final exam.
 Late papers will have 10% deducted per day beginning after the exam date.
Times New Roman, or Comic Sans).
 Do not include a title page.
 Bibliography may be added at the very end of the paper.
 Make sure you staple all the material together. If you choose an article not from designated list and it is approved for review, you must include it with your review.

 "Designer Estrogens" by Craig V. Jordan, Scientific American, October 1998; 8 pages
 "The Timing of Birth" by Roger Smith, Scientific American, March 1999, 8 pages
 "The Search for Blood Substitutes" by Mary L. Nucci and Abraham Abuchowski, Scientific
American, February 1998, 6 pages
 "Whose Blood Is It, Anyway?" by Ronald M. Kline, Scientific American, April 2001, 8 pages
 "Operating on a Beating Heart" by Cornelius Borst, Scientific American, October 2000, 6 pages
 "Atherosclerosis: The New View" by Peter Libby, Scientific American, May 2002, 10 Pages
 "The Bacteria Behind Ulcers" by Martin J. Blaser, Scientific American, February 1996, 6 pages
 "The Unmet Challenges of Hepatitis C" by Adrian M. Bisceglie and B.R. Bacon, Scientific
American, October 1999, 6 pages
 "Cystic Fibrosis" by Michael J. Welsh and Allan E. Smith, Scientific American, December
1995, 8 pages
You may access a copy of each article online (complete with graphics) using the Scientific
American Archives. You can find any article by searching by title or keyword. You may also search this database for articles on other topics of interest. You will need your GCC palette username and password to access this site. Please note that articles published before 1993 are not available in this database.