Media Project
Watch a “disaster” movie (such as one of the examples listed below, or another film that fits this category).
Evaluate the accuracy of the movie from a scientific perspective and defend your evaluation with evidence. Is it effective?
Does it exaggerate or even misrepresent the science behind these events or their effects?
You must state an opinion about the state of the science represented in the movie and then defend it.
This is a significant assignment within this course as it asks you to draw upon content from the semester to construct arguments and defend a point of view.
It asks you to conduct research in which you read several peer-reviewed articles and use them to consider the accuracy of how events are portrayed or described in the movie.
