Red Tide Essay Planning

Red Tide Essay Planning

Use this planning guide to make sure you cover all relevant information to get maximum points. Students that submit a first draft earning 19-20 points will not need to submit a second draft.

Be careful of copy and pasting information into the planning guide. Safe Assign values need to be under 30%; most of that value comes from the references.

Each question is outlined in the boxes below. You can make boxes larger or smaller. I have placed larger boxes in areas that should have a longer answer.

1. What are the organisms cause red tide? Are the red tides natural or unnatural? Why or why not – support your answer with facts. DO NOT GOOGLE THIS QUESTION AND PASTE INTO YOUR DOCUMENT
2. What environmental pollutants cause the outbreaks? What are the sources of these pollutants? Include information on how the pollutants relate to the nutrient cycles (chapter 4 of textbook)
3. How do you think Florida should address this issue? Give examples of how it can be addressed using the 5 stages in addressing environmental problems (page 15-16). Provide specific examples for each step.
4. What can YOU do immediately to reduce the effects of red tide? Give specific examples.