Literature Report : Global Warming
Global Warming, an everyday problem.
Name: Vanessa Abel
Class: IBMS2A
Course Code: CU11609
Date: 04-10-2012
Teacher: Mrs. Heertjes
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Introduction
The purpose of this report is to teach us students how to write a proper and complete report. There are a few steps which had to be taken in order to make sure this report will be as complete as possible. This involves the searching, gathering, reviewing and referencing of two scientific articles/reports and ten other information sources. I will go deeper into the two scientific articles which are provided. The two articles provide information about a problem which is globally well known, namely: Global Warming. Both articles haven been researched by scientists. But before I started writing I created a mind map.
Mind Mapping is a useful technique that helps you learn more effectively, improves the way that you record information, and supports and enhances creative problem solving. By using Mind Maps, you can quickly identify and understand the structure of a subject. You can see the way that pieces of information fit together, as well as recording the raw facts contained in normal notes. More than this, Mind Mapping helps you remember information, as they hold it in a format that your mind finds easy to recall and quick to review.
The Mind Map below states the information I needed to be able to put together this report. In the middle I wrote the key word which to me was ‘Global Warming’. Surrounding this key word, I have written down everything that came into my mind regarding to this key word.
For this report, I have formulated a clear problem statement. A problem statement is an essential part of my research because it will help me adress the problem in the right way. By looking at my problem statement I know which tools are nessecary in order to get to the right angle of the problem which I am researching in this report.
The problem statement is as follows:
Name: Vanessa Abel
Class: IBMS2A
Course Code: CU11609
Date: 04-10-2012
Teacher: Mrs. Heertjes
Table of contents
Introduction
The purpose of this report is to teach us students how to write a proper and complete report. There are a few steps which had to be taken in order to make sure this report will be as complete as possible. This involves the searching, gathering, reviewing and referencing of two scientific articles/reports and ten other information sources. I will go deeper into the two scientific articles which are provided. The two articles provide information about a problem which is globally well known, namely: Global Warming. Both articles haven been researched by scientists. But before I started writing I created a mind map.
Mind Mapping is a useful technique that helps you learn more effectively, improves the way that you record information, and supports and enhances creative problem solving. By using Mind Maps, you can quickly identify and understand the structure of a subject. You can see the way that pieces of information fit together, as well as recording the raw facts contained in normal notes. More than this, Mind Mapping helps you remember information, as they hold it in a format that your mind finds easy to recall and quick to review.
The Mind Map below states the information I needed to be able to put together this report. In the middle I wrote the key word which to me was ‘Global Warming’. Surrounding this key word, I have written down everything that came into my mind regarding to this key word.
For this report, I have formulated a clear problem statement. A problem statement is an essential part of my research because it will help me adress the problem in the right way. By looking at my problem statement I know which tools are nessecary in order to get to the right angle of the problem which I am researching in this report.
The problem statement is as follows:
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