Research question about a current topic in the natural sciences.

Review of Scholarly Literature in Natural Science

Craft a timely, narrow, focused research question about a current topic in the natural sciences. Choose four scholarly (academic, peer-reviewed) texts related to your topic. All sources should be less than ten years old. After reading and annotating all of your chosen texts, draft a review of the scholarly literature on your topic. Keep in mind that a literature review does not simply summarize the sources. You must synthesize the material, providing your reader with a sense of any recent major achievements or setbacks and the main areas of conflict or debate. You may also discuss any lingering questions surrounding the topic.

Use APA documentation and manuscript formatting.

Audience: peers/classmates Purpose: to summarize and synthesize sources, describing the relationship of each work to the others Scope: 800-1000 words [3-4 pages]