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Reading science and scientific literature, some articles for you to skim, parse, or review (KE's guide):

• Guidance for health professionals and physicians in 2009 "Critical Appraisal of Scientific Literature" -- all will appreciate the clarity, conciseness, and document design of the abstract.  This table is particularly useful also.  Note: you can seek out two other related articles, as this is the first of three.
• This open access guide to writing a literature review can help you read a literature review.
• In 2016, AAAS (do you know what that is?) published a series on reading scientific literature. In this piece, be sure to look at the summaries of how different scientists approach their reading.

A.I., a student who recently took the DAT, suggests that you consider learning about the Search and Destroy close reading method.  Additional note from A.I., she thinks that the ABT -- and, but, therefore -- structure could help you prep for job or grad/prof school interviews.  I agree!

Now, rain gardens.  We will write an in-class set of four short paragraphs that expand the definition stasis, using the cognitive wedge strategy.

• Para 1 opens the 2nd Stasis: Definition (what is a rain garden, briefly, by two functions)
• Para 2, adds detail and places in context: Classifying (what type of technology is this? Hint: green infrastructure, sustainability, low impact development and storm water management)
• Para 3, elaborates further by painting a picture: Describing (Illustrative; give some functional detail on the layers of soil and also look at the plants and mulch at the surface)
• Now enters the quality stasis, that you can write as an evalution paragraph (is this technology good or bad? Note, we are making a claim.  Claims must be supported with evidence.  Use these two sources to support this claim:  Low Impact Development Center (founded by Larry Coffman who invented rain gardens) and some of the slides in this presentation by the "grand wizard' of bioretention, Allen Davis, PhD.

By the way, did you look at the Wikipedia entries on rain gardens, bioretention, low impact development?