Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Control de la Contaminación Atmosférica
Code: 358008

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Task 1

Reconocimiento de la importancia de medir y controlar la contaminación atmosférica

1. Activity Description

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
Highest score of the activity: 25 points
The activity starts on: Monday, February The activity ends on: Sunday, February
7, 2022 20, 2022
With this activity, you are expected to achieve the following learning
outcomes:

• Strengthen generic competencies - English

• Identify the main concepts about air pollution and climate change
• Identify sources of air pollution and climate change
• Identify strategies to prevent and control air pollution and climate change

The activity consists of:

Individual work:

1. Describe yourself in the forum

Briefly describe yourself in the forum and meet to your classmates. Remember to do
it in English.

2. Answering the questions in English about climate change

Watch the following video about “Climate Change Explained”:

TDC. (2015, 02 de diciembre). Climate Change Explained Simply [video]. Ejoy. https://ejoy-
english.com/go/video/climate-change-explained/8801

2.1 Regarding the video: How many Fahrenheit degrees the average temperature on
the surface of the planet has increased since 1880?
2.2 Regarding the video: How could be the worst scenario of climate change?
2.3 Regarding the video: what are the individual solutions to tackle climate change?
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3. Answering the questions in English about air pollution
Watch the following video about “Air Pollution | Causes, Effects & Solution”:

Learning junction. (2018, 13 de marzo). Air Pollution | Causes, Effects & Solution [video].
Ejoy. https://ejoy-english.com/go/video/air-pollution-causes-effects-solution/60728

3.1 Regarding the video: what are the causes of air pollution?
3.2 Regarding the video: what are the effects of air pollution?
3.3 Regarding the video: what are the solutions to tackle air pollution?

4. Answering the questions in English about the connection between air

quality and climate change
Watch the following video about connections between air quality and climate
change:

World Meteorological Organization (2021, 03 de septiembre). Connections between air

quality and climate [video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ly6o-VT90

4.1 How does air pollution impact the climate change? Hint: Answering regarding the
tropospheric ozone and aerosols impacts
4.2 How does climate change impact the air quality?

For the development of the activity consider that:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must:

Constantly review the different information spaces, such as the course agenda. Accept
the rules and conditions for the development of the course, news forum, general forum,
teaching accompaniment in which you will find information about synchronous and
asynchronous accompaniment.

In the Learning Environment, you must:

Thoroughly review the syllabus of the course, contents, and bibliographic references
for each academic unit. So as the different guides of activities and forums of the initial,
intermediate, and final moment for the adequate development of each activity of the
course.

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In the Evaluation Environment, you must:

Thoroughly review of the spaces provided for the delivery of the course activities and/or
development of the questionnaire. Only the activities delivered at the evaluation
environment will be received.
Evidence of individual work:
The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Cover page (1 page)

Answering the questions in English about climate change (maximum 1/2 page)
Answering the questions in English about air pollution (maximum 1/2 page)
Answering the questions in English about the connection between air quality and
climate change (maximum 1 page)
Bibliography (1 page)

The maximum length of the document is four (4) pages.

Recommendations:
• Source: Times New Roman 12.
• Line spacing of 1.5.
• Justified paragraphs.
• Use letter size with margins of 2.54 cm on each side
• File Name: Task#_358008_#group.
• The work must be of your authorship, so it must not contain textual
copies of other documents.
• Follow APA standards (seventh edition)

Evidence of collaborative work:

No collaborative evidence is required in this activity.

5. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit

For Individual evidence, consider the following:

• Participate with your contribution in the development of the activity.

• Before submitting the requested product, student should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.
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• Consider the schedule of activities and their deadlines

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must comply
with APA style.

In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism. You
can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found in the virtual campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it includes
citations where there is no match between these and the reference and paragraph f)
To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of research products,
which have rights reserved for the University. (Acuerdo 029 - 13 de diciembre de
2013, artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

6. Evaluation Rubric Template

Type of activity: Individual

Evaluation moment: Initial
The highest score in this activity is 25 points
First evaluation High level: The student introduces himself in the forum.
criterion: If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 5 points
Participation in the
forum. Average level: The student introduces himself in an acceptable
way in the forum.

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This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
represents 5 and 3 points
points of the total
of 25 points of Low level: The student does not introduce himself in the forum.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point
Second evaluation High level: The student answers in an argumentative way the
criterion: questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 10 points
Argumentative and 15 points
answers
Average level: The student’s answers are not related to the
This criterion videos highlighted in this document.
represents 15 If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
points of the total and 9 points
of 25 points of
the activity. Low level: The student does not answer in an argumentative
way the questions.
If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point
Third evaluation High level: The document complies with APA style.
criterion: If your work is at this level, you can get between 4 points
and 5 points
Comply with APA
style. Average level: The document complies in an acceptable way
with APA style.
This criterion If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
represents 5 and 3 points
points of the total
of 25 points of Low level: The document does not comply with APA style.
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 point