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Evaluating Sources Methodologies Workshop

BEAM Activity

For this activity, imagine you are a student who is writing an argumentative essay on whether there is life on Venus.  You need to find a range of sources that could fit within the BEAM categories. Pretend you've found the following four sources in your research.

Examine the following sources and use this worksheet to guide you.

Source 1: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2009/2009.06499.pdf (use this link to get author info: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.06499)

Source 2:https://theconversation.com/of-course-space-exploration-is-worth-the-money-42926

Source 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observations_and_explorations_of_Venus

Source 4:http://dx.doi.org.libezproxy2.syr.edu/10.1017/S1473550418000034

BEAM Method