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As part of the civic engagement assignment for this course you are required to
- investigate, explain, analyze, evaluate, and reflect on issues of public consequence at the local, state, or national level
- examine the issues or problems from multiple perspectives.
- develop/propose viable solutions to these issues or problems
- approach these tasks from within the disciplinary framework of the course itself, that is, from within the physics framework
This is a complex assignment that will require significant research using reliable and appropriate sources.Tame the assignment by following these suggestions:
- Read the assignment carefully and make sure you understand what is expected of you.
- Read assignment rubrics to further understand the parameters.
- As you read the assignment instructions, jot down the keywords used in the wording of these instructions. See this playbook to learn how to run effective keyword searches.
- Example keywords: fluid dynamics, disease transmission, COVID-19, masks, respiratory jets; respiratory droplets; airbags, safety, fuel economy, regulations, legislation, autopilot, statistics
- Example search strings:
  - automobile AND autopilot AND statistics
  - airbags AND regulations
  - safety AND fuel economy
  - fluid dynamics AND disease transmission
  - COVID-19 AND masks AND respiratory droplets
When in doubt about assignment directions, instructions, parameters, etc., please contact your instructor.

EBSCO
Choose from multiple databases within the EBSCO platform. These databases cover a wide range of subjects, including history, communications, sociology, religion, biology etc.
IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)
Access technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. This includes full-text journals, magazines, transactions, conference proceedings, and active IEEE standards. Full-text coverage: 1872-present (IEEE)
ACM Digital Library
Contains full-text articles from the journals, magazines, and conference proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society. Full-text coverage: 1936-present (Association for Computing Machinery)
O'Reilly for Higher Education Ebooks
A collection of thousands of ebooks covering a wide variety of technology, engineering, computer science, and business topics. (ProQuest)
Statista
This database pulls together data and statistics from thousands of sources on many different topics. Download the charts and graphs provided in this database and incorporate them into your presentations. Much of the focus is on demographic data, company data, and market trends. (Statista)

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Subjects: Physics