Presentations Environmental Issue or E/V Species

Students will:

1) choose a topic Links to an external site. Links to an external site. (either environmental or a species, see below)

2) turn in your slides here in Canvas at least the night BEFORE your presentation (earlier if you are finished)

3) present in class for a minimum of 5 minutes.

4) each student will be required to ask 3 academic questions to peer presentations (at the end of the presentation)

Current/Past Environmental Issue Presentation

Choose from a list of 20 environmental issues (only one student per topic, zero automatically for a student who presents a topic already covered or not pre-approved by instructor):

Pollution

Global Warming/Climate Change

Overpopulation

Natural Resource Depletion

Waste Disposal (land, ocean etc.)

Wildlife Conservation

Deforestation

Ocean Acidification

Ozone Layer Depletion

Acid Rain

Overfishing & Fisheries

Renewable Energy Options (Pros/Cons)

Food Safety (hormones, antibiotics, preservatives, toxic contamination, and lack of quality control on health)

Government protection of public land (i.e., U.S. National Parks, you can also discuss what is done in other countries)

Invasive Species

Kyoto Protocol/Doha Amendment/Paris Agreement

Chernobyl disaster

Three Gorges Dam (environmental impact)

Melting of Polar Ice Caps

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Union Carbide Cyanide Gas Leak

• Create a 9-slide minimum presentation of your environmental issue. Each of the 4 required topics below must be covered on at least one slide.
• Describe what your environmental issue is. If applicable – history regarding the start of the problem/issue and timeline till present day.
• Discussion location this affects in the world.
• Describe statistics of who is affected by your environmental issue (i.e., people, animals, plants, countries etc.). How wide spread or contained is

this issue?

• List any possible solutions (now/future) and repercussions if not

addressed.

• Refer to the grading rubric for more detail.
• Presentation must last a minimum of 5 minutes. This presentation must be presented in person, in class for credit. If you turn in PowerPoint slides but do not present in class, then you will not receive credit.
• No reading from a slide. Put no more than 5 bullet points per slide. No cluttering, summarize material. Each slide should have at least one picture/image. Spelling and grammar should be correct.
• The presentation must have a title slide (student name, course, instructor, topic and date).
• The presentation must have a summary slide (4 bulleted points summarizing information that was ALREADY presented in the presentation)
• The presentation must have a reference slide

If a multimedia video or audio clip or anything extra is used, the time for this will be taken off your presentation time (it will not be added to your 5-minute minimum requirement).

Endangered/Vulnerable Species Presentation

Choose from a list of 11 environmental issues (only one student per topic, zero automatically for a student who presents a topic already covered or not pre-approved by instructor):

Giant panda

Tiger

Blue whale                                                                                                          

Asian elephant

Snow leopard

Gorilla

Sea turtles

Cheetah

Chimpanzee

Bluefin Tuna

Javan or Sumatran Rhino

• Create a 9-slide minimum presentation of your environmental issue. Each of the 4 required topics below must be covered on at least one slide.
• Describe the setting/background for this animal: location, life span, brood size, average # of offspring.
• How these animals became endangered or vulnerable. If applicable – history regarding the start of the problem/issue and timeline till present day.
• Describe any statistic studies or data for this animal.
• Describe any efforts being made to aid this animal and if such effort has had a positive impact.

• Refer to the grading rubric for more detail.
• Presentation must last a minimum of 5 minutes. This presentation must be presented in person, in class for credit. If you turn in PowerPoint slides but do not present in class, then you will not receive credit.
• No reading from a slide. Put no more than 5 bullet points per slide. No cluttering, summarize material. Each slide should have at least one picture/image. Spelling and grammar should be correct.
• The presentation must have a title slide (student name, course, instructor, topic and date).
• The presentation must have a summary slide (4 bulleted points summarizing information that was ALREADY presented in the presentation)
• The presentation must have a reference slide

If a multimedia video or audio clip or anything extra is used, the time for this will be taken off your presentation time (it will not be added to your 5-minute minimum requirement).

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