UCSD Impacts of Human Activities on Alabama Forests PPT

Scenario:

The Federal Institution for Catalyzing Knowledge, Leadership and Education (FICKLE) has just announced a new grant program for up-and-coming ecologists to investigate how the world’s biomes are being impacted by anthropogenic effects. To be considered for this funding opportunity, each applicant must record and submit a presentation (including both visuals and narrations) that details a plan to research how the ecology of their study site of interest is being impacted by human activity. Given the sheer number of ecologists they are expecting to apply for this funding opportunity, they have had to limit the length of the speeches to 2-3 minutes each.

Assignment:

Your job as an up-and-coming ecologist is to create and submit a persuasive presentation for the above funding opportunity. You can focus on any region/biome you wish (it can but does not have to be the same one as the one you are researching for your discussion research paper), but the focus of the speech should be on persuading the audience that your study site is important and that you have a feasible, effective experiment planned to study human impacts on the ecology of that site.

Please follow the direction very carefully.

A minimum of three peer-reviewed journal articles should be used to support your presentation.

• At the end of the presentation (bibliography) (1 pt)

Thesis whatI will be graded on

You will be graded on:

• Content – 10pts
  • Did the student adequately explain the context/background information of the ecosystem?
    • Ecosystem overview (2pts)
    • Human activity (2pts)
  • About the research plan:
    • Will the research methods achieve the goals of the study? (2pts)
    • Does it seem appropriate for the study system? (1 pt)
    • Does this approach seem reasonable/feasible? (1 pt)
  • Did the student explain necessary terms and avoid overly-technical language? (1 pt)
  • Did the student persuade the audience about the importance of this study? (1 pt)
• References included and formatted properly
  • On slides (in-text) (1 pt)
  • At the end of the presentation (bibliography) (1 pt)
• Visuals – 5 pts
  • Were the slides organized? (2 pts)
  • Were any pictures or diagrams included relevant? (1 pt)
  • Was any text on the slides readable (size and font)? (1 pt)
  • Was the use of color appropriate/effective? (1 pt)