Earth System Science
Guidelines for Team Project Presentations on April 28, 2011
Oral portion requirements:
Time: Each team will have 15-20 minutes for their presentation plus an additional 10 minutes for questions.
Presenters: Please choose 2-3 team members to lead the presentation. All members can speak but past our experience is this pushes the presentations WAY over time.
Presentations should use PowerPoint
Organization:
Start with an overview of your nation(s) and the information you have for those nations in each subdiscipline.
Provide the double checked table of numbers on GDP, SOL population, etc. for the present time (that were discussed in class). Provide evidence to back up those numbers background without using too much jargon.
Explain how your nations might achieve the negotiated reductions without bankrupting the economies (or other unrealistic measures).
Acknowledge people who provided information
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Written portion to be handed in on April 26, 2011
Abstract: the abstract should be single-spaces and should be on its own page. The abstract should summarize the findings of the project and enumerate and recommendations arising from the research conducted.
The body of the report should be about 15- 20 pages (about 2 pages per “discipline report” and about 4-6 pages summarizing the “table” numbers and outlining the strategy for achieving your targets.
Provide a copy of the presentation (hard copy or electronic) for archiving.
The written assignment should contain the same analysis, and the same organization as the in the oral presentation in GREATER detail. You will need to document your sources for the numbers presented in the “the table” and make a case for how you will achieve your negotiated targets (from April 14).
Present your results and analysis.
Provide conclusions and recommendations
Please bear in mind: a good portion of the grade will be based on:
How thorough research is. (how accurate the numbers are)
How realistic your solutions are (how thorough your research was)
That the report has contributions for all aspects (from all members).
References. List all the references used in the report. References should follow the following formats:
Journal articles:
Anderson, B., Mackintosh, A., (2006) Temperature change is the major driver of late glacial and Holocene glacier fluctuations in New Zealand. Geology, 34(2), 121-124.
Web pages should show the whole URL and provide a brief title/description of the site.
Pictures and drawings should cite the web page they were sourced from on the picture in the presentations. Important: this holds for the oral presentation.
Appendices: If your project entailed calculating or tabulating data, document those numbers and calculations in tables submitted as appendices.