Environmental Science case study projest

Proposal

In this asingment i need a proposal, a case study a presentation and a respons to discussion question

Proposal – 20 points
Case Study – 30 points
Presentation – 30 points
Responses to discussion questions – 20 points

After reading the instructions provided in the course content, upload the Proposal for your Case Study in this Assignment folder. Make sure your references are in APA or MLA style. For your information, here is an example of a well-written paper with MLA citations and one with APA citations.

Your proposal must include a minimum of one paragraph on: (1) the environmental issue you choose to investigate, including general background about your selected topic and the geographic area in question, (2) an explanation of the controversy (i.e. the cons or the opposing views), and (3) a list of suitable references you will use to construct your case study.

In this course we examine a number of environmental impacts that tend to affect varied locations to different extents, and it is likely that one or more issues are relevant where you live. The idea of the project is to use the knowledge about different environmental issues discussed in this course and create your own project’s proposal, case study and a presentation. You can choose a topic relevant to where you live or a topic of interest discussed in this course.

There are four deadlines for this project: the proposal, the case study, the presentation, and the responses to the presentations.Before undertaking the actual case study, you will submit a proposal in the Semester Project Proposal assignment folder. Your proposal must include a minimum of one paragraph on: (1) the environmental issue that you will investigate, including general background about your selected topic and the geographic area in question, (2) an explanation of the controversy (i.e. 3 cons (or the opposing views) and 3 possible solutions to the cons), and (3) list of the suitable references you will use to construct your case study.

Consider the references you will use in this project carefully! Although it is acceptable to use encyclopedia-type resources (such as Wikipedia) to get ideas, these should not be used to write the case study itself. Use and citation of such encyclopedia articles in the case study and/or presentation report will be penalized. The resources you use in writing should be from reputable sources, such as reputable news publications and government (.gov) websites. You may also use sources such as your textbook, environmental organizations (whose websites generally end in .org), but remember that information they publish cannot be considered bias-free. For help in selecting references, contact your school librarian, and/or you may want to look at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/553/1/

Once your proposal’s grade is posted, you can work on the actual case study.

Case Study

The case study should be written up as a word document and be no more than 4 pages double-spaced not including references (MLA or APA) and include in-text citations. This is not an opinion-based paper. Every fact you state needs a citation to let the reader know where you found that information. It should include an introduction to the environmental issue and its location. The next portion should be about the opposing views (i.e. at least 3 cons and 3 possible sollutions to the cons). The cons need to be focused on the environmental impact of the problem, not just how it’s affecting humans.Think about what it is doing to the ecosystems. Tie it to what you are learning in class.

On the Word document, you should have:

your name
title
the case study
works cited (APA or MLA)

Once completed, submit it to the Semester Project Case Study assignment folder and begin work on your presentation.

Presentation

Once you have submitted your case study, you need to work on the next part of the assignment. You will need to present your case study in an organized manner. The class will be divided into groups and you will be assigned to a specific group, so as not to have to read and respond to all of the class projects. Your assigned group will be the only one visible to you. Within your assigned group you will be able to view the other students’ presentations.

You will need to use PowerPoint or another presentation program to create an attractive presentation about your case study. If you do not have access to PowerPoint, then you may use free software such as Google Slides to construct a slide presentation. This may seem like a daunting task, but it is actually very simple to upload your information to D2L!

Your presentation should include at least, but not limited to:

Introduction
Explanation of the environmental issue
Opposing views on your topic
Possible Solutions
Conclusion
References (especially if you are using pictures that are not your own)
A slide with 2 discussion questions about your topic that students from other groups will have to answer

While you will not be formally presenting it, your presentation should be the same as one you would use if you were asked to orally present your project. Therefore, it will need to be thorough, complete, attractive, flow, make sense, etc.

You will be graded on the presentation (see the presentation grading rubric) and responses to your classmates’ presentations (see below).

Presentation Responses/Feedback

In the final part of the assignment, you and your fellow students will discuss the presentations within your assigned groups. You are required to comment on your fellow students’ case studies in this area (answer their discussion questions). If students pose questions to you regarding your case study, you are responsible for answering all questions promptly and completely, providing additional information on the topic when necessary.

You will be graded on the number of presentations to which you give feedback and on the quality of the feedback. You will be able to earn up to 20 points for doing this. If you give proper responses to all presentations you will earn 20 points. If you give feedback to only half, you will earn 10 points, etc.

Grading

The point breakdown for each part of the project is:

Proposal – 20 points
Case Study – 30 points
Presentation – 30 points
Responses to discussion questions – 20 points