Environmental & Natural Resources II Honors
Conservation Project
You are to design and implement a school or community conservation project. There are four
components to this project: Needs Assessment, Public Service Announcement, Plan/Model, and
Presentation.
1. First you are to identify a conservation need in your school or community. This can be done by a
survey, community needs assessment, or simple observation. Examples include, but not limited
to:
a. Soil conservation
b. Water conservation
c. Wildlife conservation
d. Recycling projects
e. Community action/Environmental education
2. Create a public service announcement highlighting the need in your school or community. In your
public service announcement you should include the following:
a. A catchy project title
b. Logistics: Who, What, When, Where?
c. A clear representation of the problem to be addressed
d. The importance of the resource
3. Develop a plan to implement your conservation practice
a. Develop a multi step plan to implement your conservation practice
b. List of materials
c. Time frame for project to be completed
d. Create a 3D model or replica of your desired conservation practice
4. Present you Conservation Project
a. Conduct a 5 minute presentation to a group of non peer members
Conservation Project Rubric
5
4
3
2
1
Needs
Assessment
Assessment is very
well written and
presented in an
organized fashion
with accurate
information.
Assessment is well
written and
presented in an
organized fashion
with mostly accurate
information, there
are 1-2 errors.
Assessment is
poorly written and is
presented in an
unorganized fashion
with inaccurate
information with 510 errors.
Assessment is very
poorly written and
presented in a very
unorganized fashion,
information is
inaccurate with
more than 10 errors.
Public Service
Announcement
The public service
announcement is
professional,
creative, and
contains all 4
components: title,
logistics,
identification of
problem,
importance of
resource.
Plan is well thought
out and practical.
All 4 components
are included: well
written plan, list of
materials, time
frame for project
completion, 3D
model.
Presentation is clear,
5 or more minutes in
length, and well
delivered with no
mistakes.
The public service
announcement
contains 3 of the
required
components.
Assessment is
somewhat well
written and is
presented in a
somewhat organized
fashion with
accurate
information, there
are 3-5 errors.
The public service
announcement
contains 2 of the
required
components.
The public service
announcement
contains only 1 of
the required
components.
The public service
announcement is not
well thought out and
contains none of the
required
components.
Plan is well thought
out and practical.
3 components are
included.
Plan is thought out.
2 components are
included.
Plan is poorly
thought out. 1
component is
included.
Plan is poorly
thought out and
none of the
necessary
components are
included.
Presentation is clear,
3-4 minutes in
length, and well
delivered with 1-2
mistakes.
Presentation is
delivered effectively
in 3 minutes or less
with 3-4 mistakes.
Presentation is
delivered in 2
minutes or less with
more than 5
mistakes in delivery.
Presentation is
poorly delivered in 1
minute or less; a lack
of preparation is
evident.
Plan/Model
Presentation
Totals
Overall Score (multiply totals by 5)=