Student Presentations (75 pts)
As mentioned in the syllabus, each of you will be responsible for preparing and
giving a presentation on a topic relevant to conservation biology. The
expectations for this are as follows:
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Prepare a well organized, 6-7 minute presentation with Microsoft Power
Point. A good rule of thumb to use is 1 slide per minute so each of your
presentations will likely contain 5-10 slides. We will use a laptop and
computer projector for these presentations. I will give a Power Point
Tutorial on Tues April 15 at 6pm in Weaver Auditorium.
Topics will be of your choosing, but they must be relevant to conservation
biology. You may expand on a specific topic presented by one of the
speakers, find a topic that was not discussed in class but is important in
conservation, discuss the conservation efforts for a specific imperiled
species or community, or explore different methods/tools used by
conservation biologists. I will give you considerable leeway in choosing
your topics; however, I will need to approve them before hand.
You may use any references (i.e., web, texts, journal articles, library
books) available to you to research your topic, but you will need at least
three separate references and at least one of these must be from the
library. Include a References slide at the end of your talk.
The order in which you speak will be determined randomly. I'll post the
schedule of presentations on the web no later than Tuesday, April 8.
Your presentation will be graded as follows:
1.) Send me an email with the topic of your talk and your library reference (you
may use whatever format you'd like for the references) by 5pm on Monday April
7. I will reply to your email to let you know if the topic is acceptable. (5 pts)
2.) Email me a copy of your Power Point presentation by 5pm the day before you
are scheduled to give your presentation so I can load them on the laptop and
post them on the web. (5 pts)
3.) Presentation Grade (65 pts):
a.) Content (i.e. organization of talk, definition of key terms, explanation of
methods, etc.) - 40 pts
b.) Delivery (i.e. speaking pace, diction, enthusiasm, evidence of
preparation, length of presentation etc.) - 15 pts
c.) Aesthetics/Visual Aids (i.e., amount of info per slide, number of slides,
color combo, clarity, etc.) - 10 pts