Name _________________________________
Period ____ Date ________
Partners Names: _______________________________________
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NATIONAL PARK PRESENTATION PROJECT
Introduction
You will research information on a national park. You and your partners will take the roles of climatologist, botanist,
and zoologist. You will examine how humans have had an impact on the weather, plant, and animal life in your national park,
and ways the national parks are attempting to promote conservation techniques. You will assemble your findings in a power
point and present them to your classmates.
Here are your steps:
1. Choose one or two partners. You will be able to work with a maximum of TWO other people. NO EXCEPTIONS.
If you wish to work alone, you may do so with permission from Mrs. Milnor and/or Mrs. Peccia.
2. Choose a National Park (NP). Be quick about it as there will be no repetition within any one class. That means that
if another group has already chosen your park, you must choose another.
3. Decide roles. Both you and your partners will have to present information to the class. You must decide who is
responsible for what information.
4. Do research. You will have three block days in class to do research. You must have at least 3 sources documented
in MLA format (9 total).
5. Make a power point presentation. You and your partners will present your information to the class using a power
point presentation. Specifications for the power point will follow.
6. Present to your classmates. You will have 10-15 minutes to present your information to your classmates.
Power Point Presentation Specifications
1. Your power point should cover all the information required for your role (climatologist, botanist, or zoologist). You
should have at least five slides for your portion of the power point (minimum 15 slides total).
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You should have at least ONE picture PER slide.
b. No copying or pasting. Use your own words.
c. Make sure there isn’t too much information on any one slide, make sure you and your peers can read the slide
successfully.
2. Your power point show should include ALL THREE PARTS (climatologist, botanist, zoologist) and should begin
with an introduction (title, names) and end with resources used. This means that you need to have your power point
done by the end of the second block day, so you can put them all together.
3. Your power point should be on your iPad to link to the Apple TV.
4. Your resource page should have at least 9 sources (that’s 3 a piece).
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Your sources may be from books, internet, magazines/periodicals, or encyclopedias.
b. If you have internet sources, make sure they have valid information
i. Internet sources that end in .org, or .edu, are usually accurate. You may also use Wikipedia.org.
ii. Your online sources should be in the following format:
1. Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from
http://Web address
a.
Ex. Milnor, J. (2016). National Park Presentation Project. Retrieved from
http://sites.google.com/site/thebiosite/
5. Your power point should be easy to read, free of grammatical errors, and as informative as possible.
The task
Over the next week, your team of three will be responsible for collecting the information about the park of your choice. You
will need to create an ecotourism vacation that meets our guidelines and present the trip in the form of a power point to your
teacher and peers.
Your presentation should include:
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The climate and geographical information of the area.
The plant life and their adaptations to the climate.
The animal life and their adaptations to the climate.
Problems related to the abiotic and biotic factors of the area due to human influence.
The process
Climatologist/Ecotourism Director
Find the following information about your park:
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State where park is located.
Park map and U.S. map with park location.
When was the park founded? Who founded it?
Type of biome characterized in the park
Average temperature and precipitation
What are three changes that have been made or have occurred in the park since its founding?
What are the special programs the park offers? (educational, conservation, etc.)
What are three activities you can participate in while in the park?
What are some ways that you can help preserve the park?
Describe one density-dependent event that can limit the parks plant and animal populations.
Describe one density-independent event that can limit the parks plant and animal populations.
Botanist
Find the following information about the plant life in your park:
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Five different species of plant life found in your park. Give at least TWO neat facts
per plant.
o You should have one plant PER slide.
o Describe the population distribution of at least TWO plants.
o Describe ONE symbiotic relationship involving a plant in your ecosystem.
Report on the effects of one invasive plant species inside the park or state in which the park is located.
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What is one way that a plant from your national park can be used as medicine?
Program(s) that the park has in place to promote plant life sustainability (i.e. rules regarding plants).
Report on one rare plant in the park, or one symbolic plant in the park.
Ways citizens can help the sustainability of plant life in the park region (i.e. conservation practices).
Zoologist
Find the information about the animal life in your park:
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Five different species of animal life found in your park. Give at least TWO neat facts
per animal.
o You should have one animal PER slide.
o Show the survivorship curves of at least TWO animals.
o Describe ONE symbiotic relationship within the ecosystem—it cannot be the same relationship
described by the botanist.
Report on one rare animal in the park, or one symbolic animal in the park.
Report on the effects of one invasive animal species inside the park or the state in which the park is located.
How has pesticides, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation affected the animals in the national park or state?
Program(s) that the park has in place to promote animal life sustainability (i.e. rules regarding animals).
Ways citizens can help the sustainability of animal life in the park region (i.e. conservation practices).
Grading
This project is worth 40 points in the lab/project category.
I will be looking for each bullet point in your presentations.
EACH MEMBER WILL RECEIVE THEIR OWN GRADE BASED ON THEIR SECTION OF THE POWER
POINT.
National Parks (There will be no repeats within a single class—I have information on all the parks.)
Acadia
Amerian Samoa
Arches
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
Congaree
Crater Lake
Cuyahoga Valley
Death Valley
Denali
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
Gates of the Arctic
Glacier
Glacier Bay
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Basin
Great Sand Dunes
Great Smoky Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains
Haleakala
Hawaii Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Isle Royale
Joshua Tree
Katmai
Kenai Fjords
Kings Canyon
Kobuk Valley
Lake Clark
Lassen Volcanic
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Mount Rainier
North Cascades
Olympic
Petrified Forest
Redwood
Rocky Mountain
Saguaro
Sequoia
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Voyageurs
Wind Cave
Wrangell St. Elias
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion