ECOPOSTER ASSIGNMENT
Spring Quarter
2009-2010
David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
NAME___________________ No.:_______
Total:________
50
Title:
ECOPOSTER GRADING SHEET
28Mar94, 24Mar95, 21Mar96, 26Mar97, 25Mar00, 25Apr03, 23Mar05, 26Mar08, 25Mar10
28 Mar 94, 22Mar02, 27 Mar 03, 23 Mar 05, 26Apr06, 26Mar08, 25Mar09, 25Mar10
CRITERIA:
PURPOSE:
The forty first anniversary of Earth Day will be Thursday 22 April
2009. We will use this date to focus on environmental problems and ways
that these problems might be successfully managed. You may select a
problem at the local, state, national, or global level. It should be described
verbally and illustrated using data tables, graphs and/or illustrations. Your
suggested solutions should include effective corrective steps which an
individual could take at the local level as well as more global solutions.
FORMAT:
Each student will produce his or her own poster on a standard piece
of 18 x 24 inch poster board. You should include one page each which
1) states the problem, gives necessary background
2) suggests solutions, especially how an individual can act
3) all facts referenced to a bibliography typed on a separate page
(Absolutely no more than one typewritten page each, font $12 point). Note
that more credit is earned for hand-produced illustrations than printed
materials from magazines or the web. A maximum of 50 points will be
awarded for each poster based on the criteria listed in the attached grade
sheet. Please review these criteria carefully before beginning your poster
project. Posters will remain displayed in the hallway during the weeks
following Earth Day.
DEADLINE FOR POSTING:
Your poster is to be posted in order of your class student number in
the Snyder building second floor hallway no later than noon on Monday,
19 April 2010. Numbers will be hung from the wire to show you where to
post yours. Then, at the beginning of class on the same day, you should
submit the poster grading sheet with your name, number, and specific title.
If you submit your poster late, 10% will be deducted from your poster
evaluation score for each class day after the due date.
POINTS EARNED:
1. TITLED CLEARLY IN LARGE CAPS:
Information-containing, message-bearing,
meaningful, clearly legible from a distance . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 2 3
2. AUTHOR CLEARLY INDICATED, just below title . . . . . . 0 1 2
3. PROBLEM CLEARLY STATED AND EXPLAINED:
succinct, focused, typewritten, in your own words
single page, fully referenced to bibliography. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
4. SUPPORTING DATA, evidence of problem and its extent, including:
Tables, graphs, and/or illustrations with explanatory captions,
numbers clear, all referenced to bibliography.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS,
including local first steps for an individual and a community,
single page, typewritten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY of articles used and for further
information. Minimum of four references to be cited,
at least two from printed sources, typewritten . . . . . . . 0 1 2 3 4
7. CORRECT ENGLISH (grammar, syntax, spelling, etc) 0 1 2 3 4 5
8. APPEARANCE (attractive from distance) . . . . . . . . . . 0 1 2 3 4 5
9. EVIDENCE OF EFFORT EXPENDED
Hand illustrated, care shown, attention to detail . . . 0 1 2 3 4 5