power point for geology

this is what my ta said: In broad terms, this is what the project is, from the guidelines:

“In your lab meeting during the final week of lab classes (the week of April 27th), you will be responsible
for presenting a PowerPoint to your lab section. This presentation is a chance for you to pick one of the
themes you found most interesting from the class, read a recent news article on this topic, critically
assess this article, and present your assessment to the other students in the lab. This exercise offers you
a chance to practice conveying your ideas through PowerPoint design and oral presentation. Here are
some basic guidelines:
You can choose any article so long as it pertains to the listed topics provided at the end of these
guidelines. The article should be long enough that it provides enough material for you to create a
PowerPoint and present an interesting discussion.

If I remember correctly, you chose an article about an earthquake. Although thats not on the list of topics, I still approved it because I feel like students should get the chance to present what they are interested in, and earthquakes are related to geology haha. But if you would like to change your topic at any point, just let me know!

This is the instructions that were posted :GEOL 241: Energy Systems

Lab 13: PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines

In your lab meeting during the final week of lab classes (the week of April 27th), you will be responsible

for presenting a PowerPoint to your lab section. This presentation is a chance for you to pick one of the

themes you found most interesting from the class, read a recent news article on this topic, critically

assess this article, and present your assessment to the other students in the lab. This exercise offers you

a chance to practice conveying your ideas through PowerPoint design and oral presentation. Here are

some basic guidelines:

You can choose any article so long as it pertains to the listed topics provided at the end of these

guidelines. The article should be long enough that it provides enough material for you to create a

PowerPoint and present an interesting discussion.

CHOOSING AND SUBMITTING YOUR ARTICLE (2.5 points)

The article you choose should be from news media, rather than a scientific article, and it should be

recent (within the last 5 years at most). A list of topics is provided at the end of these guidelines. You

must select your article by Friday April 10th at 11:59 pm. To officially select a topic, take a screenshot of

the article and submit it through Brightspace with the article link. For any given lab section, news articles

may not be repeated, so the sooner you notify your TA with your choice, the more likely you are to get

your choice. If your article has already been selected by another student, youll need to pick again.

Submitting your article choice Brightspace by the end of the week of April 10th will earn you 2.5 points,

which will count as 12 of your quiz points in the week of April 27th. 12 point will be deducted from this

score for every day that your submission of an article is late beyond your respective deadline.

DESIGNING AND PRESENTING YOUR POWERPOINT (10 points)

Once you have confirmed your topic with your TA, you can then begin the process of translating your

article into a PowerPoint presentation. Other than a title slide, your presentation should consist of

exactly 5 content slides. Each content slide should have both words and at least 1 image. Avoid slides

that are only words. Avoid slides that are only an image. When using text, 36 pt font is a good, readable

size for a PowerPoint presentation. Dont go below 28 pt font. Your oral presentation of this PowerPoint

in class will be worth 10 points (10 of the 15 weekly exercise points) and will be evaluated on how well

you addressed the article with your PowerPoint design and oral presentation. You will have 5 minutes to

present your slides, so plan accordingly. Below is an outline of how you should structure your

PowerPoint. Note: How you distribute your speaking time amongst these slides is entirely up to you, and

certain slides may require far more speaking time to address than others. Some slides may require more

than one minute, whereas other slides may require less than one minute.

Title Slide: Provide the articles title, authors name, source of the article, and your name.

Slide 1: Introduce the topic of the article and any useful background information in general terms.

Slide 2: What about this article did you find interesting or relevant to yourself or for the course?

Slide 3: Explain the articles reasoning for writing about this topic. So, why write the article at all?

Slide 4: Explain the main thesis or main points that the article is trying to convey to readers.

Slide 5: Critically evaluate the main point(s) of the article, presenting your assessment of what aspects

you think the article got right, and what aspects the article might have overlooked.

SUBMITTING YOUR POWERPOINT FILE (2.5 points)

You will officially present your PowerPoint in the week of April 27th during your respective lab section.

Before that time comes, youll need to submit your PowerPoint to your TA so that they can compile

them all onto a single computer for the sake of efficiency. Regardless of lab section, all PowerPoint

presentations must be submitted on Brightspace to your TA by 11:59 pm on Friday, April 24th. You can

submit your presentation as a PowerPoint file or a PDF file where each slide is a single page of the PDF.

Submitting your PowerPoint presentation file before the given deadline is worth 2.5 points to you (2.5 of

the 15 weekly exercise points). If you submit your PowerPoint presentation file after the deadline of

11:59pm on Friday, April 24th, you will only receive 1 point for submission.

POINT BREAKDOWN

The table below shows the 3 primary actions that you will take with this PowerPoint presentation, the

weeks that these actions are taken, and the points that each action is worth. Make sure to read through

the sections above for each actions description because different actions occur on different dates for

the weeks specified.

Action Points (15 total for the week of April 27th)

Submitting your article (by April 10th) 2.5 points (counts as quiz for week of April

27th)

Submitting your PowerPoint file (by April 24th) 2.5 points (counts as quiz for week of April

27th)

Presenting your PowerPoint (week of April 27th) 10 points (counts as 10 of the 15 exercise

points)

SUITABLE NEWSWORTHY ARTICLE TOPICS:

The sustainability of our energy supply

How the nature of fossil fuel use is changing, especially with new technologies

Hydraulic fracturing

Peak oil

Environmental consequences of using fossil fuels

Global climate change and its consequences

Solutions to climate change

Nuclear energy and its future prospects

Disposal of nuclear waste

The promise of nuclear fusion

Hydroelectric power

Tidal energy

Wave energy

Wind energy

Solar energy

Geothermal energy

Biofuels

Batteries and energy storage

New transportation fuels, including hydrogen fuel cells and electric cars

Improving the efficiency of how we use energy

Note: Specific articles may not be duplicated by students for a given lab section, but topics can be.

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