Chemistry of the Environment Turn in your pre-lab Turn in your Soda Ash Report Did you place group form into the D2L drop box? Today: Look at Environmental Presentations

Chemistry of the Environment Atmospheric Chemistry Photochemical Smog Stratospheric Ozone Water Quality GreenHouse Effect DDTRadon Waste Water Treatment Acid Rain Environmental Chemistry Presentations – Laboratory Groups

Key Features of Presentation  Creativity  All group members must contribute during presentation  Usage of color & large readable fonts  Enhanced with special effects such as animations  Usage of pictures and diagrams with descriptor words  Short lists and brief phrases better than complete sentences  Relevant eye-catching title/headings  Chemistry concepts behind specific topic  Interesting, Understandable, and Organized at appropriate level  References

Presentation Scoring Scoring Presentation Scoring Scoring Introduction Attention Grabbing Goals/Purposes Content Creativity/Chemistry Concepts Organization/Scientific Level Team Attributes Eye Contact/Energy/Participation Illustration animations/pictures/icons/relevance Conclusion/References Overall Quality

Presentation Score Sheet Group Presentation AreaCommentsPresentation Area Score Introduction: Attention grabbing? Goals/purpose stated?  Group did an excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient job getting audience attention.  Goals/purpose: excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient Content: Creative? Chemistry clearly explained? Scientific level appropriate? Organized? Smooth flow?  Content was creatively presented in an excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient fashion.  Presentation was excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient in organization.  Chemistry concepts were clearly explained, and at the appropriate level (excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient) Team Attributes Eye contact? Energy? Full participation?  All (10), most (6), or few (2) of the group members presented information equally and in a smooth fashion.  Group showed excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient energy and had excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient eye contact with the audience Illustration (Pictures and/or demonstrations): Creative and eye pleasing? Useful? Neat? Organized?  Illustrations were neat and organized. (excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient)  Ilustrations were eye pleasing and creative. (excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient)  Illustrations added to the understanding of the topic. (excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient) Conclusion Summarized information? Provided references?  Summary of information was excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient.  References were excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient Overall Quality of Presentation  Overall quality of the presentation was excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient Ratings: 10(excellent) 8(good) 6(ordinary) 4(marginal) 2(deficient) Total points available = 60 which is then scaled to pre-lab points

General Guidelines : Total time: 8-12 minutes Total time: 8-12 minutes Each member talks Each member talks Total Slides: 6-12 (including References) Total Slides: 6-12 (including References) Be ready for questions ? Be ready for questions ? Turn in (in drop box) Group Form at the beginning of the presentation week, in two weeks. Turn in (in drop box) Group Form at the beginning of the presentation week, in two weeks. Work on presentations on your own next week Work on presentations on your own next week Chemistry of the Environment

See you in two weeks on March 31, April 1, or 3