Ted+Project

Grading Criteria (each 10% of overall project grade): Organization, delivery, relevance, analysis, charts/graphs, images, length, creativity, sources cited, abstract
 * __ Major Assessment: __** Individual **//Ted-style lecture//** with written abstract (well-written summary with outline, conclusions, graphical data) and power point. This lecture must be //relevant//, //analytical//, //quantitative//, //predictive//, and //prescriptive//. The lectures must be between nine and sixteen minutes long. Lectures will lose a full grade point for each minute shorter than nine minutes or for each minute longer than sixteen.

**April 24, 26** Each student watches 3 TED "Man and Nature" videos and writes two-paragraph responses to each (summary/analysis) Show two "Man and Nature" TED videos in class. Each student comes up with list of twelve possible topics for their own "Man and Nature / Sacai TED lecture". All the lists of twelve are combined into a single list. Students have first dibs on one of the ones they chose from the list. Teachers can add to the list also, during a class discussion about what is or what is NOT a good topic. Finally, students each choose their final topic and __//explain to the class why they are interested in it//__.

**May 14th** Topic chosen, research site posted on Wiki (organized, includes images and numbers), tentative "one sentence summary" written

**May 15-17** Working outline posted on research site, tentative "one //__paragraph__// summary written (and posted)", titles/numbers of graphs/charts selected

**May 21, 22** Final TED performance dates, //__abstract due__//.

Topics to choose from:
 * Acid rain in Cuba **
 * Andean Condor (Alex Bridle) **
 * Deforestation in Haiti **
 * Deforestation in Paraguay **
 * Deforestation in Peru (Irene Su) **
 * Deforestation of Amazon rainforest (Nick Marin) **
 * Desertification in Argentina **
 * Galapagos Tortoise and birds being killed by wild cats and rats **
 * Golden Lion Tamarin—endangered, poaching, loss of habitat, disease **
 * Guarani river in Bolivia poisoned by mining toxic wastes **
 * Indigenous human cultures in Amazon wilderness **
 * Industrial pollution in Venezuela <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Yiyu Ives Shi) **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Mining in Brazil and South America in general <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Kiley Tevlin) **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Reduction in rainforest influences worldwide carbon dioxide b **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">River pollution in Argentina from pesticides and fertilizers **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sea Turtles in Caribbean <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Ryan Conery) **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sewage in Jamaica, Haiti **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sewage pollution in Venezuela, Costa Rica **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Soil erosion in Bolivia <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Minye Cherry Chen) **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Soil erosion in Peru from overgrazing on mountain slopes **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Toxic waste in Paraguay rivers **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Visitors in Galapagos—destructive tourism? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Jack Howard) **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Water pollution in Guyana from sewage **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">West Indian Manatee ENDANGERED <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(Bolin Wang) **