Group Project: Presentation

This is a chance for you to research an geologic topic of particular interest to you with your Field Trip Groups, and present your research to the class.

Group Planning 

• You must select and have your topic approved by the due date (3 weeks ahead of presentation).
• You will collaborate on the project with your Field Trip Group. You should already be part of a Group, but use People > Groups tool in Canvas to sign up for a group if you haven't already.
• Every group will be able to plan their project in the Groups area by discussion, scheduling Calendar events, file sharing, wiki page creation, even video conferencing and G Doc collaborations.  (See the Canvas Student Guides on Groups.)
• Group members must decide among themselves how to split up responsibility for the work, including the presentation itself.

Presentation Instructions

Before your presentation, your group must submit here...

• A 1 or 2 page typed summary of your project, with the names of all team members and a short summary of their contributions to the project.
• A bibliography, listing all the specific resources that your team used.
• A digital version of any visual aids used (see below).
• One multiple choice test questions, pertinent to your presentation  (you will try out your question at the end of the presentation).

Your presentation...

• can be no longer than ten minutes.  Trust me, this is a very short time!  Your team must be very well organized to make optimal use of such a short time.
• should be informative, interesting, and well presented.
• will be given the 2-3 days of class. Time slots will be assigned by lottery in class.

Visual Aids

Use these during your presentation, but submit a digital copy here ahead of time.

Visuals are essential for an interesting presentation.  Consider the following:

• Overhead transparencies. Old school, but great for when technology fails you! 
• Posters.  Make sure you keep each poster simple, illustrating only a few points, with large enough writing or graphics to be seen from the back of the room.
• Demonstrations or models.  Be creative, BUT remember you only have 10 minutes.
• Slide Presentations. Should complement your presentation, not own it. Don't put your script on your slides; use less text than you think you need. 

No matter what you use, you must submit a digital version of your visual aids here (e.g. original file for transparencies, PowerPoint or Keynote file, graphics or a photo of a poster, photo or video of demonstrations or models).

Grading

See rubric below. In addition to instructor feedback, the team will be graded as a whole unless it is made clear that some team members did not participate fully.

* Group Project instructions adapted from Regina Bocchichio at San Diego Miramar College Links to an external site.