Environment PresentationsSocial Studies 11

How are environmental issues effecting our world today? We’ve looked at some issues in class, but there are many more! In groups, you’ll research another issue and present your findings to the class.

You can choose your own topic, or use one of the suggestions on the back of this page. To en-hance your presentation, think about visuals you can use. Posters? Prezi? PPT? Videos?

Group Size: 3 to 4 peopleTime: 4 to 6 minutes

Marking (Total: 22 marks)• Body Language and Eye Contact: 4 marks

• Spoken Clarity: 6 marks

• Use of Visuals: 6 marks

• Detailed Analysis: 6 marks

*Every student will get a separate grade.

Possible Topics

Group A1) What is a boycott? What is

Nestle? Introduce how these concepts work.

2) Why are people boycotting Nestle? Give some histori-cal examples of conflicts.

3) Do you think people should support this boycott? WIll you buy Nestle products? Why or why not?

Group B1) What are carbon emis-

sions? What is a carbon credit? What is a carbon footprint?

2) What efforts has Canada made to reduce its carbon footprint?

3) Do you think these efforts have been enough? Why or why not? What else could or should be done?

Group C1) How is plastic produced?

How is it recycled?2) What happens to plastics

that aren’t recycled? How does this harm wildlife?

3) In your opinion, are mar-keting campaigns effective to make people recycle more? How else could we change people’s behavi-ous?

Group D1) What roles do honeybees

play in the ecosystem? What is colony collapse?

2) Why is it frightening that bees may become extinct?

3) What is being done to help bees? How could we solve this problem?

Group E1) What is nuclear energy?

What problems are associ-ated with it?

2) Discuss examples of nu-clear meltdowns in Russia and Japan.

3) Do you think nuclear en-ergy could be a good re-placement for fossil fuels? Why or why not?

Group F1) What is urban sprawl? Dis-

cuss related terms, like gentrification, infrastruc-ture, and doughnut cities.

2) What environmental prob-lems does it cause?Are their any benefits?

3) In your opinion, what can be done to fight urban sprawl? Compared to other issues discussed in class, how big a concern is this one?

Group G1) What is the nitrogen cycle?

What are phytoplankton? How do these benefit the earth?

2) Why are they in danger?3) What solutions are being

pursued? In your opinion, what should be done? How does this compare to other issues we’ve studied?

Group H1) Why are pipelines being

built in Canada? Give some examples, with routes.

2) What groups are fighting their development? Why?

3) Do you think these pipe-lines should be com-pleted? Why? What are the benefits and possible drawbacks?

Group I1) What are some results of

biotechnology and bioengi-neering. You can include medical uses.

2) How is it used in farming? Why does it make some people upset? How does it create hope in some ar-eas? What are organic foods?

3) What is your opinion about genetically modified foods and organic foods? Why?