Begin by thinking about what topics have interested you in Biology and deciding if you would like to learn more about it. Your topic can be related to Diseases, Environmental Science, Marine Biology, the Immune System, Neuroscience, or a biological phenomena you are curious about, cancer, animal adaptations, body disorders, functions of the brain, cloning, or genetics. The choice of topics is endless. Here are some topics that previous student groups have presented on:

Examples of Topics: Alzheimer’s Disease, Autism, Cloning, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, Albinism, The Salton Sea & The Effects on the Respiratory System, Effects of Marijuana on the body, Cancer, Sickle Cell Disease, Viruses (pick a specific virus), HIV/AIDS, Leukemia, Bone Cancer, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, melanoma, Autism, infertility in men and women, Effects of COVID-19 on nutrition, etc…

Your presentation should last 10-15 minutes and include a PowerPoint/Google slide program. Your slide show should show creativity and enhance your presentation… not just be text that you read. How you structure the presentation is up to you. As long as it makes sense and is focused, you are on the right track. Work needs to be divided equally. Everyone in the group must participate and have a chance to present. That means I should hear everyone’s voice. However, you do not need to show your face. You will need to coordinate a time to record with your group. Recording via Zoom will be the easiest way to do this. Although there are other ways around this.

You may use Zoom or Pronto or any other presentation/recording tool that allows you to record as a group and submit in Canvas (as an mp4). I prefer that you submit as mp4 so that it makes sharing with the class easier. You will upload the mp4 to Canvas in the Assignment created for the Project. Please make sure the first slide lists all group members that participated and use that time for everyone to introduce themselves. The last slide(s) should include all the citations in the format required below. See rubric for more guidance.

Grading will be based on:

• your knowledge of the subject
• the quantity, quality & effectiveness of your slides
• overall effort and creativity
• length of presentation
• meeting the required deadlines (ie. topic approval deadline, submission deadline, and any others related to the project. Late Policy applies)
• references & citations

A minimum of 5 references must be used, and they cannot all be websites.

Your last slide on the Presentation should include all your references, cited in the format below.

References must be cited as shown below.

BOOK

Author’s last name, first name. Year. Title. Publisher, city.

MAGAZINE/JOURNAL

Author’s last name, first name. Year. Title of article. Magazine title (volume): pages of article.

WEBSITE

Complete web address (URL).

Publisher of site.

Brief description of what site is about.

Sample: http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/nbw.asp#

The Natural Resources Defense Council

Presents a report on the safety & quality of bottled drinking water.

• Cite each source only ONCE.
• Wikipedia is NOT an acceptable reference.
• Blogs & editorials are NOT acceptable references,

however you can include one personal interview, if appropriate.

Do not cite images.

Examples:This is an informative group presentation on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. I can tell this group got along and worked well together. This presentation was cohesive and the flow was good- the interest in the topic was apparent. —————————————————————————————

MY TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!!
I need to do a presentation. This assignments it’s not a paper. It’s more of a PowerPoint. I just need help with the PowerPoint presentation with the right references. It needs to be a little long to be able to speak 10 mins. It needs 5 sources.

TOPIC I choose: HOW DOES WEED/MARIJUANA AFFECT THE BRAIN?