Endangered+Species+PowerPoint+Grading

=POWERPOINT RUBRIC: = Create a slide show using MS PowerPoint Your slide show must be well-organized, logically-connected presentation.

The look and formatting of your slides are consistent from one to another. Pay attention to the general appearance of your slide show.

Spell check your documents! Have fun and be creative!

Template, Layouts, Bulleted Lists (12 points total)
 * Include at least 8 slides in your slide show
 * Use a Presentation Design background (or create your own background)
 * Use the "Title Slide" or "Title & Subtitle" slide Auto Layout for the first slide.
 * Include a bulleted list on one of your slides.

Slides (4 points total)
 * Change the color scheme of one slide (e.g., the slide's colors/background should look different from the other slides)
 * Add WordArt to a slide

Clip Art (10 points total)
 * Add clip art or picture to each slide
 * Make sure one of the above items is from the web. Give credit to each site.

Transitions between Slides (4 points total)
 * Include a sound (e.g. hands clapping) during one of the transitions. (no more than 3)
 * Include at least one visual slide transition effect. (no more than 3)

Transitions within Slides (4 point total)
 * Include a sound (e.g. hands clapping) during one of the transitions. (no more than 3)
 * Include at least one visual slide transition effect. (no more than 3)

Consistency, and General Appearance (16 points total)
 * The slide show is a well-organized, logically-connected presentation of a topic.
 * The formatting from slide to slide is consistent (for example, the titles of most of the slides are the same color.)
 * The slides are easy to read and presentation friendly.
 * General appearance of the slide show.
 * Spelling and Grammar is correct throughout.

TOTAL for PowerPoint Points Earned by Student

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Questions that Your Presentation Should Answer:

1. What is its status (see below)? Explain its official status • Endangered Species - a native species or subspecies that is in serious danger of becoming extinct throughout all, or a significant portion of its range as a result of one or more causes. • Threatened Species - a native species that, while not presently threatened with extinction, is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future if not given special protection and management efforts. • Rare Species - a native species that, although not presently threatened with extinction, exists in such small numbers throughout its range that it may become threatened if its present environment conditions worsen.

2. Where does it live? Provide maps of the area where the species used to be found before it was threatened and the areas where it can be found now.

3. What does it look like? Provide the viewer with at least one picture of the animal, and describe what physical characteristics may help and/or hurt the animal in its survival.

4. What is its habitat? What are its habits or behavior? Also, what does the animal require to survive? What kinds of food does it need? What other species are necessary for its survival? What is its social behavior?

5. Why is the species in danger? The answer must describe the reasons behind the troubles of the species. Included should be natural causes (if any), economic causes (trade, hunting, poverty, habitat loss), political causes (war, habitat loss, active laws that in the past encouraged the destruction of the species), environmental causes (habitat loss, chemical or other pollution, etc.).

6. What, if anything, are humans doing to protect the species? Describe laws, measures, or describe why people are not helping the species at all.

7. How can we (you, me, and everyone) help the species? This is a complex question that requires you to connect our habits in our society to the fact that this species is in danger. You should address some of your own habits that might be contributing to either the species' survival or extinction, and it asks you to think about how we can help it.

8. Give at least two reasons why this species should be saved and explain them. Make sure the reasons are legitimate, “real” reasons...not just that “they don’t deserve it” or “they are cute”.