Chemistry of the Environment
Turn in your pre-lab
Turn in your Soda Ash Report
Did you place group form into the D2L drop
box?
Today: Look at Environmental Presentations
Chemistry of the Environment
Atmospheric
Chemistry
Photochemical
Smog
Stratospheric
Ozone
Acid Rain
Water Quality
GreenHouse
Effect
Waste Water
Treatment
DDT
Radon
Environmental Chemistry Presentations – Laboratory Groups
Key Features of Presentation
 Creativity
 All group members must contribute during presentation
 Usage of color & large readable fonts
 Enhanced with special effects such as animations
 Usage of pictures and diagrams with descriptor words
 Short lists and brief phrases better than complete sentences
 Relevant eye-catching title/headings
 Chemistry concepts behind specific topic
 Interesting, Understandable, and Organized at appropriate level
 References
Presentation Scoring
• Introduction
• Attention Grabbing
• Goals/Purposes
• Content
• Creativity/Chemistry Concepts
• Organization/Scientific Level
• Team Attributes
• Eye Contact/Energy/Participation
• Illustration
• animations/pictures/icons/relevance
• Conclusion/References
• Overall Quality
Presentation Score Sheet
Group Presentation Area
Comments
Presentation Area
Score
Introduction:
Attention grabbing?
Goals/purpose stated?

Group did an excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient job getting audience
attention.
Goals/purpose: excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient.
10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1
Content:
Creative?
Chemistry clearly explained?
Scientific level appropriate?
Organized?
Smooth flow?

Content was creatively presented in an excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient
fashion.
Presentation was excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient in organization.
Chemistry concepts were clearly explained, and at the appropriate level (excellent, good,
ordinary, marginal, or deficient)
10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1
Team Attributes
Eye contact?
Energy?
Full participation?

All (10), most (6), or few (2) of the group members presented information equally and in a
smooth fashion.
Group showed excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient energy and had excellent,
good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient eye contact with the audience.
10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1
Illustration (Pictures and/or
demonstrations):
Creative and eye pleasing?
Useful?
Neat?
Organized?

Conclusion
Summarized information?
Provided references?


Summary of information was excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient.
References were excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient.
10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1
Overall Quality of Presentation

Overall quality of the presentation was excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient.
10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1
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

Illustrations were neat and organized.
(excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient)
Ilustrations were eye pleasing and creative.
(excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient)
Illustrations added to the understanding of the topic.
(excellent, good, ordinary, marginal, or deficient)
Ratings: 10(excellent) 8(good)
6(ordinary)
4(marginal)
10 9 8 7 6
5 4 3 2 1
2(deficient)
Total points available = 60 which is then scaled to 18 + 2 pre-lab points
Chemistry of the Environment
General Guidelines:
• Total time: 8-12 minutes
• Each member talks
• Total Slides: 6-12 (including References)
• Be ready for questions ?
• Turn in (in drop box) Group Form at the
beginning of the presentation week, in
two weeks.
• Work on presentations on your own next
week
Chemistry of the Environment
See you in two weeks on
March 29 or 30