Presentation+One

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Description of Presentation One
The goal of this project is to provide an analysis of one aspect of sustainable agriculture. In your groups you will be responsible for researching and evaluating available information on: ecological systems, modern farming practices, political aspects of agribusiness, or economic concerns of agribusiness. The end product will be an oral presentation that you will deliver as a group to your peers during week five of this course.

Your product should not be a simple summary of information, but rather an analysis of how your information relates to the concept of sustainability. The final project for the course, the development of a model of a sustainable school cafeteria, will require each group to incorporate information from all four areas of study (systems, farming practice, politics, and economics). As such, the thoroughness of your work on this first project is essential to the class as a whole.

Agriculture is a topic that touches everyone in a very real way, and yet many people do not have a good feel for how or where their food is produced. You need to tell the critical story behind the grocery store. The challenge is to provide critical information and analysis while engaging your audience in a topic that may seem remote. **//Therefore, you are encouraged to use pictures, video, and audio clips that aid your audience to visualize and internalize the scope of your topic//**.

Rubrics
Your presentation will be evaluated in two parts. Each group member will be evaluated individually for the oral presentation. A group form will be used to evaluate the visual design of your presentation.

You may use PowerPoint or Google Presentation. Upload your presentation **on your group page**.

Oral Presentation Rubric Visual Design Rubric