Presentation Option:

Presentation Option:

The PowerPoint presentation on a single topic (Dolphins, Coral reef fish, or Salmon) will be 50 minutes in length. Several videos will be available and segments of these can make up as much as 10 minutes of the total presentation time. I expect a coherent presentation, not just five shorter presentations slapped together : )

By signing up for this option, you are agreeing to follow the schedule below (note that your group may turn in any of the assignments below earlier than the due dates. The only exception is the final presentation in front of the class). If due dates are not met, points will be taken off (the later an assignment is turned in, the more points that will be taken off). Remember, you can use the discussion board for your group.

By signing up for this option, you are also agreeing to use the sources listed below for the majority of the presentation. If you would like to use additional sources, you will need to give me a copy of each (not just the citation) by the first presentation date, including any web sources. Web sites that end in .com are generally not suitable for this project. If you have a question on the suitability of a web site, just email me the address and I will let you know.

Plagiarism will not be tolerated. To find out what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it, go to the library web site, click on Electronic Research and Reference, then click on Writing - Plagiarism.

Schedule:

By Sept. 5: Sign up for one of the topics if you want this option.

SIGNING UP OBLIGATES YOU TO DO THIS OPTION, YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR MIND LATER. This is because you have thereby promised the rest of your group that you will do your share of the work.

By Sept. 10: Your group must turn in a list of what each person is planning to do as their part of the project. I suggest you start out by telling each other why you are taking this option and what your schedule is like. Everyone must agree that the division of labor expressed is fair. So that I know this is true, please sign the list. Once you have worked on the project for a while, you may discover that this list needs revising. Please give me a copy of the revised list.

By Oct. 8: Your group must turn in a tentative, but extensive, outline of your presentation.

The week of Nov. 29^th: Your group will present your finished presentation to me for a grade and my comments. You may read a prepared script for this presentation. (Note: a single person may give the entire presentation if this is part of the division of labor agreed upon by the group, but they should be able to answer questions). You will need to give me a copy of the presentation at this time.

I will use the following criteria to assign a score:

Organization of the information

Quality of the information

Appropriateness of the information for the intended audience (the class)

Pace of the presentation

Clarity of the presentation (inc. how well do you explain difficult subjects)

Quality and appropriateness of visuals (pictures, graphs, video clips, etc.)

Effort

We will also decide on study-guide questions for the class at this time (so you should think about what you want the class to get out of your presentation). I may use these questions on the final exam : )

The last week of classes: Your group will give the (revised) presentation to the class. You will need to give me a copy of the final presentation at this time as well.

I will regrade the presentation using the same criteria as before (you will receive the average of the two scores). The class will provide additional input on the appropriateness of the information and visuals, and the clarity of the presentation.

You will also grade the members of your group based on the following criteria:

Evaluation of the Group - Rate each group member on a scale from 1 to 5 (5 being the greatest) in each of these categories. Include yourself.

Group member º

How cooperative was each person?

Did s/he do their share?

Did s/he allow others to take part in planning, etc.?

Did s/he meet group deadlines?

Was s/he dependable?

If you had to divide a dollar among all the members of the group based upon how much they contributed to this project, how much would each receive?

Presentation topics and sources

(Groups will be given all of the sources listed below except books and videos found in the library)

Dolphins

Mann, Janet, Richard C. Connor, Peter L. Tyack, and Hal Whitehead (editors). 2000. Cetacean Societies, Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. QL737.C4 C39 2000

Lusseau, David. 2003. Effects of tour boats on the behavior of bottlenose dolphins: using Markov chains to model anthropogenic impacts. Conservation Biology, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1785-1793.

McClintock, J. 2000. Baywatch. Discover, vol. 21, no. 3, March, pp. 64-69.

Pryor, Karen and Kenneth S. Norris (editors). 1991. Dolphin Societies, Discoveries and Puzzles. University of California Press, Berkeley. QL 737 .C432 D653 1991

Videos available:

Blue Planet: Open Ocean. 2001. BBC video. (video clip of dolphins hunting fish)

NOVA: Private Lives of Dolphins. 2000. WGBH Boston Video.

Salmon

Edwards, Rob. 1998. Infested waters. New Scientist. 4 July 1998. p. 23

Levin, P.S. and M.H. Schiewe. 2001. Preserving salmon biodiversity. American Scientist. Vol. 89, no. 3, May-June, pp. 220-227.

Levy, Sharon. 1997. Ultimate sacrifice. New Scientist. 6 September 1997. pp. 38-41.

Lichatowich, Jim. 1999. Salmon Without Rivers, A History of the Pacific Salmon Crisis. Island Press: Washington, DC. SH 348 .L53 1999

McGrath, Susan. 2003. Spawning Hope. Audubon. September 2003: pp. 60-66.

McKinnell, S. and A.J. Thomson. 1997. Recent events concerning Atlantic salmon escapees in the Pacific. ICES Journal of Marine Science, Vol. 54 pp. 1221-1225.

Moore, K.D. and J.W. Moore. 2003. The gift of salmon. Discover. Vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 44-49.

Ruckelshaus, M.G., P. Levin, L.B. Johnson and P.M. Kereiva. 2002. The Pacific salmon wars: what science brings to the challenge of recovering species. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. Vol. 33, pp. 665-706.

Taylor III, Joseph E. 1999. Making Salmon, An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis. University of Washington Press: Seattle. SH 348 .T39 1999

Welch, D.W., G.W. Boehlert, B.R. Ward. 2003. POST - the Pacific Ocean salmon tracking project. Oceanologica ACTA. Vol. 25 pp. 243-253.

Videos available:

Net Loss. 2003. Bullfrog Films. VIDEO 6

Natural Connections: The Significance of Salmon. 2000. Bullfrog Films. VIDEO 6884

When the salmon runs dry. 1992. Ben Saboonchian, KIRO-TV. VIDEO 5624

Coral Reef Fish

Grutter, A.S., J.M. Murphy, and J.H. Choat. 2003. Cleaner fish drives local fish diversity on coral reefs. Current Biology. Vol. 13, January 8, pp. 64-67.

Kolm, N. and A. Berglund. 2003. Wild populations of a reef fish suffer from the Anondestructive@ aquarium trade fishery. Conservation Biology. Vol. 17, no. 3, June, pp. 910-914.

Levine, J.S. 1993. Dusk and dawn are rush hours on the coral reef. Smithsonian. Vol. 24, no. 7, October, pp. 104-115.

Marshall, J. 1998. Why are reef fish so colorful? Scientific American Presents. Vol. 9, no. 3, Fall 1998, pp. 54-57.

Muñoz, R.C. and R.R. Warner. 2004. Testing a new version of the size-advantage hypothesis for sex change: sperm conmpetition and size-skew effects in the bucktooth parrotfish, Sparisoma radians. Behavioral Ecology. Vol 15, no. 1, pp. 129-136

Pain, Stephanie. 2000. Squawk, burble and pop. New Scientist. Vol 166, no. 2233, 8 April, pp. 42-45. Q1 .N52

Pitkin, Linda. 2001. Coral Fish. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. QL 620. 45 .P58 2001

Thomas, Archie. 2003. Reel >Nemo=spurs run on real fish. Variety. Vol 393, no. 4, Dec 8-Dec 14, p. 8.