Task 2: Decide and Present
As a team, you all need to agree on whether or not the school should use wind energy. You must all agree on what recommendation to present to the school principal.
Design a PowerPoint presentation as a group to persuade the principal about your recommendation. Your presentation should be brief, so no more than 7 slides including a title slide. Each member of the team will need to present at least one slide from the teams presentation. Remember, you want the principal to take your team's recommendation, so make sure you make your point of view persuasive and provide facts to back your decision.
Be sure to include the following in your slides:
Here are some recommended slides:
Design a PowerPoint presentation as a group to persuade the principal about your recommendation. Your presentation should be brief, so no more than 7 slides including a title slide. Each member of the team will need to present at least one slide from the teams presentation. Remember, you want the principal to take your team's recommendation, so make sure you make your point of view persuasive and provide facts to back your decision.
Be sure to include the following in your slides:
- in your group, create a group list of the benefits and the disadvantages of wind powered energy (evidence from the resources is necessary for this list)
- clearly state your claim that takes a position on the topic-for or against wind power
- clearly name the counter claim about the position your group has taken
- include reasons, facts and details that support the stated claim
- make clear connections between the reasons, supporting facts and details, and the claim
- use a variety of transitional phrases to link opinion and reasons to supporting facts and details like: consequently, specifically, therefore, on the other hand, nevertheless, however, despite this, in summary
Here are some recommended slides:
- Title Slide
- What is wind energy?
- How do wind turbines work?
- What are renewable vs non-renewable energy?
- What are the advantages or disadvantages of wind energy?
- Is it a good idea? Why should the school purchase a wind turbine? OR Why should the school keep the energy source that is currently in place?