WARNING
Do NOT Cheat – no copying verbatim from the internet, magazines, books, or your friends. I WILL check to make sure you have not plagiarized! If you are caught plagiarizing or cheating in any other way you will receive a 0/100 for your project. If you do copy a sentence/paragraph word for word, make sure you put the words in quotation marks and list the source in your references. I want no more than 10% of your paper/presentation quoted in someone else’s words.

Project Guidelines
Physical Geography Final Project

Basic Objective: Pick a topic listed below. Then either create a PowerPoint presentation or write a paper answering the questions and following the guidelines listed below.

TOPIC LIST
Pick One of the Following Topics from One of the Three Areas Listed Below:
Topic of your Choice –
Natural Disasters
Hurricane Rita
Tsunami of 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Mt. Pinatubo Eruption
Mt. St. Helens Eruption
One of the Major Earthquakes in California
Environmental Issues
Deforestation
Nuclear Waste
Desertification
Climate Change
Ozone Depletion
Land Degradation
Species Extinction
Coral Reef Bleaching
Acid Rain in the United States
ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)
Water Resources – either look at the U.S. or the Middle East
Invasive Species (non-native plants and animals that invade areas)
New Ideas in Physical Geography/Earth Science
Ecotourism
Carbon Trading
Industrial Ecology
Ecosystem Services

PROJECT GUIDELINES
Research your topic using books, journals, and/or the internet.
Create a PowerPoint Presentation or write a paper addressing the following questions.
If you chose a natural disaster:
Give a brief explanation of the natural disaster that occurred and the statistics of the damage the natural disaster incurred (this should NOT be your whole paper, nor even a large portion of it!).
What was the natural disaster that occurred?
Where did the natural disaster occur (who was most affected)?
What…