ENVT 100 Report / Presentation Guide

Written and Oral Report Criteria

 The written report provides the student with the skills for researching information using library resources, formulating constructive ideas in written form, becoming familiar with report formats, and provide an exercise for practicing the use of correct spelling and grammar.  All are important skills to have to ensure your future success in education and future employment.

Structure

1.                  Typed and double-spaced.

2.                  Use of correct spelling and grammar.

3.                  It must be narrative essay style in your words; not just an outline or informational bits and pieces.  You must be able to bring all of the information together in a logical format.

4.                  Graphs, tables, charts, figures are optional and encouraged as long as they illustrate a point made and referred to in the body of the report text.

5.                  Follow the format according to the attached report layout.

6.                  Report stapled together is sufficient!

Topics

1.                  Students must choose a report topic from the topic list attached.  Only one student per topic.

2.                  Students may trade topics with another student only with approval in prior to the sixth meeting of the class.

Narrative

1.                  Students choosing an Environmental Health and Safety Issue will:

a.                   Fully describe the issue as it relates to topics discussed in the text, guest speaker or lecture.

b.                  Provide a complete inventory of the pros and cons; the arguments for and against.

c.                   In the conclusion, the student will convey what new things they learned from researching this topic and what their personal feelings are about the issue.

2.                  Students choosing to write about an Environmental Health and Safety Disaster will:

a.                   Fully describe the events that led up to the disaster and the disaster itself.

b.                  Provide a description of events that resulted from the disaster.

c.                   Provide ideas and approaches that could have been taken to prevent the disaster from occurring.

Research Sources

1.                  A minimum of three resources must be cited, in bibliographic format, on a separate page, that relate to your topic.

2.                  Use one source from the World Wide Web.

3.                  Only one article from a newspaper or popular non-technical source.

4.                  A photocopy of all sources used must accompany your written report

Written Report Criteria Layout

1.                  Title page (1 page)

a.                   Title of report

b.                  Your name

c.                   Class name and section

d.                  Instructor’s name

e.                   Date of report completion

2.                  Table of contents (1 page)

a.                   Headings or sections of report

3.                  Introduction (1/2 to 1 page double spaced)

a.                   Get the reader’s attention

b.                  State the purpose of the report

c.                   What you’re going to tell the reader

d.                  Why it’s important to study this issue or review the disaster events

4.                  Narrative (Body of the text 4-6 pages double spaced)

a.                   Expand on the points that you had told us about in the introduction

b.                  As a rule, use a paragraph for each point

c.                   Make each paragraph flow into the next

5.                  Conclusion (1/2 to 1 page)

a.                   Summarize key points of the report

b.                  State how you achieved the purpose of the report

c.                   State what you learned from doing this report

d.                  How your feel personally about the issue or disaster

6.                  Bibliography

a.                   List references

b.                  Xerox of book binders

Report Grading

Presentation Grading

(50 points)