geo for 9th grade

World Geography Unit 2 Project

Earth’s Physical Geography

Each student is required to create a PowerPoint presentation for the class that

answers five important questions from Unit 2. Procedures: • Read the following questions carefully:

1. When the Earth moves through outer space, how do these movements create daytime, nighttime, and the four seasons (winter, spring, summer, and fall)?

2. What are the forces that shape the Earth? 3. What are the things that affect or create the Earth’s weather and climate? 4. Why do certain climates on Earth create so many different types of

vegetation or plant life? 5. What causes a volcano, a tornado, a typhoon, a hurricane, and an

earthquake? • Research in your geography textbook, the library, and the Internet for

information that helps answer the above questions. • Organize your research and the facts you will use before you begin creating the

PowerPoint presentation. • Based on your research create a great PowerPoint presentation for the class. Requirements:

• 3 slides for each question. • 5 bullets of facts for each slide. • 1 picture for each question. • The use of backgrounds, color, different fonts, sounds, slide transitions,

animation, etc. Make your PowerPoint the best ever. • EVERYTHING MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS. If it looks like you copied and

pasted from the Internet (believe me, I can tell), you will receive a ZERO. • A slide at the end that lists all of the sources that you used to gather

information. • When you are finished creating your PowerPoint show, save it! • Print out your slides (6 slides per page). I will help you do this, if you do not

know how. • Present your show to the class. Due Friday: ________________

Worth 100 points Here is how you will be graded:

• 1 point for each fact on your slides (3 slides x 5 facts x 5 questions = 75 points)

• 1 point for each picture (1 point x 5 questions = 5 points) • 5 points for the slide at the end that lists your sources (5 points x 1 slide = 5

points) • The creative use of backgrounds, color, different fonts, sounds, slide

transitions, animation, etc. (worth 5 points) • Speaking clearly when you present to the class and presenting in a

professional manner (worth 10 points) • 100 points total.