
Nature Bowl Home Glossary Enviro-mercial Our Home Sweet Homeschool	Enviro-mercial The Assignment Identify a local environmental issue affecting the region or community where you live. Research your topic. Prepare a 60 second commercial presentation. Your commercial should: Describe the issue, its cause(s) and effects. Be specific. Describe what, if anything, is being done about the issue in your region or community. Suggest a practical solution that you think would help correct the issue. This could be a solution you invent or a current effort in progress that you explain and support. Make a list of your sources of information on a 3"x5" file card. If you are in 3rd or 4th grade, you should list at least 3 sources. If you are in the 5th or 6th grade, you should list at least 5 sources. Preparation Tips & Ideas Gain first hand information by visiting a site, interviewing people, attending a meeting, being part of a current effort to solve that issue, and so on. Narrow your topic. Possibilities of interest might be local air quality, vernal pool or riparian habitat loss, local recycling oil or plastics, use of disposable diapers, or smart consumer choices when buying food or other products. Contact your local environmental groups for other ideas. Some students have created poems, raps, and songs. Others have personified one or multiple roles. Rules Your presentation must be an individual effort - no team presentations allowed. Each member of a team presenting a an individual commercial must have a unique presentation. The commercial should focus on a local issue. Submit your 3"x5" file card listing your sources of information. At least one source should be from the community (a person or agency knowledgeable about the problem). Use up-to-date sources. The URL of any website used must be listed. 3rd/4th graders: 3 sources minimum; 5th/6th graders: 5 sources minimum Memorized presentations are not necessary. YOu may use the notes on your file card to help you. Only one file card may be used for the presentation. A visual aid may be used during the presentation. Visual aids are not required. If you choose to use a visual aid, you (not a parent) must be able to carry it easily into the room in one trip. Judges prefer visual aid materials you create yourself over those made by your parent or another adult. Judges will ask a question(s) about your presentation. Your Enviro-mercial will be judged on: Response to question(s): understanding of the subject, student involvement Problem selection: regional, relevant, significant, focused Sources of information: credible, diverse Thoroughness: cause, effects, solutions Originality and Creativity Overall impact of message The information on this page was taken from the Nature Bowl 2007 Coaches Orientation Packet	What is Nature Bowl? Coaches Orientation Packet CA Dept. of Fish & Game Arbor Day Classroom Aquarium Education Project (CAEP)
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Enviro-mercial

The Assignment

Identify a local environmental issue affecting the region or community where you live. Research your topic. Prepare a 60 second commercial presentation. Your commercial should:

Describe the issue, its cause(s) and effects. Be specific.
Describe what, if anything, is being done about the issue in your region or community.
Suggest a practical solution that you think would help correct the issue. This could be a solution you invent or a current effort in progress that you explain and support.
Make a list of your sources of information on a 3"x5" file card. If you are in 3rd or 4th grade, you should list at least 3 sources. If you are in the 5th or 6th grade, you should list at least 5 sources.

Preparation Tips & Ideas

Gain first hand information by visiting a site, interviewing people, attending a meeting, being part of a current effort to solve that issue, and so on.
Narrow your topic. Possibilities of interest might be local air quality, vernal pool or riparian habitat loss, local recycling oil or plastics, use of disposable diapers, or smart consumer choices when buying food or other products. Contact your local environmental groups for other ideas.
Some students have created poems, raps, and songs. Others have personified one or multiple roles.

Rules

Your presentation must be an individual effort - no team presentations allowed. Each member of a team presenting a an individual commercial must have a unique presentation.
The commercial should focus on a local issue.
Submit your 3"x5" file card listing your sources of information. At least one source should be from the community (a person or agency knowledgeable about the problem). Use up-to-date sources. The URL of any website used must be listed. 3rd/4th graders: 3 sources minimum; 5th/6th graders: 5 sources minimum
Memorized presentations are not necessary. YOu may use the notes on your file card to help you. Only one file card may be used for the presentation.
A visual aid may be used during the presentation. Visual aids are not required. If you choose to use a visual aid, you (not a parent) must be able to carry it easily into the room in one trip. Judges prefer visual aid materials you create yourself over those made by your parent or another adult.
Judges will ask a question(s) about your presentation.

Your Enviro-mercial will be judged on:

Response to question(s): understanding of the subject, student involvement
Problem selection: regional, relevant, significant, focused
Sources of information: credible, diverse
Thoroughness: cause, effects, solutions
Originality and Creativity
Overall impact of message

The information on this page was taken from the Nature Bowl 2007 Coaches Orientation Packet

What is Nature Bowl?

Coaches Orientation Packet

CA Dept. of Fish & Game

Arbor Day

Classroom Aquarium Education Project (CAEP)

Last updated: 4/1/07
Composed with care by: caffeinesuperhero