SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable Development – Assessment (10%)

(Taught in weeks 5 & 6 – presented in week 7)

Tutorial – Mountain Hideaway - Student Version

General Education Program GESU121

Date: ____________ CRN: _________ Section: ___________

Teacher name: ___________________________ Student name: ___________________________ Student ID: ___________________________ Classroom: ___________________________

Images used are taken from ‘pixabay”

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What is the climate in Pokhara (at the foot on the Annapurna mountain range)?

Answer the following questions on Pokhara. You should use the website below

1. How far is Pokhara from the capital city of Nepal?

2. What is the range of altitude in Pokhara?

3. Why do many people come to Pokhara

4. How many meters of precipitation does Pokhara get in the valley? What is precipitation?

5. What is the average temperature for this city in December? What is the daily mean temperature in April?

6. What is the average precipitation in January in meters? What is it in July?

7. What was the lowest temperature ever recorded in Pokhara?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara

Phewa Lake - Pokhara

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How to develop a new tourist site at the foot of the Himalayas.

Tourism Project on Sustainable Development

Mountain Hideaway Annapurna Range - Nepal

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Your team has been asked to prepare a short report (in PowerPoint form) that will give advice on sustainable ideas to help build this resort.

The task for your group is to highlight all the important things the company must think about before building begins.

Look at the questions for each site and explain how you would deal with each idea.

You should be thinking about all the concepts of sustainability.

When you have finished, put all your ideas into a PowerPoint and present to your class.

A tourism company is going to build a new camping lodge in the foothills of the Annapurna mountain range in Pokhara, Nepal. It will offer camping and hiking.

Best Practices for Presentations:

Confidence Clarity Eye contact (on audience)/body language fluency

Professional images/design Use bullets (6x6 rule) No sentences Spelling

Carefully chosen Logical order Paraphrased (no copying) Original work

2 minutes maximum for each student

Delivery

Slide design

Content

Timing

1. 2. 3. 4.

1. 2. 3. 4.

1. 2. 3. 4.

1.

Organization of PowerPoint: -

Slide 1 – introduction (background information/what is your topic)

Slide 2 – question 1 (show your work/research for ‘location’)

Slide 3 – question 2 (show your work/research for ‘design’)

Slide 4 – question 3 (show your work/research for ‘materials’)

Slide 5 – question 4 (show your work/research for ‘energy’)

Slide 6 – question 5 (show your work/research for ‘waste’)

Slide 7 – conclusion (a summary of the presentation and advice/future predictions)

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This website may help you:

http://sustainablesources.com/site-selection-and-analysis/

http://www.endangered.org/10-easy-things-you-can-do-to-save-endangered-species/ Give three ideas to help protect this species:

Vocabulary to help you answer this question

natural habitat hiking plant species animal species

threatened local people environmental impact biodiversity

contamination ecology ecosystem conservation

1.

2.

3.

1. What would you need to think about before you choose your location and the activities that visitors will want to do?

The red panda is designated as ‘decreasing’ on the IUCN Red List. Sightings have been made near to where the campsite is to be built. What do you need to think about, before building begins, to protect this species?

STUDENT TALKING POINT: The popularity of hiking in Nepal

has left its negative impacts on the environment. How can we monitor or control the number of visitors?

Student note: Images to help with

your ideas.

Tibetan prayer flags

Erosion

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These websites may help:

https://www.wbdg.org/design-objectives/sustainable

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Sustainable_materials

Vocabulary to help you answer this question

natural environment colors blend in use of space

natural light balance/ harmony symmetry scale

2. What do you think you need to consider while designing your tourist site?

Student note: Images to help with

your ideas.

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This website may help:

https://www.activesustainability.com/construction-and-urban-development/how-to-choose-a-sustainable-hotel/

Vocabulary to help you answer this question

adobe reclaimed wood recycled materials glass

natural stone plastic composites straw

cork ferrock sheep’s wool e-windows

3. What kind of materials would you choose to use to build your site?

Mycelium

Student note: Images to help with

your ideas.

Student note: You should choose materials that are appropriate for the climate.

Student note: Use the Internet to look up materials you do not know. In your

presentation, explain why you use them.

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This website may help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy

Vocabulary to help you answer this question

solar nature water natural light

generators lighting

4. What forms of energy would you choose? How could you reduce energy use?

Student note: Images to help with

your ideas.

Mobile wind turbines

Student note: Natural light

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These websites may help:

https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/15109.html

https://wasteaid.org/waste-sustainable-development-goals/

https://www.crcresearch.org/community-research-connections/crc-case-studies/sustainable-waste-management-value-recycling-and-com

Vocabulary to help you answer this question

track waste food amounts overuse efficient

goals donate compost packaging

reduce/reuse/recycle glass plastic free

5. How would you deal with waste?

TRACK WASTE

compost

Student note: Images to help with

your ideas.

Name: ______________________________ ID: ___________ Section: _____ Date: ____________ Teacher Name: __________________

Oral Presentation for Sustainable Development – Assessment 10% Time = ______

Comments:

Comments:

Presentation Mark:

Total: ______ / 10

Topic ____________________

A. Delivery strong good adequate weak minimal missing

Confident

Rate and volume

Non-verbal skills

Formal tone

Fluency

Holistic grade out of 2

/2

2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0

C. Content

Accurate & Appropriate

Well organized

Paraphrased

Vocab. Accuracy/range

Holistic grade out of 4

/4

strong good adequate weak minimal missing

4 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.4 2 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 0

Strong (3) adequate (2) missing (1/0)

D. Timing

Use of time

(2-3 minutes)

2 1.5 1 0.5 0

Holistic grade out of 2 /2

A. Slide design/layout

strong good adequate weak minimal missing

Professional

Relevant images

Size / color / font Use of bullets Spelling

Holistic grade out of 2

/2

2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0

1

Skills Excellent 5 Good 4 Adequate 3 Weak 2 Minimal 1 Missing 0

A. Delivery Competent speaker. Very

clear, pleasant to listen

to. Confident use of eye

contact, gestures. Fluent,

very good speed and

pacing. Professional tone

throughout.

Credible speaker.

Clear and quite easy

to listen to. May be

a bit fast in places.

Fairly consistent

eye contact and

gestures. Tries to

maintain

professional tone.

Mostly clear. May be

a strain to listen to in

places. May speak too

quickly or monotone.

Tries to keep eye

contact but may have

lapses. May use slang

or non- English words

on occasion.

May be difficult

to understand.

Strain to listen to.

Attempts non-

verbal skills but

unable to

maintain eye

contact. May use

slang or non-

English words

throughout

presentation.

Very difficult to

understand.

Inaudible and loses

audience attention.

Absence of non-

verbal skills.

Ignores audience

throughout.

Did not speak in

English.Unable to

understand any of

the presentation.

Absence of non-

verbal skills.

Ignores audience

throughout.

B. Slides Images and slide design

have professional look.

Bullet points used to

support message. No

sentences. No spelling or

grammatical errors.

Followed 5x7 or 6x6

guideline perfectly.

Decent design with

appropriate visuals.

Bullet points used

quite well. May

have one or two

with too much text.

No spelling or

grammatical errors.

Fair design. Visuals

and content generally

appropriate. Bullet

points may have a

couple of errors (too

many words or

points). Minor

spelling and

grammatical errors.

Too many images

or text dense.

Fails to follow

6x6 guideline.

Colors/design

flawed and

difficult to look

at. Many spelling

and grammatical

errors.

Poor design. Text

dense with no bullet

points. Possibly

copied from another

presentation.

Slides are blank or

not prepared.

C. Content Well chosen, relevant

info. Logical structure

and organization. Well

paraphrased. Very

original.

Appropriate info.

Logical

organization but a

few details may be

absent or flawed.

Shows some

originality.

Good info and mostly

logical. May lack

some details or have

too many. Needs

some editing.

Info not balanced.

Lack of

organization a

strain to follow.

Needs major

editing.

Very minimal info.

No sense of

organization. Needs

major editing.

No relevant info.

Off topic.

D. Strong (2 minutes) Adequate (1.5

minutes)

Minimal/missing

(<1 minute)

E. Timing 2 1-2 0-1