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AES 166 ENVS Fact Sheet Project © Julie Vorholt, 4/13 W/ideas from Professor B. Abrams at teaching.berkeley.edu AES 166 “The Environment” ~ Fact Sheet MiniProject Fact Sheet on an Environmental NGO Due on Thursday, May 2, at 1:50 p.m. DEFINITION OF “FACT SHEET”: A fact sheet provides meaningful information about a topic in a format that is extremely brief and easy to read. Experts use them to summarize the most important, interesting information about the topic. The focus is on providing what is essential and presenting the information in a way that is visually appealing and accessible. EXAMPLE: Google “fact sheet for WWF” and you can see links to some examples. (Note: They are general examples of fact sheets, not specific examples to match this assignment.) Formatting for this Assignment The fact sheet should be between 1 and 1.5 doublespaced typed pages long, not including the reference list. Use 11 or 12 point font. OPTIONAL: Use figures or tables. Include 2 sources/references or more. (The minimum will be your NGO’s website and the Charity Navigator website.) All references used to create your fact sheet should be cited in the text and referenced at the end. Below are 2 models for the fact sheet. Choose 1 or create your own. Content of Fact Sheet ~ in this Order The following questions should be answered on your fact sheet IN THIS ORDER. For some NGOs, you might not be able to answer a question. If that is the case, be sure to clearly state that you could not find the info —otherwise, I will think that you have missed something. a) What is the name of the NGO? What is its motto? What is its logo? OPTIONAL: Download a picture of the logo. b) What is the problem it is trying to solve? Where in the world is this a problem? c) In what year was the NGO founded? d) What are some of their major goals? Is there a specific focus that they have now? e) Are there any testimonials on their website? Are there any examples of successes that they have had in helping the environment? f) Should people donate to this NGO? Why? g) Do they have a Facebook page? Do they have any other involvement in social media? h) Fundraising is important to sustain NGOs. Are they doing any fundraising activities now? i) How much does it cost to become a member? Is there a student discount? j) Does this NGO use its money responsibly? Google this website and find out: Charity Navigator, Your Guide to Intelligent Giving k) Is there any additional information that you would like to add? * Here are some models of the formatting: Name of the NGO ~ Its Motto The problem it is trying to solve Where this is a problem Year it was founded

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AES  166  “The  Environment”  ~  Fact  Sheet  Mini-­‐Project  Fact  Sheet  on  an  Environmental  NGO  Due  on  Thursday,  May  2,  at  1:50  p.m.    DEFINITION  OF  “FACT  SHEET”:  A  fact  sheet  provides  meaningful  information  about  a  topic  in  a  format  that  is  extremely  brief  and  easy  to  read.  Experts  use  them  to  summarize  the  most  important,  interesting  information  about  the  topic.  The  focus  is  on  providing  what  is  essential  and  presenting  the  information  in  a  way  that  is  visually  appealing  and  accessible.    EXAMPLE:  Google  “fact  sheet  for  WWF”  and  you  can  see  links  to  some  examples.  (Note:  They  are  general  examples  of  fact  sheets,  not  specific  examples  to  match  this  assignment.)    Formatting  for  this  Assignment  

• The  fact  sheet  should  be  between  1  and  1.5  double-­‐spaced  typed  pages  long,  not  including  the  reference  list.    

• Use  11  or  12  point  font.  • OPTIONAL:  Use  figures  or  tables.  • Include  2  sources/references  or  more.  (The  minimum  will  be  your  NGO’s  website  and  the  Charity  

Navigator  website.)  • All  references  used  to  create  your  fact  sheet  should  be  cited  in  the  text  and  referenced  at  the  end.    • Below  are  2  models  for  the  fact  sheet.  Choose  1  or  create  your  own.    

 Content  of  Fact  Sheet  ~  in  this  Order  

The  following  questions  should  be  answered  on  your  fact  sheet  IN  THIS  ORDER.  For  some  NGOs,  you  might  not  be  able  to  answer  a  question.  If  that  is  the  case,  be  sure  to  clearly  state  that  you  could  not  find  the  info  —otherwise,  I  will  think  that  you  have  missed  something.      a) What  is  the  name  of  the  NGO?  What  is  its  motto?  What  is  its  logo?  

OPTIONAL:  Download  a  picture  of  the  logo.    b) What  is  the  problem  it  is  trying  to  solve?  Where  in  the  world  is  this  a  problem?  c) In  what  year  was  the  NGO  founded?  d) What  are  some  of  their  major  goals?  Is  there  a  specific  focus  that  they  have  now?  e) Are  there  any  testimonials  on  their  website?  Are  there  any  examples  of  successes  that  they  have  

had  in  helping  the  environment?  f) Should  people  donate  to  this  NGO?  Why?    g) Do  they  have  a  Facebook  page?  Do  they  have  any  other  involvement  in  social  media?  h) Fundraising  is  important  to  sustain  NGOs.  Are  they  doing  any  fundraising  activities  now?  i) How  much  does  it  cost  to  become  a  member?  Is  there  a  student  discount?  j)      Does  this  NGO  use  its  money  responsibly?  Google  this  website  and  find  out:                                  Charity  Navigator,  Your  Guide  to  Intelligent  Giving  k)  Is  there  any  additional  information  that  you  would  like  to  add?    *  Here  are  some  models  of  the  formatting:    

 Name  of  the  NGO  ~  Its  Motto  The  problem  it  is  trying  to  solve    Where  this  is  a  problem    Year  it  was  founded    

   

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*  Formatting  example,  #2    

Name  of  the  NGO  ~  Its  Motto  What  problem  is  it  trying  to  solve?    It  is  trying  to  solve  the  problem  of  endangered  species.    Where  in  the  world  is  this  a  problem?  It  is  a  problem  in  North  America.          Steps  in  Preparing  your  Fact  Sheet  

1. Choose  a  topic.  Think  about  an  environmental  problem  that  concerns  you.  Is  there  an  NGO  working  to  solve  this  problem?  It  may  help  to  review  the  URLs  on  our  class’  Moodle  page,  where  you  can  get  ideas  and  see  what  catches  your  interest.  

2. Conduct  a  search  for  information.    3. Keep  the  audience  in  mind.  Fact  sheets  are  written  towards  a  specific  audience.  For  this  

assignment,  you  should  target  your  fact  sheet  to  a  fellow  AES  166  classmate.    4. Create  a  form  to  record  the  information  you  find.  The  purpose  of  this  is  to  help  you  organize  your  

thoughts  and  to  identify  gaps  in  the  information  you  have  assembled.  IMPORTANT:  Be  sure  to  use  quotation  marks  and  write  down  the  source  when  copying  information.    

5. Consider  readability.    Use  white  space  in  making  an  informative,  easy  to  read,  fact  sheet.  6. Prepare  your  final  copy.  Proofread  carefully  and  then  print  it  out.      

   Learning  objectives  for  Fact  Sheet  Assignment    

1. Develop  skills  in  information  literacy  (ability  to  search  for,  assess,  and  evaluate  sources  of  information)  and  critical  thinking.  

2. Analyze  information  about  an  environmental  NGO  to  determine  what  is  known,  and  what  remains  unknown.  

3. Summarize  findings  into  a  concise  fact  sheet  aimed  at  a  specific  target  audience.      Correctly  Citing  your  Sources  and  Plagiarism    Correctly  citing  the  source  of  your  information  is  key  to  this  assignment,  science  writing,  and  academic  discourse.  Failure  to  do  so,  even  if  unintentional,  is  plagiarism.  Plagiarism  on  this  assignment  will  result  in  a  severe  drop  in  your  grade,  possibly  even  a  grade  of  “0”  for  the  project.  Use  quotation  marks  and  include  everything  in  your  references.