Poster and Presentation
Coral Reefs: Essence and Demise
AP Biology is a class where the processes of biological studies are shown and explained. This is a college class accredited through Mesa community college and taught by Mrs. Joanne Johnson.
This poster was created in response to a project in AP Biology. My partner and I were assigned to find an environmental issue that we were interested in and find out why we need it and what is harming it. We chose Coral Reefs because they are so beautiful and so full of life. We used the internet as our main source of research and information. I chose this as my science “best work” because of all the time and research my partner and I put into the poster and presentation. We spent many days after school working on this project, and it would have been nice to even have a little bit of extra time to practice or continue working on the presentation or poster. This was one of my favorite classes and definitely one of my favorite projects I did while attending Kearny High School. I recommend anyone to take on the experience of taking this class.
We had to look at not only the biodiversity or “Essence” within the coral reefs, but also the diseases attacking them or “Demise.” I was in charge of the GIS perspective of the project. For my first map, I simply found where all of the coral reefs are that lie within marine protected areas. Then, I had to collect information of which reefs are at risk of dying or becoming endangered. For my last map, I had to find out the most common diseases and where those diseases are most present. I think this is a good example of professional work because we had to create a poster that not only gave information but also was interesting and appeasing to the eye. To make it appeasing, we made the background correlate with the information that was being shown on the board. The coral on the side of “Essence” is big and beautiful. Then while moving to the right side where it explains “Demise”, the coral is dying, bleached, and small. The pictures and background helped my partner and I teach to the class because we could work with the motions of the board. It was like presenting to a board of members, we presented to lower-grade students, which made it harder to keep their attention and interest. I was surprised at how many people do not really know anything about coral reefs. Many of the students we presented to did not know that coral reefs are actually alive and that they can contract diseases also. The knowledge of coral reefs may not help me when in the work market or when I am in college but the knowledge of how to research will. We had to learn how to find reliable resources and websites, also how to distinguish important information from information with less use. This ability is used as extrinsic information. The intrinsic information that I gained was the knowledge about the life within coral reefs and what is affecting them. This project was not only useful but also a lot of fun to make.
If I could re-do this project, I would take more time on the background to make it precise and nice. On the right side I would make the dying coral more of each disease instead of mostly coral bleaching. I would also create zoomed in maps to closer see each effected area.
This poster was created in response to a project in AP Biology. My partner and I were assigned to find an environmental issue that we were interested in and find out why we need it and what is harming it. We chose Coral Reefs because they are so beautiful and so full of life. We used the internet as our main source of research and information. I chose this as my science “best work” because of all the time and research my partner and I put into the poster and presentation. We spent many days after school working on this project, and it would have been nice to even have a little bit of extra time to practice or continue working on the presentation or poster. This was one of my favorite classes and definitely one of my favorite projects I did while attending Kearny High School. I recommend anyone to take on the experience of taking this class.
We had to look at not only the biodiversity or “Essence” within the coral reefs, but also the diseases attacking them or “Demise.” I was in charge of the GIS perspective of the project. For my first map, I simply found where all of the coral reefs are that lie within marine protected areas. Then, I had to collect information of which reefs are at risk of dying or becoming endangered. For my last map, I had to find out the most common diseases and where those diseases are most present. I think this is a good example of professional work because we had to create a poster that not only gave information but also was interesting and appeasing to the eye. To make it appeasing, we made the background correlate with the information that was being shown on the board. The coral on the side of “Essence” is big and beautiful. Then while moving to the right side where it explains “Demise”, the coral is dying, bleached, and small. The pictures and background helped my partner and I teach to the class because we could work with the motions of the board. It was like presenting to a board of members, we presented to lower-grade students, which made it harder to keep their attention and interest. I was surprised at how many people do not really know anything about coral reefs. Many of the students we presented to did not know that coral reefs are actually alive and that they can contract diseases also. The knowledge of coral reefs may not help me when in the work market or when I am in college but the knowledge of how to research will. We had to learn how to find reliable resources and websites, also how to distinguish important information from information with less use. This ability is used as extrinsic information. The intrinsic information that I gained was the knowledge about the life within coral reefs and what is affecting them. This project was not only useful but also a lot of fun to make.
If I could re-do this project, I would take more time on the background to make it precise and nice. On the right side I would make the dying coral more of each disease instead of mostly coral bleaching. I would also create zoomed in maps to closer see each effected area.