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Envir Sc 2WW3 – Water Sustainability Infographic Assignment

Assignment

In this assignment, you will research one of the water-related themes listed below  and  create  an  Infographic  of  your  findings.  The  purpose  of  this assignment is to increase your understanding of a water-related issue, to build research skills, and to present your research in a visually captivating format.

This assignment will be done in two parts: a draft infographic, and your final version.

Themes

You must choose one of the water-related themes listed below.  You must then narrow down its scope and address a more specific topic that still covers the main theme.  For example, if the chosen theme is “Climate Change” you may choose to focus on how climate change affects the water resources of one city, one state/province or one country (e.g., “Climate change will affect the Greater Toronto Area’s water resources ”). The topic is entirely up to you, as long as it fits within one of the themes.

This term’s themes are as follows:

•   Climate Change

•   Water and Pollution

•   Water in Africa

•   Water and Energy

•   Water and Canada’s First Nations

Please note: a mark of zero on the entire infographic and its draft will be given if the topic selected is not relevant to the themes above, and in general has no relevance to freshwater.

While  software  such  as  PowerPoint  can  be  leveraged  to  create  your infographic, you can use free online tools to create an Infographic on your chosen topic. Make sure you choose a resource that will allow you to save your Infographic as you develop it, and that allows you to download the final product  in  a  good  resolution  and  appropriate  format  for  submission  (for example, as a .pdf).

**Please note: If you use a website, it is your responsibility to set up and manage your own account and passwords. As these are external websites to McMaster, we cannot assist with any issues related to lost account access, passwords, or issues with the individual websites.  If you are having trouble with a particular platform, please try another platform.

Required Elements and Referencing

You must include the following elements in your Infographic:

Title - the infographic must contain a clear and relevant title.

Topic Statement – an introduction to the topic as well as a clear statement addressing the water-related issue.

Visuals – supporting information on the water-related issue and a presentation of your research.  All information must be referenced. Your Infographic must also include at least:

•    1  geographic  map.  More  information  here  about  what  is  a geographic map: Geospatial Literacy Modules.

•    1 graph, chart, or table (e.g. : line graph, bar graph, data table, pie chart), i.e., a graphical representation of data.

•    Note: The above items cannot come from lecture notes

Text – There must be text supporting the visuals in your Infographic. There is no word limit on the text, but your entire Infographic should present well, and text should be legible when printed on standard or legal-size paper (8.5” x 11” or 8.5” x 14”). Information must be presented in your own words (i.e. : paraphrased) and must be cited appropriately (footnotes are acceptable). Information included in the infographic must be relevant to the topic, be scientifically accurate and use appropriate/scientific terminology.

Solutions/How  you  can  Help –  the  infographic  must  include solutions to or ways to mitigate the water-related problem.

References  – a  list  of  references  used  in  your  research.  All information in your Infographic must be referenced, including the sources of graphics/pictures/etc. (footnotes are acceptable).   You must also include the reference list within your infographic (usually depicted at the bottom). For the text portion alone, you must use at least 5 reputable sources of information.  Lecture notes do not count as sources of information. A URL shortener can be used to reduce the amount of space taken by the list of references, but make sure that the link created is stable (i.e. : it always brings the reader to your intended source). If you only provide shortened URLs in your reference list on your infographic, please be sure to include a full citation   list  as  a  separate   .docx   file  when  submitting  your assignment. Lecture notes do not count as sources of information.

Size – must fit on 8.5” x 11” or 8.5” x 14” paper.  Text must be legible and graphics of good quality when printed at this size.

Note: Remember, your Infographics are visual representations of scientific data. There should be a good balance of text and visuals in your final product (see the Infographic included at the start of these guidelines).

Refer to the Rubric under “Assignment Evaluation” section at the end for the final Rubric and additional expectations.

Referencing

•   You must fully reference within the text all information presented using the author, date using the Harvard referencing system.

•    More information about Harvard Referencing here:

https://libguides.ucd.ie/harvardstyle/

Part A: Draft Infographic

(2.5% of your grade)

A full draft will be evaluated, to make sure your infographic is on track to meet all the requirements before the final version is submitted. Therefore, the draft’s format and organization will need to be identical to that of the final version of your infographic. Your TA will provide at this point basic feedback on your draft.

Your  draft  will   be  due   in  the   Draft  Infographic  folder  on  A2L,   under “Assessment>Assignments”, on February 5, 11:30 p.m. EST. You should organize your draft following the same guidelines as for the final version.

Your draft will be evaluated for the following elements (10 marks):

• Does the Infographic have a good title?

•    Does the Topic statement clearly introduce the issue? If not related to freshwater, the entire draft will be given a mark of zero.

•    Is the information accurate and relevant?

•    Is there a solution proposed to the issue?

•    Is there a map and chart/graph/table, with accompanying descriptions?

•    Is the data mostly presented with high-resolution visuals?

•    Is there a good balance of visuals and text?

•    Is the Infographic eye-catching with a good colour scheme?

•    Is the information easy to read and logically organized?

• Are there format, spelling, grammar, or bibliographic mistakes?

Please note: when you will review the feedback from your TA, consider that only specific, critical aspects of your infographic were evaluated to make sure that there were no major, glaring problems. The final evaluation will consider not only these aspects but also smaller details that they may not have been considered during marking of the draft.

Please note: that at this stage you will only be submitting the infographic itself, without the full, detailed list of references that must accompany it at the final stage, or the file with just the text showing on your infographic.

Part B: Final Assignment Submission

(7.5% of the grade in the course)

You will make one last series of improvements to your infographic and finally submit it.

You will submit the final version of your assignment to the Assignment box on Avenue in TWO Formats

i. Submission  of  Infographic  to  Avenue  Assignment folder: You must submit your infographic to the Assignment box on Avenue to Learn.  Please note that while the Avenue dropbox accepts the following formats: html, doc, docx, hwp, odt, rtf, wpd, txt, ps, pptx, ppt, ppsx, pps, xls, xlsx, gdoc, PDF is preferred.

ii. Submission of Text to Avenue Assignment box: You must submit a

.docx file of any text in your infographic to the Assignment box on Avenue.

Submissions to Avenue will be evaluated for plagiarism using Turnitin.com. A Similarity Report will be generated, which evaluates the similarity of your work to billions of documents on the internet and other submitted works in the Turnitin repository. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any Similarity Report above 10% will be investigated.

PLEASE NOTE: If your sources/reference list are being highlighted in your Infographic Text  .docx  file  in Turnitin  (not  applicable to your  infographic visual), resulting in a higher similarity score, please remove your sources from your text document and submit your sources as a separate, third document.

This will mean you will submit the following:

•    1) Infographic Visual with sources (see acceptable formats above)

•    2) Infographic text (without sources) as a .docx

• 3) Reference List as a .docx

Everything must be submitted on Avenue by March 26, 11:30 PM EDT. If any of the files above is missing, you will be getting a mark of zero.

You must complete the Academic Integrity Quiz (due March 26, by 11:30 p.m. EDT) to gain access to the drop box.