7/3/2020 Hydrosphere Hazard Poster

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Hydrosphere Hazard Poster

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This week you will complete a hazard poster about the Hydrosphere. This includes phenomena such as blizzards, tsunamis, flooding, el Nino/la Nina, etc… Be sure that your chosen hazard is related to the hydrosphere and not the atmosphere or the land.

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What is a Physical Geography Hazard?

A Natural Hazard is any naturally occurring event that can have a negative effect on people or the environment. Examples include hurricanes floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tornado’s. These events are natural because they are a part of earths systems, but when they occur where people live, than they become a hazard to people. Find out more about hazards by

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7/3/2020 Hydrosphere Hazard Poster

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checking out information from the USGS (http://www.usgs.gov/natural_hazards/) and the U.S.Federal Government (https://www.ready.gov/prepare-for-emergencies) .

Possible Hazard Topic Ideas include (but are not limited to): Week 3 Map Set Hydrosphere:

Snow blizzards Tsunami Sea level Rise Storm Surge Flooding Ground Water Pollution

To complete this project, follow these instructions:

You will create a poster about a hydrosphere hazard. The poster will have two parts, one part will be general information about the hazard, the other part will be a case-study of one hazard event.

For example, if you choose tsunamis, you will research tsunamis(how/why it forms, where it occurs, why is it a hazard, how does it impact humans, what can humans do to prepare themselves, etc… ). You will then pick one tsunami event and write specifically about that tsunami, it’s strength, path, damage and destruction, etc..)

Content wise, you are looking at two to four pages of written content. You also want it to be easy to read. Certain color combinations are difficult to read and will result in a lower than expected grade. I suggest a lighter color background with a darker color text.

You will also need to include two maps, one of the hazard in general and one of your specific hazard. As this is a poster presentation, images related to the hazard should be included as well.

If you have never created an academic poster, see the following resources and examples.

How to make an academic poster (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080116301303)

Poster Presentations (https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resources/presentations/designing-poster/poster)

Sample Posters:

http://www.usgs.gov/natural_hazards/
https://www.ready.gov/prepare-for-emergencies
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080116301303
https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resources/presentations/designing-poster/poster
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Hurricanes (http://secoora.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/webfm/about/classroom/documents/forming-hurricanes-poster.pdf)

Climate Change (https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/posters/2006-09-CMG-how-and-why.pdf)

You will need to decide which program you will use for your poster, Powerpoint or Keynote is probably the easiest to use. To learn how to adjust the size of your poster, search in google “How to make a poster presentation with (insert program name here)”.

This poster will be submitted through Canvas, make sure it is saved as a pdf and is easy to read.

This assignment addresses Course SLO 1, 2 & 3, and SPO 1, 2, 4 & 7. See your syllabus for SLO and SPO descriptions and definitions.

How to Complete Your Assignment 1. Submit your work here in the CANVAS system as a .pdf file. If you do not know how yo create a pdf, see the announcement I posted

about submitting assignments or use Google to find out how to make one using your preferred word processing program(this should not cost any money)

Directions to Submit 1. On the right hand Menu, you will see a SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT button with a white plus sign. 2. Click on the SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTbutton. Then click BROWSE to look for your file on your computer. 3. When done, click the SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT button.

http://secoora.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/default/files/webfm/about/classroom/documents/forming-hurricanes-poster.pdf
https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/posters/2006-09-CMG-how-and-why.pdf