Environmental Science and Studies Departments Citation

Environmental Science and Studies Department’s Citation

Any living organism needs to acquire energy to continue living, which typically involves consuming food unless that organism is autotrophic. Biologically, food is essential. However, food also can be viewed as a characterizing feature of cultures and can be the center of economic and political debate. When analyzing a particular food, any of the following subtopics may be pivotal for your expository discourse of the food. These are good places to start researching, but the story of your food may lead you to surprising locations, so don’t limit yourself to this list.

Organizing information geographically is a tool used by environmental scientists to uncover patterns that otherwise would be missed. The map you will create should be detailed and serve as a visual aid to the telling of your food’s narrative. The map probably would show at least the production centers of your foods but can also include whatever embellishments and features necessary to aid in the storytelling of your food. Be aware that the map should be able to be understood on its own. That means proper map-making skills get to be exercised to at least include a title, legend, the map itself, and feature labels (probably). The map can be in color, but depending on your comfort, you may want to consider adaptability for a back-and-white printer for the next step.

A way to think about the poster for this project is an abbreviated essay formatted graphically. In this case, the expository study of your food should be fully encapsulated through your poster alone. It needs to follow the guidelines in the Environmental Science and Studies Department’s Citation Style Guide (as can be found on Canvas under General Information) as expressed in a poster format. You may have some different section headers that are included, but you at least need to have the following features: title, abstract, main body of content, conclusion, figure(s) (which includes your map), references, and author (which is you). Your map, which is a separate deliverable, may be adjusted to better fit your poster but it must have all of the same features (e.g. switching the elements of the map from a landscape to a portrait format). Your references for the poster are not required to be on the same list as it was for your deliverable previously, but it should meet the same standard as the deliverable and any source listed under your reference list should have a matching in-text citation somewhere else on your poster. Note: the poster standard is legibility from 3 ft away (adjust font sizes accordingly).

This should be a 3-foot high x 4-foot wide poster for when we present it during the final examination time, but you will turn it in at 11:59 pm on the last day of class in a digital format so I can preview it before the event. At the poster session itself, I am asking you to print the poster, but this does not have to be printed at a print shop with high gloss paper. You can print the poster on a mosaic setting on a regular printer, and then tape the separate pieces into a contiguous map. It also can be printed in black and white.

Presentation During our final exam time, the class will enjoy our mock poster session. The poster will be mounted and you will be approached and asked questions about your poster. This is to mimic an actual conference environment. At most academic conferences, there are typically judges that evaluate the posters and designate a prize. In this simulation, I will be the judge and will come around and ask you some questions and this is where the presentation comes in.

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