Discuss on;
The Life Cycle of a T-Shirt
Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World
Cows, Carbon, and Climate
Why Does Almost Half of America’s Food go to Waste
How I Fell in Love With a Fish
TED Talk: 7 Principles for Building Better Cities
A Wild Plan for San Francisco
The following are guidelines on how to write your critiques.
o What do you think is the main point of the speaker or video/film?
o What do you think are the most important aspects of the research or work presented and why?
o What are its strengths and weaknesses?
o What impacted you the most and how did it provide context to the material covered in the lecture?
o When the viewings present causes and consequences of environmental change and/or propose solutions to those changes, are experts and peer-reviewed research involved? If unsure, do a quick search to find out using the methods discussed in class.
o When the viewings address solutions to environmental impacts, how well do the approaches follow principles of sustainability and/or the process of science?
o When watching documentaries, be sure that you can distinguish between fact and opinion, bias, and objectivity.
o Are experts presenting findings or are celebrities or politicians or representatives of special interest groups voicing opinions?
o Are any issues being overstated or conversely, downplayed? If so, how?
o When the viewings provide further description or detail on science concepts covered in class, comment on how well they helped clarify and/or expand on your understanding of the material.
Whatever your thoughts may be, express them by providing specific examples from the viewings to support your arguments as well as concepts covered in class that week. It is especially important not to summarize what you have viewed. Instead, provide an analysis and commentary that is directed specifically at the material covered in the viewings using the aforementioned questions to guide you.