Environmental Issue: Ocean Pollution in Southern California

Identify an environmental issue facing your community. ( Ocean Pollution )

Imagine that you have been asked to educate the members of your community on this environmental issue. ( Southern California )

Create a 12- to 14-Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® slide presentation about your selected environmental issue. Include the following in your presentation:

• An overview of your selected issue.
• The effects of human activities on your community and the biosphere and how this has led to your chosen issue.
• The biotic and abiotic environmental components involved in this issue and how their interaction has affected the diversity of organisms in your environment.
• How energy and materials flow in your local ecosystem and how this is related to your selected issue.
• Some actions those in your community can take to diminish the issue.

Be prepared to present in class, include speaker notes.