6A Geography Presentations

NAME
Angelina

PARTNER
Ricky

TIME
4:20

James

Nathan

5:48

Tomadia

No partner

3:01

PRESENTATION OBS.
Angelina very confident with
her public speaking (great voice
projection, fluency and eye
contact). Ricky was shy to begin
with but gained confidence
quickly thereafter.
Detailed map with a clear
legend. They had an additional
slideshow on their iPad that
complimented their speech.
Both pointed out their ideas on
their map throughout their
speech and had good reasoning
for why they chose where they
had placed their ideas.
Nice Powerpoint on Apple TV.
Map highly detailed with great
schematics and idea reasoning.
Nathan appeared
hesitant/unsure of when he was
supposed to speak his parts?
lack of practising presentation.
James was very confident.

Two posters one was her map

UNDERSTANDING OF IDEAS
Good understanding and explanation of:
levees, sandbags and dams. Their invention
of the water vacuum with a built-in purifier
was very detailed in their schematic. Slight
confusion in explaining a few of their ideas,
in particular when asked where the water
would flow once it had entered the
underground diversion pipes.

Sound explanation of: how a dam functions

and the purpose of floodgates. Sandbags
were mentioned as a last resort option and
Nathans Sky Tower invention and James
super wide funnel water chipper were
cleverly thought out. Were asked to reexplain their idea of dual household pipes
and their functionality feeding back into the
riverwould this really be a good diversion
strategy? Overall, well thought out with good
town planning.
Good reasoning behind her choice to place a

GRA
DE
B+

A-

plan and the other was a poster

with pictorial representations of
all her ideas. Neat with a
detailed key.
Great oral presentation skills
clear voice with nice projection.

Mikaila

Alexandria

2:34

Colourful map with a pictorial

legend. Speech flowed nicely
and was clear that it had been
well rehearsed. Although short
in length, overall presentation
was very engaging.

Isla

Aisha O

2:28

Neat map with clear legend.

Presentation style of ideas (roleplay) was confusing. Focused
more on engaging the audience
rather than actual flood
prevention content in their
speech. Soft voice projection by
both girls. Initially hard to hear
as both girls were facing each
other (instead of the audience).

dam and flood gates near the source of the

main river just before the intersection of the
smaller rivers. Sandbagging well explained
also, but failed to recognize this as a last
resort. Confusion over some main ideas
One picture showed free standing flood
barrierswont this float with the strong
current? As well as air bricks (i.e. bricks
with holes in them) along housing walls for
ventilation??. How would this help flooding?
Overall, some good ideas but was confused
in explaining their functionality in relation to
flood prevention.
Solid explanation re: location and
functionality of their levee and detention
basin with connecting underground pipes for
water diversion. Slight confusion over how
dredging works. Sandbags were very well
explained and mentioned as a last resort
option.
Ideas discussed included: levees,
underground pipes leading to a detention
pond, sandbags, and concrete walls. There
was a basic explanation of these ideas in
terms of how they would work to prevent
flooding. However, Islas explanation of
diverting water through underground pipes
to the detention basin was well thought out.

B+

B-

Kieran

Jennifer

4:28

Stanley

Jamie

3:28

Sophie

Zarah

2:45

Aisha seemed quite shy. Speech

quite short.
Apple TV powerpoint with good
explanation and visual
representation for audience of
each idea. Detailed, clear map.
Kieran spoke too fast and rushed
through his part. Jennifer very
difficult to hear (prompted to
speak louder several times),
although overall great public
speaking effort.
Slideshow on Apple TV
complementing speech. Map
was okay, lacked a real key and
in parts didnt resemble the
original map. Oral skills by both
boys were good, however both
seemed hesitant at times.

Presentation Sophie and

Zarahs puppet show with
accompanying Apple TV
PowerPoint. Great confidence,
voice projection and audience
engagement. However, both
often got distracted with their
props and started giggling

Sound understanding and explanation of

flood walls and dam functionality. First group
to mention and accurately explain how a
weir can help in flood prevention. Levees
were also discussed but there was confusion
on how they actually worked. Kierans
invention of his sucking machine 3000with
in-built filtration system was well thought
outhowever needed to realise if this was
cost-effective and practical.
Only had two concrete ideas levees and
dams. A water evaporator was also
discussed. Other ideas included: water
transporter with helipad and lifejet.
Overall, far too many impractical
ideas/inventions that dont prevent a flood
but rather save lives in an event of a flood.
Focus was more on evacuation strategies
rather than flood prevention strategies.
Thus, the topic question was not accurately
addressed.
Building houses on stilts was mentioned
However the flood would still sweep through
the town. Nice explanation of the purpose of
the sandbag wall and the drainage system.
However, there was confusion over which
direction their waterwheel (that was
located in the main river) would push the
water in and what would happen to it if the

?C+

B-

between themselves at times.

Aston

Wilhelm

No partner

2:32

No partner

1:10

Apple TV showing a map visual

with clear legend. Nice
projection, a tad quiet to begin
with. Grew in confidence
towards the end of his speech,
making more eye contact with
the audience. Speech was
rushed at times possibly due to
nerves?
Map was very limited with detail
and effort. Legend unclear. Oral
presentation skills were okay
however lacked eye contact for
the most part. Speech was far
too short.

water came back from the ocean. Overall,

ideas were okay but the presentation lacked
thorough explanation of ideas. Seemed they
were more focused on entertaining the class.
Although his speech was quite short, there
was a thorough explanation of functionality
and location of each of his main ideas. These
included: having the dam near the river
source, widening the river banks to help
water levels recede and using underground
pipes to divert water to detention lakes once
the dam was full. Overall, a well thought out
plan.
Only had one to two concrete ideas (levees
and dams) but just listed these and failed to
explain how these would work to prevent
flooding. Noticed on his map there were
holes all alongside his main river. When
questioned about the purpose of the holes,
he was very vague in his responsesome
sort of drainage system perhaps?? Overall
minimal explanation and understanding of
his main ideas.