Description
For Essay #2, focus on a topic that is interesting to you and is a topic in environmental science you want to explore further.
Task
1) Students will first choose one of the following sectors: energy, food, agriculture, or water.
2) Then, students will choose an area of focus within the sector chosen. For example, if you chose “food,” you could focus on fisheries, plastic wrappers, take-out culture, plastic cutlery, plant-based diets, food transportation, etc. Or if you chose “energy,” you could discuss nuclear energy, wind energy, hydro energy, etc. Overall, I want you to select a topic that you are interested in exploring further.
3) Next, once an essay topic is chosen, students will write an essay that addresses the following bullet points :
- Make an argument in your paper (e.g., fisheries are detrimental to freshwater sources).
- Describe the sector and essay topic chosen.
- How is your topic related to climate change (e.g., solar energy can replace fossil fuel usage)?
- Is your topic a solution (e.g., solar energy) or a problem (deforestation) for the environment? If it’s a solution, then describe why it’s a solution. If it’s a problem, then discuss potential solutions to this problem.
- If applicable, discuss how your topic relates to the Las Vegas Valley.
