For this project, my group and I created a presentation on Deciduous Biomes. The United States is a deciduous biome, so it was credibly interesting to research about the environment that I live in. Looking into extinct and invasive species within the United States and Canada was also educational. Before this project, I hadn’t thought much about the extinction of the animals that surrounded me. I generally thought about animals in the Amazon forest when learning about extinction. I also enjoyed learning about the differences in the food chain. In our presentation, we talked about what would happen when certain populations were increased or decreased. I found this to be very interesting to visualize how many species can change with the increase of another group of animals.

This project also included a fun jeopardy game for the end of our presentation. The winner won some candy. This presentation felt less formal due to the jeopardy game, but it did help my presentation skills. It continued to reinforce those ideas and the ability to communicate my ideas with an audience. Creating and running a jeopardy game with a class full of freshmen was also an educational experience.