Course Project – Awareness Deliverable 1

Task:
Each student decides on a problem from the main topic areas (Environment, Health, or Traffic). He / She defines the specific problem and brainstorm ideas about the problem, possible solutions, and how to make people aware of this problem. After the brainstorming, the students fine tune and group their ideas on this paper and submit this document to the instructor.
Grading Criteria for Brainstorming and grouping ideas
Category Excellent 25 Average 20 Good 15 Poor 5 Score
Quality of ideas More than 10 ideas are presented for problem and solution More than 7 ideas are presented for problem and solution More than 4 ideas are presented for problem and solution Less than 3 ideas are presented for problem and solution
Variety of ideas A wide variety of ideas are presented A variety of ideas are presented Little variety of ideas are presented No variety of ideas are presented
Depth of Detail All ideas are well supported with detail Most ideas are supported with details Some ideas are supported with detail Few ideas are supported with details
Creativity of ideas Numerous creative ideas Several creative ideas Some creative ideas Few creative ideas

TOTAL: ………………

My Main Topic area
My Problem area

1- What is the problem? Define the problem that you chose in about three – six sentences.

2- Brainstorm for solutions. (use any of the pre-writing techniques that you learnt) – Write at least 10 ideas

3- How to create awareness about the problem and its solution – Write at least 5 ideas.

Bonus Question (10%)
– Find two articles that you can use when writing about your problem. Write the title of the article and the copy the link for this article here.