Instructions
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” – Albert Einstein
One of the ways to test yourself on your mastery of complex topics is to try to communicate effectively and succinctly to somebody who has no background in your topic of interest. Each week you will be provided with a prompt and you will give a brief oral presentation (no longer than three minutes) as if you were teaching the topic of interest to your 10 year old niece or your 95 year old grandfather. You are welcome to use diagrams or sketches to help illustrate concepts. You will use screen-cast-o-matic to record your presentations, which will be viewed by classmates and graded by the instructor.
Your weekly presentation will be evaluated by your peers, but will ultimately be graded by the course instructor. A portion of your grade will be based on the feedback that you provided to your peers, so be sure to provide meaningful feedback to classmates.
Hormones affecting the reproductive system prompt:
Imagine that you are explaining puberty to your 12 year old daughter (or son), an inquisitive child who wants to know how all about the hormones that affect the reproductive system. As clearly as possible describe the hormones that are currently driving the development of secondary sex characteristics in your son (or daughter) and how they will continue to affect their body as they age into adulthood.
