Discussion points

7.1 Work in groups of 3 - 4. Find information about one of the departments at your faculty and prepare a poster presentation of it. Include the following topics:

- history of the department;

- prominent scientists and teachers working at the department, famous graduates;

- the scientific research carried out by the department fellows.

7.2 Comment on the statements:

1. There is no progress in the world without geosciences.

2. Geography is an important academic discipline at the Geology and Geography faculty.

3. Geology embraces the whole science about the Earth.

4. Scientists of the whole world try to find some renewable sources of energy.

5. Ecology is one of the most important sciences in the world.

6. The problem of nuclear wastes has been a very acute concern for the last 20 years.

7. The Geology and Geography faculty is the best place to study at.

7.3 Find some information on the Internet to make a presentation at the student conference on ecology on one of the problems listed below:

- air pollution;

- water pollution;

- depletion of the ozone layer;

- acid rains;

- greenhouse effect;

- urban expansion;

- soil conservation;

- industrial pollution;

- the destruction of the rainforests;

- non-renewable energy resources and the future.

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