Exercise 2: Invasive Species in Texas Students will research one of the invasive species in north central Texas and will share a PowerPoint presentation to the class about the species.

Choose a species from the following list. Each student will have a different topic. This is first-come, first served. Submit your species in the discussion board.
ntation must be in Microsoft PowerPoint and contain the following #1-3:

1- Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

1. An introduction, stating your name(s) and the title of your presentation.
2. Species information (they do not have to be in this order, but each slide needs to be titled clearly with what information is being presented):
 Common and scientific names of the species
 Photographs or images of the species
 Information on how to identify the species
 Native distribution of the species
 History of invasion
 Distribution in Texas
 Basic information/interesting facts about your species
 Ecologic and economic impact of species
 Legality of buying/owning species
(30 points for #1-2)

3. Include a reference page to cite all the materials you used to develop your presentation (needs to be in APA format and should be the last page of your presentation). If you are using websites, you must give the entire website address of the page you found the information and the date you accessed the website. References must be from reliable sources (.gov, .edu), not “.com’s”, “.org’s”, or a blog on plants. (5 points)

The Invasion species in Texas