Hey all I'm doing an informative speech in my public speaking class, general reptile awareness was too broad of a subject for my teacher to accept, but she said a bearded dragon care speech might be really interesting for the class. I had a couple questions for you guys.
First and foremost she said I could bring bambam into class as a visual aid. Now I had a couple of worries before I went ahead and took him in. I've checked the weather for the day of the presentation and the time slot I would have him out would be 60-65 degrees. Would you guys even advise attempting to take him in with those temps? I could obviously warm up my car and cover whatever I take him in with towells, and take a heat lamp in for while I'm not presenting him? Which brings me to another question, what would I transport him in? Anything smaller than a 20 long would just seem cruel, since he will be in it for about 3 hours. (Unless I just let him chill on me during class?) So any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
If you guys don't advise taking him in, I could always take some pics/ videos and use those, I just think it would lose affect. Buy I would like to get some opinions on my topics and subtopics.
1.personality
A. socialization process
B. Non vocal communication
C. intelligence
2.husbandry
A.temps and humidity
B.uvb lighting
C.substrates, decor, tank size
3.diet
A. Salads
B. Insects
C. Vitemins and minerals
4.health risks/ symptoms
A. Vitemins/mineral deficiencies
B. Metabolic bone disease
C. Mouth rot
D. Respitory infections
5. Where to get?
A. Breeders
B. Pet stores
C. Adoptions and rescues
This is just a very rough draft of an outline for the speech. I'm up to any suggestions you have that I may have overlooked, or that you think might make it more interesting. I think it will be a great opportunity to not only educate people about these amazing animals, but to show people proper care guidelines in case the presentation does inspire a new beardie owner, or maybe there's a beardie owner in the class that didn't do the right research.
Thank you in advance!
First and foremost she said I could bring bambam into class as a visual aid. Now I had a couple of worries before I went ahead and took him in. I've checked the weather for the day of the presentation and the time slot I would have him out would be 60-65 degrees. Would you guys even advise attempting to take him in with those temps? I could obviously warm up my car and cover whatever I take him in with towells, and take a heat lamp in for while I'm not presenting him? Which brings me to another question, what would I transport him in? Anything smaller than a 20 long would just seem cruel, since he will be in it for about 3 hours. (Unless I just let him chill on me during class?) So any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
If you guys don't advise taking him in, I could always take some pics/ videos and use those, I just think it would lose affect. Buy I would like to get some opinions on my topics and subtopics.
1.personality
A. socialization process
B. Non vocal communication
C. intelligence
2.husbandry
A.temps and humidity
B.uvb lighting
C.substrates, decor, tank size
3.diet
A. Salads
B. Insects
C. Vitemins and minerals
4.health risks/ symptoms
A. Vitemins/mineral deficiencies
B. Metabolic bone disease
C. Mouth rot
D. Respitory infections
5. Where to get?
A. Breeders
B. Pet stores
C. Adoptions and rescues
This is just a very rough draft of an outline for the speech. I'm up to any suggestions you have that I may have overlooked, or that you think might make it more interesting. I think it will be a great opportunity to not only educate people about these amazing animals, but to show people proper care guidelines in case the presentation does inspire a new beardie owner, or maybe there's a beardie owner in the class that didn't do the right research.
Thank you in advance!