Global Climate Change Activity
Group 1 - Your group represents members of the city council for your community. Your community is located in a coastal location in Alaska near Point Barrow (in the northern part of Alaska). The community depends heavily on fishing, hunting and some tourism. The community has a population of about 1000. There is only one minor road leading to your community, and most travel is by air.
Group 2 - Your group represents members of the city council for your community. Your community is located in a coastal location in Bangladesh. The community depends on light industry as well as fishing and farming. It is trying to support the rapidly increasing technology component of its economy. The community has a population of about 1,000,000.
Group 3 - Your group represents members of the city council for your community. Your community is located in a coastal location in South Carolina. The community depends heavily on fishing and tourism. The community has a population of about 5,000. Located nearby (and upwind) is a large city of nearly 100,000 people.
Group 4 - Your group represents members of the city council for your community. Your community is located in central Oklahoma. The community depends heavily on farming and ranching. The community uses surface water from a local reservoir for crop irrigation and livestock watering. The community has a population of about 2,000, and is located approximately 100 miles from an urban center of 50,000 people.
Group 5 - Your group represents members of the city council for your community. Your community is located in a coastal location in the Maldives. The community depends heavily on fishing, and it also depends on tourism. Many excursions are taken to sensitive and beautiful aquatic and wetland habitats for wildlife viewing and snorkeling. The community has a population of about 1,000.
Group 6 - Your group represents members of the city council for your community. Your community is located in Venice, Italy. This is a metropolitan community that also depends heavily on tourism. The community has a population of about 270,000.
Group 7 - Your group represents members of the city council for your community. Your community is located in Alexandria, Egypt. This is a metropolitan community that depends on tourism, but is also highly agricultural, with farming on the Nile delta.
Make sure you include an overview of your community!
Complete an assessment of impacts and describe what might happen to your community if there were a sudden increase in global temperatures (over a 25 year period).
Include information on
- local/regional climate changes including temperature and precipitation patterns;
- impacts to the food supply, changes to crop yields;
- impacts to fresh water supply;
- regional ecological changes (plant and animal communities);
- health concerns, including insect borne diseases and other concerns;
- impacts to the local/regional economy;
- concerns with power supply;
- and any other societal concerns.
Based on this information, devise a plan for your community to adapt to these changes. (This does not mean providing suggestions to reduce atmospheric temperatures.)
For example: You may state: “Based on the impacts to _(describe area of concern)___ which include ___(give information on the impacts)____, we propose that our community needs to do the following: _(describe plan for adaptation in this area)__”
Your group will have or online space (See the Groups section on left hand course menu)to work on your plan. You will present your findings by posting a powerpoint or trifold pdf pamphlet by the due date. Group members are required to participate so make sure you document the division of work under your online shared space (multiple tools under the GROUPS tool)
You must provide references in APA format for your group project and individual complete papers, in the form of a “works cited” section that includes the following 2 sources and at least 3 other reliable sources, at a minimum:
http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
http://www.ipcc-wg2.org/index.html
**Each person will need to write their own individual paper covering all of the above, so make sure you carefully look at the grading rubric to see what is needed! You can share info among the group projects but NOT WITH YOUR PAPERS OR IT IS CONSIDERED PLAGARISM!
Grade Rubric for Group Presentations on Climate Change
Grade Rubric for Group Presentations on Climate Change
Name: _____________________________________________ Group: _________________________________
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10 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
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Participation in group work
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Postings on group page that participating |
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Not participating |
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Overall appearance/ quality and completeness |
Very professional look, no errors, points were inclusive |
Professional, only a couple grammar/ punctuation errors, 1 or 2 important points missing |
Several presentation mistakes, missing several important discussion points |
Unclear/sloppy disorganized and lacking important information |
Not submitted on time |
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Group assessment of key impacts to community |
Provided points to address key impacts to the area; clear introduction provided |
Provided some information on impacts to the area; introduction provided |
Impacts and introduction present but fairly weak |
Assessment was missing many key impacts; introduction not provided |
Not submitted on time |
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Group development of adaptation plan
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Group provided adaptation plan to address key impacts to the area; organized |
Some adaptation ideas; needs more development |
Adaptation ideas present but not all feasible, semi organized |
Adaptation plan weak; disorganized |
Adaptations were not addressed |
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Covered all points, listed references in APA style at end |
Overview of geographic area and all issues including solution implementation, included assignment references and 3+ other valid references |
Overview was included, assignment references and 2+ other valid references |
Overview provided but need further development; additional references absent |
Overview and references absent |
Materials were not provided |
Total points: _________________ out of a possible 50 points
Individual Climate Paper Rubric Part One
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Not Evident 0 |
Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 4 |
Exemplary 5 |
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Introduction |
Absent |
There is no clear introduction or main topic and the structure of the paper is missing. |
The introduction states the main topic but does not adequately preview the structure of the paper. |
The introduction states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper. |
The introduction is engaging, states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper. |
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Body - each section meets the following requirements |
Not applicable |
Each section fails to develop the main idea. |
Each section lacks supporting detail sentences. |
Each section has sufficient supporting detail sentences that develop the main idea. |
Each section has thoughtful supporting detail sentences that develop the main idea. |
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Main Idea: Assessing climate change impacts for a specific region and designing adaptation strategies (score x2for max of ten) |
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Individual Climate Paper Rubric Part Two
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Not Evident 0 |
Beginning 1 |
Developing 1.5 |
Accomplished 2 |
Exemplary 2.5 |
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Organization- Structural Development of the Idea |
Not applicable |
No evidence of structure or organization |
Logical organization; organization of ideas not fully developed. |
Paragraph development present but not perfected. |
Writer demonstrates logical and subtle sequencing of ideas through well-developed paragraphs; transitions used to enhance 0rganization. |
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Conclusion |
Absent |
Incomplete and/or unfocused. |
The conclusion does not adequately restate the thesis. |
The conclusion restates the thesis. |
The conclusion is engaging and restates the thesis. |
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Mechanics And Usage
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Not applicable |
Numerous and distracting errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling and sentence structure and word usage. |
Many errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling and sentence structure and word usage. |
Almost no errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling and sentence structure and word usage. |
No errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling and sentence structure and word usage. |
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Citations and Bibliography
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Absent |
Done in the correct format with many errors. Includes 3 or more major references.
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Done in the correct format with some errors. Includes 4or more major references.
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Done in the correct format with few errors. Includes 5 or more major references.
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Done in the correct format with no errors. Includes 5 0r more major references.
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*Note score x3 = max 150 points |
Total (out of 50*) |
Max 150 |