Outline: Week 13: Global Change

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Week 13: Global Change
Weeks 13, 14, and 15 make up the fourth three-week cycle of the course. Currently, you are in Week A: Teacher as Problem Solver.

This week you should refer to the resources listed under Readings & References, and you need to complete the assignments listed under Assignments & Rubrics. This week’s assignments focus on …

Individual:

Identifying private theories and knowledge about the Global Change Scenario
Posting what you know about the event described in the scenario
Reading your teammates' postings and responding to at least one other teammate's ideas

Team:

Asking questions to show what is unknown about the global change event described in the scenario
Planning your team investigation so that you can divide responsibility for answering the questions your team asked about the event
Developing a team problem statement.

Readings & References
Reference: Winds of Change: An Educational CD-ROM from the NASA Spectrometer Project.

Reference: Sneider, Cary and Richard Golden. Changing Climate: Global Systems Science Student Guide. Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, 1996.

Reference: Sneider, Cary and Richard Golden. Life and Climate: Global Systems Science Student Guide. Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, 1994.

Reference: Perspectives on an Ocean Planet CD

Reference: Earth Observing System (EOS) poster series

Assignments & Rubrics
This week you will complete individual and team assignments. You will need to read the Global Change Scenario before you can do your assignments. You can access the Global Change Scenario by going to the Global Change Classroom and then clicking on the Global Change Scenario blackboard graphic.

You can use the links below to access this week’s assignments and rubrics, or you can access the assignments and rubrics at the end of the Global Change Scenario.

Week A: Teacher as Problem Solver - Individual
Private Theory Assignment & Rubric

Identify what you believe to be true and the reasons for why you have those beliefs regarding global climate change.

Week A: Teacher as Problem Solver - Team
Knowledge-Building Assignment & Rubric

Build ESS knowledge about the global climate change event described in the scenario, and develop a problem statement.

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