Outline: Week 7: Tropical Forests

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Week 7: Tropical Forests
Weeks 7, 8, and 9 make up the second 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 Tropical Forests 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 tropical forests 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
Read: Barrett, Katharine. "Conservationists: Champions of a Sustainable World." Losing Biodiversity: Global Systems Science Student Guide, pp. 76-90. Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, 1996

Read: Sneider, Cary and Richard Golden. "Everything's Connected to Everything Else." A New World View: Global Systems Science Student Guide, pp. 16-21. Lawrence Hall of Science: Berkeley, 1996.

Read: Welcome to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise: Educational CD-ROM.

Under the Land section: "Land Cover, Use, and Change" pp. 1-13

Recommended Web Sites:

Assignments & Rubrics
This week you will complete individual and team assignments. You will need to read the Tropical Forests Scenario before you can do your assignments. You can access the Tropical Forests Scenario by going to the Tropical Forests Classroom and then clicking on the Tropical Forests 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 Tropical Forests 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 tropical forest destruction

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

Build ESS knowledge about the tropical forest destruction event described in the scenario, and develop a problem statement.

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