PowerPoint PresentationSlide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Mission 2011WikisWikis - structureWiki - requirementsSlide 19Mission 2012Slide 21Slide 22Important Questions to AddressSlide 24Slide 25Slide 26Slide 27Slide 28Slide 29Class StructureImportant ContactsFirst Assignment (Due Friday by noon)Meeting PlacesTerrascope – Guiding Principles•The Earth system provides a context for learning basic science and engineering concepts•Students put those concepts to use in creative ways to understand the interdependency of physical, chemical, and biological processes that shape our planet•Students explore how these concepts may be used to design protocols to ensure a sustainable environment•Program emphasizes both theory and practice, and puts a premium on active learningTerrascope – Structure•Solving Complex Problems--Mission 2xxxFirst Semester•Communicating Earth System Science by Museum Exhibit Design•Terrascope Field Experience (Spring Break)•Terrascope RadioSecond SemesterSolving Complex Problems•Multidisciplinary, project-based learning experience•Students work toward a solution to a deceptively simple problem related to Earth’s environment•Each year’s theme is different and referred to as “Mission XXXX”, where XXXX refers to the graduation year of the class involvedSolving Complex Problems--Motivation• To build in you the capacity to tackle the “big” problems that confront society• To encourage you to take charge of the learning process• To show you how to do independent research, to evaluate the quality of information sources, and to synthesize different information streamsSolving Complex Problems--Motivation• To encourage you to think about optimal solutions rather than correct solutions• To help you learn how to work effectively as part of a team• To improve your communication skills using two media: the web site and the formal oral presentation• To convince you of your potential!!Past Missions•Develop a viable plan for the exploration of Mars with the aim of finding evidence for life• Design permanent, manned, underwater research laboratories and develop detailed research plans for the first six months of their operation•Design the most environmentally sensitive strategy for hydrocarbon resource extraction from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and determine whether or not the value of the resource exceeds its financial and environmental costPast Missions•To develop strategies for developing countries in the Pacific basin to cope with tsunami hazards and disasters. Due to the unique needs of each country, we specifically focused on developing plans for Peru and Micronesia. •To develop a plan for the reconstruction of New Orleans and the management of the Mississippi River and the Gulf coast. The reconstruction of New Orleans and the management of the Mississippi River and the Gulf coast.Subject StructureProblem divided into approximately ten tasks; students divided into teamsEach team assigned a Teaching Fellow, Alumni Mentors, and Disciplinary MentorsFour meeting styles:•Presentations on methodology•Case-study discussions•Team workshops•Coordination meetingsSubject Deliverables•Each student develops a personal wiki•Each team will communicate through wiki-based structureEach class describes and justifies its overall plan in a web siteEach class explains the design in a two-hour presentation before a panel of experts and a general audienceMission 2011WikisShare files in teams, class–Avoid large attachments (please!)–All files online–Set permissions - who can read, edit–Know about others’ work•Avoid doubling up, missing topics–Get good quality writing early•You’ll be happy later, we promiseWikis - structure•One wiki•One section per team–All read, team read/write•One section per student inside team–All read, student read/writeWiki - requirements•Each student:–Keep ongoing journal as a wiki page•Ideas, progress, problems•One or two paragraphs–UPDATE EVERY WEEK!!!!•Each team:–Write research online, different pages per topics–Show progress every weekSubject GradingIndividual performance (30%)Team performance (30%)Class accomplishment (40%)Mission 2012Develop and articulate an international comprehensive “100 year plus” plan for the management of water resources in western North AmericaMission 2012Water covers two-thirds of the world’s surface, yet most of it is not usable or too hard to reach, only 0.08% of the Earth’s water is consumable by humans!! Water is a scarce resource whose price will rise.Mission 2012Uninterrupted access to reliable, affordable and clean water is now a critical issue for the investment and corporate communities because of the increasingly significant effects that water-resource availability and quality are having on economic growth and activity, paths to development and markets around the world.Important Questions to Address•Should there be an internationally recognized “right” to fresh water?•Should water be managed like petroleum?•Who should control the price/cost of water?Can we plan for climate change?Important Questions to Address•Are the current levels of population growth and water use, especially irrigation sustainable for western North America• Should we seek to acquire water rights from Canada; are Mexico’s rights to water adequately addressed?• Can we make accessibility of fresh water for all a matter of international consensusImportant Questions to Address• How do we develop a fair and equitable plan for sharing water in western North America?•Is it possible to create an entirely new set of laws and regulations that govern use of water?•How do we enforce compliance?Class StructureWe will present possible team topics and allow you to “self-organize”•Each of you will be assigned to a team, and each team will be assigned at least one upperclass teaching fellow (UTF), a library liaison, and multiple alumni mentors•Each team will be responsible for proposing to the class one or more options for its assigned part of the solution•Teams will work independently and will be responsible for their own solutions, although mentors and volunteer faculty resources may be called upon as “sounding boards”.Important ContactsSam Bowring [email protected] Lisa Song [email protected] Burgess [email protected]
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