Final Scores Jeopardy!

Team PointsPeter and Keahi 6400Janna and Javan 5800Danielle and Jake C. 5400Jasper and Nathan 5100Chris and Chelsey 3800Christina and Jon 3700Scott and Wyatt 3700Jesse and Jordan 3700Justin and Rob 3400Sean and Shanin 3400Katie and Krista 3000Frank and Sarah 2500Marisa and Jake O. 1800

Prizes

• The Big Winners– Peter and

Keahi!

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Prizes

• Best Score– Peter and Keahi

• 6400 points!

• 2nd Place– Janna and Javan

• 5800 points!

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Funniest Question Award

– Answer: This convergent boundary is how Mt. St. Helens was formed (because of these two types of plates).

– Question: What are the awesome and wicked plates?

• Jesse and Jordan!

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Funniest Question Award

• Tied with…– Answer: Comets are

from this region of our solar system.

– Question: What are the “Outer Limits?

• Jesse and Jordan!

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Greatest Comment Ever Award

• To Jasper and Nathan– Under their final

jeopardy wager…

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Random Act of Kindness Award

• Wyatt– Gave up a chance at

the fabulous 1st place prize to partner with Scott Wyatt

The Big Picture

Putting the Pieces Together

Clarification

• Facts are important when piecing together a complex picture of Global Environmental Change

• When preparing for the final, do prepare your facts

http://www.murrayusers.sa.gov.au/RMUUC-OldVersion/images/just_the_facts.GIF

Clarification

• However, if while you are taking the final and you realize that you need a partially remembered fact, then you may qualify an approximate fact

• Don’t use “that” as an excuse not to put the pieces together

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Misconceptions About Science

• The role of science is to elucidate the underlying mechanisms to natural phenomena

• Scientists primarily work in very narrow fields• When scientists draw conclusions, it is

scrutinized, argued, and debated before it is published

• Each group of scientists has a very small piece of the puzzle

So What Is a Scientist’s Role?

• Understand the mechanisms

• Put enough of the mechanisms together for a paradigm shift in our understanding

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Who Implements Change?

• Politicians– Scientists do debate on

how ineffectual we are in making fundamental changes to our world

– It is frustrating to present our findings and conclusions to be ignored

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/01/22/gal.obama.oval.office.jpg

What Motivates Politicians?

• YOU!– if you express your opinion

to your government representatives

• If you don’t, then our officials will only hear those who are expressing their opinions – lobbyists, big business, and vocal voters

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Major Facts

• Cosmic– Earth’s place in space

• Planetary – Dynamic planet

• Chemistry– Tells the story

• The Past– What has happened

• Models for the Future

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Remember

• Science is consensus – meaning the majority of scientists agree –

• The overwhelming majority of climatologists agree

• Are they biased?

• Who are the dissenters?

• Primarily work with the sun, solar radiation, or in conjunction with energy

• Are they biased?

Concept Map

• Start with your main theme “Global Warming”

• Brainstorm all your ideas – list everything– Weekly readings

– Class lecture

– Class labs and activities

– Mentor sessions

– Presentations

– Political Action• Cost

• Poor nations

Natural Anthropogenic Humanitarian Concerns Factoids

Concept Map

• Beginning your map– Start with “Global

Warming”

– Next, connect the major categories

• Our example:– Natural

– Anthropogenic

– Humanitarian concerns

– Factoids

http://www.btinternet.com/~n.j.f/Y7science/gwescola/gwconmap.html

Concept Map

• Organizing all the details– Add all the details

– Shuffle around until they make the most sense

• Of course, I use index cards

– Finalize organization

– Connect with lines

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Hierarchy Map 1Overall Concept

Subsection 4 of Component 3

Subcomponent 3of Subsection 3

Subsection 3of Component 3

Subcomponent 2of Subsection 3

Subcomponent 1of Subsection 3

Main Component 3Main Component 2Main Component 1

Subsection 1 of Component 3

Subsection 2 of Component 3

Level 1 hierarchy

Level 2 hierarchy

Level 3 hierarchy

http://www.lpg.fsu.edu/charting/InstructionalStrategies/howto-tactics/ht-k2cccmap.asp#ActFour

Hierarchy Map 2

Overall Concept

Level 1 Component Level 1 Component Level 1 Component

Level 2 Component Level 2 Component Level 2 Component Level 2 Component Level 2 Component Level 2 Component Level 2 Component

http://www.lpg.fsu.edu/charting/InstructionalStrategies/howto-tactics/ht-k2cccmap.asp#ActFour

Spider Map 1

Characteristic

Characteristic

CharacteristicCharacteristic

Characteristic

Concept

http://www.lpg.fsu.edu/charting/InstructionalStrategies/howto-tactics/ht-k2cccmap.asp#ActFour

Spider Map 2

SubordinateConcept

SubordinateConcept

SubordinateConcept

SubordinateConcept

SubordinateConcept

SubordinateConcept

Overarching Concept

http://www.lpg.fsu.edu/charting/InstructionalStrategies/howto-tactics/ht-k2cccmap.asp#ActFour

Concept Map

• Your final product will look something like this

• You may use your concept map during the final

Concept Mapping: Connecting EducatorsProc. of the Third Int. Conference on Concept MappingA. J. Cañas, P. Reiska, M. Åhlberg & J. D. Novak, Eds.

Tallinn, Estonia & Helsinki, Finland 2008

Practice

• Topic: Jokes– As a class, list as many

things as we can about jokes on the boards

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Practice

• Organize information into subcategories– Determine

subcategories

– List into subcategories

– What happens when one idea belongs to more than one subcategory?

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Practice

• Shuffle ideas in subcategories around until they make sense

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Practice

• Finalize ideas

Questions?

BJShaw (2008) Café Mural in Museo de la Plata, Argentina