FEEDBACK – HW02 – T&C Lab Presentation and Leadership

Urban Environmental Geography

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT–

Leaders learn. Each leader explores physical / biological science principles.

Leaders teach science. Leaders are empowered by understanding, and empower by teaching.

Leaders connect the science to urban environmental geography, the course focus.

Leaders coach classmates on Google Earth and the lab assignment.

INTRODUCTORY SECTION: ____ of 10

Overview of chapter… state the obvious… summarize the introductory section

· Awesome – clear, importance was evident, interesting… connect to cities

· Just fine – major concepts stated

· Not quite – not covered, or importance not explained, no mention of cities

Recitation of 5 subsystems of Earth systems

· Good work!!

· Ooops… forgot.

GROUP… TIES to URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY: ____ of 10

I know that everything relates to everything… but cities are hugely complex.

Connections to urban environmental geography:

· Awesome – So clear! So obvious! Impacts on cities or cities impacts well documented, interesting, and science driven. Cities are the topic of the course. Connections made

· Just fine – connections stated. The connection to cities just fine, but perhaps not why cities have special import.

· Not quite – not covered, or importance not explained or not clear.

GROUP… COACHING on the LAB: _____ of 10

Not okay just to give the answers… but suggest which questions took extra time and how to cope. If there are techniques that make the lab easier, demonstrate them.

Walk around and coach your classmates.

· Awesome… you really saved some students some major grief. Thank you.

· Just fine… you obviously had done the assignments and helped folks

· Not quite… folks were floundering … lost… unhappy

INDIVIDUAL: Handout and presentation: _____ of 20

Two concepts clear and connected to urban environmental geography.

· Awesome… big concept stated as big concept. Science clear. Webs of relationships explored, how some aspects of urbanization make your science concepts extra special to understand. Connection to quality of life of city is clear, or impact of city.

· Just fine… science is explained well. Good example of at least one city.

· Not quite… the web of relationships might be confusing… the application of science to the real world might not quite make sense.