HW02 – T&C lab
presentation
LINK to Guide to Overheads /
Handout for posting.
LINK to sample GREEN SHEET…
LINK to RUBRIC... assessment form
REMINDER… why are we doing
this….
The purpose of the course is to empower each of you to go forth and see the
world as a system: specifically to be able to appreciate the web of
relationships of human and physical environments of cities. LINK to syllabus.
GEOG3330-Urban Environmental Geography fulfills a GEN ED explorations of
physical and life sciences.
The labs purpose is to further those goals… to explore physical and biological science concepts... using Google Earth to explore Earth systems.
The lab leaders further those goals. They explore a set of physical or biological science concepts and explain a couple significant concepts. By teaching, the lab leaders learn. By relating connections to urban environmental geography, lab leaders coach their student colleagues to see and appreciate the web of relationships among people, places, and environment.
The lab leaders' tasks are: (a) to learn
the material in advance; (b) to explore a set of concepts and choose two to share in class; and (c) to connect the science concepts to urban environmental geography.
STEPS to success…
IN ADVANCE:
(a) Learn the material in advance. Lab leaders are responsible for the chapters of
their session.
Read through the labs. Usually there are two chapters, sometimes three. This initial reading should take less than half an hour. Identify major concepts of physical and biological sciences, Earth systems.
Narrow your focus to two concepts that you will have a heart-beat understanding of so you can explain the concept to your classmates. Remember... GEOG/ENVST3330's title is Urban Environmental Geography. It is not sufficient to understand the science, lab leaders need to understand and explain how the science concepts relate to urban environments.
The workbook gives clues to major concepts of physical and biological sciences, specifically, the titles of chapters and headings of lab manual sections. For example, the title of Chapter 2 is: Solar Energy; Seasons, and the Atmosphere... major concepts; and a lab section heading, in bold,
Do the labs in advance. If
there are two lab chapters, do both in advance. This may take a few hours. For
more background on the science content of the chapters… go to Elemental
Geosystems by Christopherson on reserve at
Marriott or check out almost any
university-level, introductory physical geography textbook. Wikipedia is not a bad source for basic physical geography
information and often links to professors' powerpoints. Britannica is a more reliable source than Wikipedia as is Oxford.
(b) Prepare to present two science concepts... and make connections to urban environmental geography. Note… coordinate… two different concepts for each
lab leader. HANDOUT FORMAT.
What seems to work is to identify a section of the lab that interests you, usually it has a big bold heading. and identify two concepts from it. Reminder... this course is an explorations in science. Make two copies of your handout... one for me and one that you can use with the camera projector AND send me the file as an attachment (.doc is preferred format). No need to make transparencies. No limit on attached figures. No limit on powerpoint slides, etc, and you can download ones from Christopherson from WebCT. Watch the time constraint. Just 10 minutes for the combined coverage of your two concepts. NOTE… don’t print copies of your handout for your classmates. I’ll post your handout to the web site SCHEDULE after the session... just the three pages.
IN CLASS, Presentations format
(c) GROUP
introductions, maximum 5 minutes. Sets the trajectory of the day… remind
students what they are doing and why... why? to understand the Earth systems science of urban environmental geography. Remind students of key topics of the
introductory sections of the lab workbook's chapters. Please get the class as a whole to list, with
more and more confidence and appreciation… the five subsystems of Earth
systems..
(d) INDIVIDUAL presentations. Each presenter gets a maximum of 10
minutes to present ONLY TWO science concepts and link the concepts to urban environmental geography. (20-40
minutes total alloted time)
(e) Then GROUP for about 5 minutes... coach
your classmates on the assignment. Each presenter says something positive about the lab and gives AT LEAST ONE helpful tip if something was frustrating
or needed outside research to understand.
(f) LAB… Turn your colleagues loose on the
labs. Coach them as they work on it.
(g) Green Sheet LINK to an example