Week 4 | Current Climate Change Effects

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DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT

Many people think of climate change effects as a future problem; something that future generations will experience. The truth is that the consequences of climate change are happening now. Wildfires in the Northwest, floods in the Midwest, and heat waves throughout the United States are often intensified by climate change.

Globally, scientists are researching the ongoing impact of a changing world. Although, it is difficult to connect a single event to climate change, connecting similar instances shows a growing pattern. For this assignment, you will research climate change effects using scholarly research articles and other resources.

Your task will be to pick a topic and find at least three sources discussing the issue. You can focus on one geographic area, one topic, or some other connected theme. For example, you can discuss climate change effects occurring in India. In this project, you might talk about flooding in one area, droughts in another, and Indian coastal concerns. Alternatively, instead of focusing on India, you can discuss an increase in heatwaves throughout the world, with a new article for three different places.

Topic options include, but are not limited to:

• Focusing on one geographical location
• Increased air temperatures
• Changes in precipitation
• Increased oceanic temperatures
• Effects on coral reefs
• Natural disaster intensity
• Changes in animal behavior
• Mismatches in animal-plant interactions
• Reduction in Arctic sea ice
• Reduction in glacial ice
• Agricultural issues with CC connection
• Public health concerns with CC connection

OVERVIEW

You will record a presentation of your research on current climate change effects. The presentation must include slides and audio. You must have a minimum of three sources that have been published in the last five years. See the requirements and restrictions below.

For each article, you must discuss what is happening. What are the results of their research? You will also need to explain the connection between climate change and the phenomenon occurring. Why are heatwaves occurring? Why are organisms struggling to find their food in spring? How do warming temps affect the precipitation rate? This explanation is meant to show that you understand basic scientific principles. Where applicable, provide data and statistics. You may include graphs and figures as visual aids, but they are not required. If you provide data-based figures, you should spend a bit of time explaining them.

The introduction of your presentation should explain the problem (climate change), as well as the focus of your theme (e.g., climate change impacts of India). Briefly, tell the listener what you will be presenting on. Your conclusion should wrap up your research. The conclusion should reiterate the main points of your presentation, including the focus of your report AND each article.

PRESENTATION

You will record a six- to ten-minute presentation to share on the class discussion board. There is no slide limit or minimum, but you need to meet the minimum time. Slightly longer presentations are acceptable, but presentations must be below 15 minutes. Remember, that you can re-record your presentation before submitting it if needed, including if your presentation does not meet the time requirement. Visuals (e.g., photos or figures) are recommended, though not required. Your presentation must be organized and visually appealing (i.e., not distracting), though it may be simple.

The main purpose of this presentation is to disseminate information to your peers so everyone can gain a better idea of the global climate change impacts. Your presentation skills are not the focus of this assignment. Making sure your presentation is well-prepared and practicing it once or twice before you record helps.  

If you need assistance recording and uploading a video, instructions for using Kaltura can be found in the article What is Kaltura? If you choose to use Google Slides, do not upload the submission directly to Canvas. Your instructor will likely not be able to hear your recording. Instead, save/download the presentation as a .mp4 or other video file and then submit.  

Note: It is highly recommended that you check the audio of your presentation after you have uploaded it. If necessary, download it to a new location on your computer to see if the audio will play from there. 

RESOURCES

You are required to use three sources published within the last five years for this presentation. Older resources may be used with instructor permission only. Each resource that is older than five years without instructor permission will be deducted 5 points unless the older resource is an additional resource (e.g., you have more than three resources). 

At least two of those sources must be scholarly articles. If you use the Maryville library’s search engine, you can limit your search to Peer-Reviewed or Academic Journal articles only. The third source must come from a reputable source (e.g., respected journalism), but it does not have to be peer-reviewed. Nonacademic sources should be used to discuss more recent events than what is covered by peer-reviewed journals. If you are uncertain about the credibility of your resource or if you find a slightly older article that you want to use, email the link to your instructor.

Note: Some articles may have very detailed scientific processes, statistics, and explanations. You do not have to understand everything in the article to use it as a source. Most of your information will come from the introduction and discussion of the article.

If you need assistance finding articles or limiting your search to Peer-Reviewed articles, the Maryville University library has a tutorial videoLinks to an external site. for how to effectively find articles.

In-text citations: You are expected to summarize your research, not copy what others have written. If you chose to include another’s words, you must use quotation marks and cite your source. Whether you use a quote or your own words, you must cite your source in the presentation, not just in your references at the end of the presentation. In-text citations are expected after any information or concept that you got from your sources, not just after quotes.

For example, somewhere on each slide explaining an article you should have the author(s) name and the year of the article in parentheses: (Jackson, Smith, and Torrence 2016) or if there are more than three authors: (Cortez et al., 2014).

Click here to preview an example slid

. Your slide does not have to look like this. The example is for the citation.

A list of references is required. References may be listed at the presentation or in a separate document. 

You may choose which formal citation style to use. More citation information can be found here: Maryville Citation HelpLinks to an external site.. Purdue University has helpful In-text Citation guidesLinks to an external site..
Your presentation will be monitored for plagiarism. Failure to add quotation marks around a quote may results in a zero for the entire project. Failure to cite sources will result in a dramatically reduced grade.

REFLECTION

Students will be required to watch at least three different student presentations and write a reflection about what they learned. For their reflection, students must write at least 500 words on how climate change is impacting the world right now. In their submission, they must list which presentations they watched, but that information will not count toward the minimum word count. It is highly recommended that you watch presentations that have a different topic than your own.

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