Weeks 8-10
Overview
This three-week final unit prepares you to make use of climate science and projections in the field of adaptation. First, you will investigate sources of climate information for decision-making and planning. You will interpret and explain climate services, data and projection results, critically review examples and identify best practices. You will examine the role that the emerging field of adaptation plays and identify challenges related to changing the ways things are done in numerous professions. The role of heuristics, standards, and barriers to adaptation will be considered. This unit wraps up the course by introducing risk assessments, connecting this course to the next course in the program.
There will be no readings or forum discussions for the final week, as you will focus your efforts on completing and posting your climate report and final blog.
Week 8 Activities
Week 8 Activity 1 – Submit Individual Practical Application #2: review and respond to the Team Lightning Presentations, posting critically reflective comments on at least one presentation. See the Contribution Assessment for more information about responding to others’ work.
Week 8 Activity 2 – Attend the live session or watch the recording
Week 8 Activity 3 – Complete the readings
Week 8 Activity 4 – Finalize Individual Practical Application #1 about the Climate Glossary on Moodle: Revisit some of your earlier definitions from the perspective of this week’s readings, with a mind to plain language definitions that would be useful to climate information users. Submit a list of the glossary terms that you defined, and a brief summary of what you learned from this assignment.
Week 9 Activities
Week 9 Activity 1 – Attend the live session or watch the recording
Week 9 Activity 2 – Complete the readings
Week 9 Activity 3 – Submit Individual Practical Application #3: (TBD). This is your final activity for Assignment 4. More information will be provided in the weeks before this activity.
Week 9 Activity 4 – Submit Team Practical Application #3: team assessment. This is your final activity for Assignment 3. It is part of the team activity because it is ABOUT assessing your own and others’ teamwork. However, you will complete and submit your team assessment to the instructors individually.
Week 10
There are no readings this week.
Week 10 Activity 1 – Attend the live wrap session (or, office hours)
Week 10 Activity 2 – Submit your public-facing climate report (Assignment 5)
Week 10 Activity 3 – Publish your final WordPress blog post
Week 10 Activity 4 – Comment on and upvote on the blogs.