Event Study

Individual Assignment
Posting instructions for step 1

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Portfolio Space.

1. List your questions, theories, and prior knowledge about the sphere you are studying this week. Refer to the Reflection Rubric.

Posting instructions for step 2

• Go to the Classroom, then click on your sphere in the Sphere Space.

2. Discuss your ideas about the effects of the event on your sphere.

Team Assignment
Posting instructions for steps 3-5

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Sphere Space.

3. Use the Sphere Study Rubric as a guide and work with your group to:

• Describe the sphere in detail. Explain its processes, characteristics, functions, and role in the Earth system.
• Describe the event.
• List the effects of the Event on the Sphere (E > S) with reasoning and support.
• List the effects of the Sphere on the Event (S > E) with reasoning and support.

To address the last two bullets, you may need to make a list of as many questions as you can about the sphere and the event, and do research to answer your questions. Refer to the Week 3: An Example of an ESS Analysis reading if you would like to review E > S and S > E interactions.

4. Think about some possible interactions that could occur between your sphere and the other spheres while you are still with your Sphere Group.

5. Prepare a summary of the most important information concerning your group's sphere and post it in Event Space so that you can share it with your Event Team next week.

Posting instructions for step 6

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Portfolio Space.

6. Submit your team's most accurate analysis of the Sphere-Event interactions with reasoning and support.

Assignment
Posting instructions for step 1

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Event Space.

1. Use the Event Study Rubric as a guide and work with your team to:

• Read your teammates' summaries about the individual sphere effects. Identify intersecting and overlapping effects.
• List the Sphere to Sphere (S > S) interactions with reasoning and support.
• Draw from last week's E > S and S > E interactions and this week's S > S interactions to list chains of interactions between the event and three or more spheres. Refer to the Week 3: An Example of an ESS Analysis reading if you would like to review causal chains.

Posting instructions for step 2

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Portfolio Space.

2. Submit your team's most accurate analysis of the Earth System interactions with reasoning and support.

Assignment
Posting instructions for steps 1-3

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Classroom Application Space.

1. Plan how to adapt this cycle's event for your curriculum and students, or choose a local event to develop. Use the Classroom Application Rubric as a guide and think about how to:

• Introduce students to Earth system science thinking.
• Form event teams and sphere groups.
• Provide activities and resources for sphere groups and event teams.
• Adapt rubrics from this course or create new ones for student assessment

2. Write a description of the activity for your teammates to review.

3. Post comments and questions to your teammates.

Posting instructions for steps 4 & 5

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Portfolio Space.

4. Submit your classroom applications with a description of its relevance to students, connection to the curriculum, instructional strategy and assessment methods. Include a reflection on what and how you have learned about Earth System Science as a result of this module. Refer to the Reflection Goal and Rubric.

5. For extra credit you may apply the Classroom Application Rubric to one classmate’s classroom application. Post your rating and the rationale for your rating.

Assignment (anytime, but may be done as a study and then turned into a Classroom Application)

1. Select a local event that is of interest to your students and of relevance to your curriculum. An example of a local event might be the creation of a dam on a local river or the development of a shopping center in your community.

Posting instructions for steps 2-3

Go to the Classroom, then click on

Local Event Space.

2. List your questions, theories, and prior knowledge about the spheres and the event.

3. Use the Local Event Rubric as a guide and work as an individual to:

Identify the E > S, S > E, and S > S interactions with reasoning and support for the event you are studying this week.

Draw from your E > S, S > E, and S > S interactions to list chains of interactions between the event and three or more spheres. Refer to the Week 3: An Example of an ESS Analysis if you would like to review causal chains.

4. Post your analysis in the Portfolio Space in the Classroom.

Assignment
1. Select an event that is of interest to your students and of relevance to your curriculum. An example of an event might be the creation of a dam on a local river, the development of a shopping center in your community, tornadoes, floods, etc.

Posting instructions for steps 2-3

• Go to the Classroom, then click on Portfolio Space.

2. List your questions, theories, and prior knowledge about the spheres and the event. Refer to the Reflection Rubric.

3. Use the Final Project Rubric as a guide and work as an individual to:

• Identify the E > S, S > E, and S > S interactions with reasoning and support for the event you are studying this week.
• Draw from your E > S, S > E, and S > S interactions to list chains of interactions between the event and three or more spheres. Refer to the Week 3: An Example of an ESS Analysis reading if you would like to review causal chains.
• Submit your Final Project to the Portfolio in the Classroom for a grade.