In class presentations will be Thursday May 1. Each team should schedule practice in room 147B in the Knight Library to at least get organized, rehearse, etc.

Group Dynamics/Presentation:

• Communication is everything. Someone needs to be a project coordinator/leader to insure that individual tasks are coordinated.

• Before even proceeding, everyone needs to get on the same page about the focus and intent of your presentation.

• Assign individual research tasks; set timelines; meet those timelines.

• Your "graded" on overall team performance - not every individual needs to talk on every presentation.

• Presentations should be 17-18 minutes in duration.

Premise: The IPCC has designated 4 major socio-economic themes (e.g. A1, A2, B1, B2) to guide its future projects. Each group will be assigned to one of those 4 themes. Elements of your presentation should therefore include:

• A coherent description/explanation of the underlying assumptions of your theme.

• An exposition of the alternate "families" that have emerged under your main theme.

• A strong argument why your theme/pathway is most likely the correct one that the world will follow and therefore we should plan accordingly.

• An examination of what is faulty about the other three themes that are competing with you.

Assigned Themes:

• Blue Team B2

• Dragon Team A1

• Shark Team A2

• Tiger Team B1

Assignments