Post #4:
Carbon Dioxide Paper Evaluation
1. Post your group's
presentation.
2.
Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the criteria established. Where
these good criteria, or should there have been different criteria established?
·
I
think that the criteria that was established was good, but the minimal. I think
that more criteria should have been established. I realize that a lot of the
ideas given during class fit under the two criteria so it was difficult, but I
feel that it should have been more specific.
3.
Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the presentations as a whole.
Consider the "yes" and "no" groups as a whole.
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The
presentations as a whole had a lot of information. During the day of
presentations that I saw, there wasn’t too much overlap. Most groups had
different examples than the others. No one really used the same example from
the paper, which was good because there were so many to choose from.
4.
Reflect on the group management of your group. What went well, what did not?
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Good
o
Split
up tasks
o
Used
Google Docs to all work collectively
·
Bad
o
No
specific leader
o
Took
a while to split up tasks
o
Members
didn’t feel too connected to the project
5.
Reflect on the personal "ethic" you felt in your group. Did you
believe in your position? Where you arguing against your beliefs?
·
I
believed in my position on the fact that this paper was used as a petition
support against global warming. I think that global warming/climate change is
happening, and so I was happy to be a “no” this is an invalid paper. I did not
think that it had consistent data, and had no scientific method.
·
I
personally thought that this assignment could have happened in a less time
consuming process. I don’t feel that we needed to present this information.
I think it would have been more beneficial for the class to establish criteria like we did, but instead of splitting in presentation groups, but discussion groups. We could have recorded what was discussed. It would have been more informational to
I think it would have been more beneficial for the class to establish criteria like we did, but instead of splitting in presentation groups, but discussion groups. We could have recorded what was discussed. It would have been more informational to
6.
Did the class make the correct decision when considering the broader impacts of
the global warming/climate change debate? Why?
·
The
class vote was “No”. Most people have learned about global warming in science
courses and have seen weather patterns that support and agree with the Kyoto Protocol.
This environmental treaty is between countries in the United Nations, which set
international standards for energy regulations, including emissions, carbon
footprints and greenhouse gases. These greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide, and sulphur hexafluoride, as well as the two groups
hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol
7.
Explain the statement, "What we do in the US, soon will not matter."
Provide evidence to justify this statement.
This
statement "What we do in the US, soon will not matter" describes how
our country is destroying itself by the overproduction of the land, from drilling
and mining, to the pollution we cause to the earth. Other developing countries,
such as China, Brazil and Russia are becoming more efficient and less wasteful.
I don’t think that this statement is correct. I think that everything the US
does matters. There are so many corporations that think only in the present,
and about the benefits for themselves, and never think of finding a way for a
mutual beneficial relationship between the earth and the corporation. We must thinking
of seven generations away, what will the current impacts leave residual in
years in the future.
8.
Explain this statement, "What we do as individuals, matters." Provide
evidence to justify this statement.
This statement “What we do as individuals, matters” is valid.
Every individual has impacts on the environment in many different ways. People
need to think about their practices and values and readjust to be a more
helpful species to the environment. It is depleting all over the world, and it
is being a necessity for our plant to not only survive, but also provide us
with the soil to produce our food and life.
