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TEAM ACTIVITY Day 1: Make a plan

Instructions

Work through the prompts in order. Please use a decision-making method “to decide” before moving to a new section of the activity.

Day 1 Objectives

  1. Get to know your group members.
  2. Decide on a research question and project title.
  3. Start exploring potential datasets.

Introductions (approx. time: 10 mins total or "1-2 breaths" per prompt)

Please share the following information about yourself. Each team member should type their response in the space below (create more as needed).

  • Name: Keiko Nomura
  • Pronouns: she/her
  • Expertise: R, network analysis, fisheries, social-ecological systems, natural resource management
  • Environmental Data Science Superpower: identifying research questions, interpreting data w/ qualitative management context
  • Reflection on Polarities Exercise: I was never really on any extreme

  • Name: Foster Sawyer
  • Pronouns: He_Him_His
  • Expertise: Geology and Ground Water Hydrology
  • Environmental Data Science Superpower: Experienced in map publication
  • Reflection on Polarities Exercise: [Share one thing you observed about yourself]

  • Name: Scott Ortman
  • Pronouns: He/his
  • Expertise: Archaeology, complex systems
  • Environmental Data Science Superpower: Scale, especially time
  • Reflection on Polarities Exercise: I found myself performing the polarities after the prompts

  • Name: Jada Szympruch
  • Pronouns: She/her
  • Expertise: Biological Sciences/Anthropolgy
  • Environmental Data Science Superpower: []
  • Reflection on Polarities Exercise: Many internal processers in the group

  • Name: Robyn Marowitz
  • Pronouns: She/her/hers
  • Expertise: Software Development
  • Environmental Data Science Superpower: Skills in scientific python programming, expertise in cryospheric data
  • Reflection on Polarities Exercise: I often find myself in the middle

  • Name: Min Gon Chung
  • Pronouns: he/him/his
  • Expertise: Postdoc
  • Environmental Data Science Superpower: Open data science, R, cross-sectoral data harmonization
  • Reflection on Polarities Exercise: middle

  • Name: Charles Jason Tinant
  • Pronouns: he/they
  • Expertise: Water resources engineering
  • Environmental Data Science Superpower: R
  • Reflection on Polarities Exercise: middle

  • Continue adding more team members following the same format, with a line break after each person.

Research Question: Innovation for Inclusion or Computation (approx. time: 5-10 mins)

Write the research question your team selected in the space below. Feel free to revise the original question.

  • Can we find patterns in a hot/arid climate for societal adaptation and resilience? (water)

  • Societal Adaptation/Resilience to Environmental Change: What is the response of human societies to past and present environmental challenges and how mught they respond in the future?

Project Title (approx. time: 5-10 mins)

Craft a catchy title for your team’s project. Think of something that would grab attention at a conference or in a headline.

  • Using Arizona to observe the relationships/feedback loops between water, land, and people.

Promoting Resilience and Adaptation

Describe how your proposed project aligns with the Summit's themes of resilience and adaptation. Please provide 1-2 sentences that clearly connect your project's goals or methods to these themes.

  • [Insert your response here]

Choosing Big Data Sets

Explore potential data sets for your project's topic from the data library. List your options below, organizing them by whether they represent the system you're studying (e.g., deciduous forests) or the disruption to it (e.g., wildfire). Then discuss your choices and indicate your final selections. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://science.osti.gov/-/media/ber/pdf/Sap_4_5_final_all.pdf

Draft Potential Data Sets

  • System Being Perturbed/Disrupted:
    • [List all potential data sets here]
  • Perturbator/Disrupter:
    • [List all potential data sets here]

Final Choice

  • System Being Perturbed/Disrupted (Final Choice):
    • [Indicate your final selected data set here]
  • Perturbator/Disrupter (Final Choice):
    • [Indicate your final selected data set here]

Brief Check-in: Definition of Resilience (approx. 5 mins)

Below is a working definition of the word "Resilience" for the Summit. Please edit the definition below based on your earlier discussion and chosen project.

"Resilience is the capacity of a system, community, organization, or individual to absorb stress, recover from disruptions, adapt to change, and continue to develop and thrive."

  • [Edit or reaffirm this definition here]

Day 1 Report Back

Select one representative from your group to present your proposed project. For the report back, each group will have 30-60 seconds to present their responses to the questions below. Keep it concise and focused. This is just a quick oral presentation - you will not be able to use slides/images.

  • Project Title:
  • [Insert your team's project title here]
  • Research Question:
  • [Insert your team's refined research question here]
  • Selected Data Sets:
  • [List the data sets your team has chosen to use here]

Last update: 2024-05-16