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¶
- Get to know your group members.
- Decide on a research question and project title.
- 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: Weston Gonor
- Pronouns: he/him
- Expertise: Molecular biology and genetics in plants
- Reflection on Polarities Exercise: Although I am external processor, I have the ability to be comfortable with silence if necessary.
- Name: Anping Chen
- Pronouns: he/him
- Expertise: plant ecology, climate change impacts
- Environmental Data Science Superpower: familiar with ecological and climate data
- Reflection on Polarities Exercise: I'm an internal person, yet comfortable with communicating with people
- Name: Katya Jay
- Pronouns: she/her
- Expertise: plant community and ecosystem ecology
- Environmental Data Science Superpower: [Describe your unique skill or interest in environmental data science]
- Reflection on Polarities Exercise: [Share one thing you observed about yourself]
- Name: Lachlan Charles
- Pronouns: he/him
- Expertise: Plant ecology
- Environmental Data Science Superpower: [Describe your unique skill or interest in environmental data science]
- Reflection on Polarities Exercise: [Share one thing you observed about yourself]
- 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.
- How do functional traits in plants predict invasivness in a changing climate?
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.
- [Insert title here]
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.
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:
- Plant Functional Traits and Invasiveness under a changing climate
- Research Question:
- How do functional traits in plants predict invasivness in a changing climate?
- Selected Data Sets:
- NEON Terrestrial Data
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- TRY Plant Trait Database