Discussion of marine sediment archives in the eastern North Atlantic

Author: christof.pearce@geo.au.dk

Created: 2018-09-25 05:57am

Edited: 2018-12-06 12:24am

Description:

Students work in groups of 4-5 to make presentations dealing with specific research papers and the relation to their own data. They record the presentations as a screencast and upload to the teacher. The teachers and assistants watch the videos and provide feedback to the students.
Based on this feedback, they amend the presentation and come to class to present it to all students, and have a discussion.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

Make a detailed comparison of marine sedimentological proxies from different sites in the North Atlantic
Discuss the results from a local core in a regional, climatological context of the last 100.000 years.

Resources	Tasks		Supports
Short introduction and presentation of document with instructions for the practical	Form groups and start the assignment ↓	←	Teacher and TAs present to introduce topic and answer questions
IN CLASS
Scientific literature for comparison and discussion Large dataset of analyses of 1 sediment archive	Relate the changes observed in the data to those of the wider region Create a Powerpoint presentation and record a webcast ↓
Powerpoint & Blackboard	Upload narrated presentation file ↓	←	Online feedback on the webcast, suggestions to improve
	Amend the presentation based on the feedback from the instructors and present the new version in class to all students ↓
OUT-OF-CLASS
Classroom divided in big tables per group	Present the updated presentation in class to all students	←	Peer-feedback during class
IN CLASS