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Symbiosis Curriculum
Assignments
Week 1: Adaptation I
Logistics (All Times Pacific)
Learning Objectives
Learning Community
1
Get to know the fellow members of your learning community
1
Natural Systems
3
Analyze the impact and scale of natural systems changes due to the climate crisis
3
Climate Models
1
Evaluate the predictions of climate models for increases in temperature and impacts on natural systems
1
Human Systems
2
Analyze the impact that natural systems changes will have on human systems
2
Top 5
1
Decide on top 5 career choices (industry sector, job function, geography, compensation, and org culture)
1
Week 1 Small Group Selection
Heat and Humidity
LISTEN
41 mins
2
Craig Lundsten
Sea Level Rise
30 mins
1
Carrie Norton
Drought
34 mins
2
Fire
1 hr 3 mins
1
Anonymous User
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Week 1 Small Group Meeting Agenda (90 Minutes)
Meeting Part
Part Duration
Meeting Activities
1
Part 1
20 mins
Introductions
Each student introduces themselves by sharing their career background and initial thoughts re their top 5 choices
2
Part 2
30 mins
Small Group Discussion
3
Part 3
40 mins
Prepare a 5 Minute Presentation to Share Next Week
Please prepare a short presentation for your group’s chosen topic (Heat and Humidity, Sea Level Rise, Drought, or Fire) using this .
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Week 1 Assignments
Module
Format
Mode
L.O.s
Learning Objectives
Activities
Duration
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My Takeaways
1
Learner Community
Individual
Pre-Work
Learning Community
Get to know the fellow members of your learning community
SELF-SELECT first small group above.
1 min
Submit Assignment
Presentation for Fire.
2
Adaptation
Individual
Pre-Work
Natural Systems
Analyze the impact and scale of natural systems changes due to the climate crisis
9 mins 32 secs
Submit Assignment
Implicatory Denial - alarming trend towareds denialism.
3
Adaptation
Individual
Pre-Work
Natural Systems
Analyze the impact and scale of natural systems changes due to the climate crisis
READ in The Guardian (July 2022)
5 mins
Submit Assignment
UK homes not prepared for upcoming ‘hothouse.’ Ignorance and poor governance allows inappropriate building to continue.
4
Adaptation
Individual
Pre-Work
Climate Models
Evaluate the predictions of climate models for increases in temperature and impacts on natural systems
in Carbon Brief (2017)
15 mins
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Overall, climate models have predicted fairly well.
5
Adaptation
Individual
Pre-Work
Human Systems
Analyze the impact that natural systems changes will have on human systems
PBS Terra (January 2023)
13 mins 30 secs
Submit Assignment
Wildfires will impact housing and development in Southwest region.
6
Adaptation
Individual
Pre-Work
Human Systems
Analyze the impact that natural systems changes will have on human systems
by World Economic Forum (June 2021)
7 mins
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Could lose 10-18% of our GDP by 2050. China at risk of 24% loss of GDP.
7
Adaptation
Individual
Pre-Work
Natural Systems
Analyze the impact and scale of natural systems changes due to the climate crisis
LISTEN to one fictional account of natural systems collapse based on your selection of small group (links are above)
30 min - 1 hour
Submit Assignment
Learned that firenados are real.
8
Career Search
Individual
Pre-Work
Top 5
Decide on top 5 career choices (industry sector, job function, geography, compensation, and org culture)
COMPLETE Your initial (Don’t worry, this is just your starting thinking which will evolve)
5 mins
Submit Assignment
Industry - Ag Tech / Consulting; Job Function - Chief of Staff/PM/Client-facing; Geography- LA, Culture - Collaborative, SME
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Week 1 Additional Resources to Learn More
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