GEOG11726 Weather and Climate Formative Assessment Brief | NTU

Aims:    

This formative assessment aims to allow you to deliver a 5-minute in-person presentation on a topic (from a pool of questions provided) that will be used in your 12-minute pre-recorded summative assessment. 

The verbal feedback from this formative assessment will help you refine your presentation ideas, design, and delivery for the final summative pre-recorded presentation. Additionally, the reflection slide template questions are designed to deepen your understanding of the presentation process, address any concerns, and evaluate the strategies you've used, which will assist you in your final summative presentation design and delivery. This formative assessment also allows you to ask your module tutors questions about the summative assessment and receive verbal feedback to enhance your presentation design, delivery, and reflections.

Specific Tasks 

For this Formative Assessment you will need to: 

Review the Summative Assessment Brief: Before you start and submit your formative assignment, read through the Summative Assessment Brief thoroughly.

1. Choose your Question:

• Refer to the “Pool of Questions” section in this brief to select a question for your presentation.
• Choose one question from the provided list for your 5-minute face-to-face presentation. These are the same questions you will have the option to use for your pre-recorded summative presentation. It is advisable to select a question that aligns with your pre-recorded summative presentation question.

2. Design and Deliver Your Presentation:

• Design a 5-minute face-to-face presentation on your chosen question and include your reflections on the presentation process.
• Refer to the Additional Guidance for the Presentation and Reflection Slide for details on preparing your presentation and using the Reflection slide template.

3. Upload Your Slides: 

• Upload your PowerPoint presentation slides to the Dropbox by the specified deadline which is Monday 10th March 2025 – 4pm deadline.  These are the slides that will be used for your Formative Presentation and will be preloaded for you when you present your individual face-to-face presentation on Friday 14th March 2025.
• Important: Please do keep Friday 14th March 2025 free. I will send each of you a separate Teams invite with the time for your face-to-face presentation. Thank you.

Pool of Questions

Select one question from the following options for your presentation:

Weather Questions:

• Explain the processes leading to the formation of a specific extreme weather event and describe how its intensity is measured.
• Describe the processes that influence UK weather, including detailed examples of how these impact the temperature and precipitation patterns.

Climate Questions:

• Describe the different Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) scenarios and how they result in diverse future climate projections.
• Explain the natural processes that have influenced changes in Earth’s paleoclimate, providing specific examples.

Module Outcomes Addressed:

Knowledge and Understanding

• Understand the basic properties of the atmosphere and the role atmospheric circulation plays in climate.
• Describe the types of climates that exist across the Earth.
• Recognise the types of weather associated with different climates.
• Understand the likely impacts of enhanced levels of greenhouse gases on climate and the importance of limiting mean surface temperature increases to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.