Post on 01-Jan-2016
Visualizing Changes in the Great Lakes
Which Great Lakes factors will increase and which will decrease as a
result of climate change?
OHSU-EP-102-2013
Visualizing Changes
• Concept map for impacts of climate change on Great Lakes
• From central card, use more/less cards and impact cards to illustrate primary, secondary, and tertiary effects and their interconnections
Example Concept Map
Sample Questions
• Did you notice any particular patterns in this exercise?
• Do the colors mean anything to you?• What impacts were more difficult to place?
Does this relate to conversations you’ve had with stakeholders or other planners?
• How do you think this would work with your audience? Are there changes you might make in using this with your audience?
Acknowledgements
• Laura Holladay (Michigan Sea Grant), Diane Desotelle (Minnesota Sea Grant), and Molly Woloczyn (Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant) for their help with adapting the original curriculum activity for outreach educators
• Dr. Rosanne Fortner and Lyndsey Manzo for creating the original curriculum activity