Brainstorming

Brainstorming is a non-judgmental group creative process in which group members are encouraged to give voice to any ideas they personally consider relevant to the group exercise. In a face-to-face meeting, a brainstorming facilitator will usually stand in front of a big piece of paper and elicit ideas from the participants in the room. An online version of this process can be created by setting up a wiki for the entire class or for smaller student groups and asking people to submit ideas around a brainstorming topic. People can add ideas as they occur and link to other pages for elaboration.

Brainstorming

__Group brainstorming during Advisory:__
Key word is sustainability. Sustainable = humans being responsible for the environment. Conservation of West Lake ecosystem. Human impacts on West Lake ecosystem.

__Idea: Water__

West Lake/Red River

**(Chemistry)**

Quality of and components of water H2O

Chemicals in water as a result of sewage from the factories etc or due to natural phenomenon

Water purification

Observe the water

Get samples of water

**(physics)**

Speed of water flow

Temperature of water

Clarity

Thermocline (measure density of water at different heights/depth and temperature of water at different heights/depth. Then compare these to see if there are relationship between these. This have to be done before it gets windy in the afternoon, so have to be done during early morning)

**(Biology)**

Topics/unit that relate: Topic 5 Ecology & evolution + OptG Ecology & conservation

Ecosystem of the West Lake (West Lake Ecosystem)

(ecosystem = a community and its abiotic environment)

Abiotic and biotic factors that affect the distribution of various/each species in the West Lake community

If there's biomagnification (accumulation of chemicals up the food chain, so certain chemical will be concentrated in fewer number of organisms at higher trophic levels) this will relate to chemistry.

Food chain/food web

Conservation of diversity (like Simpson's Diversity Index) of the West Lake community

Sample a population in the West Lake using different sampling methods

Biomass

Fishery (fishing) in West Lake

Level of pollution of the West Lake (this can be indicated by Pollution Tolerance Index we used this for the Comparing Two Rivers Lab)

**(ESS)**

Conservation of West Lake

Human impacts on the West Lake ecosystem (e.g. fishery, sewage leak

Human's interaction with the Ecosystem

__Idea: Trees__

Sustainable logging

Trees on the campus

Leaves

Biomass of trees

Brainstorming

Key word is sustainability.

Sustainable = humans being responsible for the environment. Conservation of West Lake ecosystem. Human impacts on West Lake ecosystem.

__Idea: Water__

West Lake/Red River

**(Chemistry)**

Quality of and components of water H2O

Chemicals in water as a result of sewage from the factories etc or due to natural phenomenon

Water purification

Observe the water

Get samples of water

**(physics)**

Speed of water flow

Temperature of water

Clarity

Thermocline (measure density of water at different heights/depth and temperature of water at different heights/depth. Then compare these to see if there are relationship between these. This have to be done before it gets windy in the afternoon, so have to be done during early morning)

**(Biology)**

Topics/unit that relate: Topic 5 Ecology & evolution + OptG Ecology & conservation

Ecosystem of the West Lake (West Lake Ecosystem)

(ecosystem = a community and its abiotic environment)

Abiotic and biotic factors that affect the distribution of various/each species in the West Lake community

If there's biomagnification (accumulation of chemicals up the food chain, so certain chemical will be concentrated in fewer number of organisms at higher trophic levels) this will relate to chemistry.

Food chain/food web

Conservation of diversity (like Simpson's Diversity Index) of the West Lake community

Sample a population in the West Lake using different sampling methods

Biomass

Fishery (fishing) in West Lake

Level of pollution of the West Lake (this can be indicated by Pollution Tolerance Index we used this for the Comparing Two Rivers Lab)

**(ESS)**

Conservation of West Lake

Human impacts on the West Lake ecosystem (e.g. fishery, sewage leak

Human's interaction with the Ecosystem

__Idea: Trees__

Sustainable logging

Trees on the campus

Leaves

Biomass of trees