Southwest Regional Climate Hub Developed by the Asombro Institute for Science Education (

Vast Amounts of Data Source: jornada.nmsu.edu/monit-assess/data-collection/automated

Climate Data Jam Goal: Design a creative project and presentation (maximum 5 minutes) that explains local precipitation and temperature data to an audience not familiar with this information

In the 2006 season, MLB players ran a total of 1,245 miles around bases (73,080 bases x 90 feet between bases). Craig Robinson Inspiration: Infographic

Inspiration: Music & Video A Song of Our Warming Planet

Inspiration: Painting

Inspiration: Dance

Climate Data Jam Teams of 1-3 students Creative, non-traditional product (e.g., song, demonstration, poem, children’s story, newscast, etc.) Must be scaled to represent a trend or trends in the data accurately MAY also examine implications of data, but MUST include data trend

A Good Data Jam Project is: Clear: represent the data accurately and in a way that is understandable to non-scientists. –Include a legend Creative: Use your imagination! Concise: Focus on one (maybe two) important trends in the data.

Timeline Today: introduction to the project, start examining data Next two days: create project and 5- minute (maximum) presentation Day 4: present project to the group

Suggested Steps Decide if you would like to work alone or with others. Use the online Precipitation and Temperature maps to acquire the needed data from your county. Examine the precipitation and temperature data. Read the Scoring Rubric. Brainstorm and fill out the brainstorming notes section. Create your Data Jam project (infographic, etc.). Fill out the Climate Data Jam Summary. Practice your presentation.

40% presentation 60% creativity in communicating data trends Scoring

Precipitation Map web.nmsu.edu/flexviewers/PrecipitationByC ounty/

Record Precipitation Data Use the zoom and pan buttons on the left to zoom in to your state. Locate your county and click on it. A data box with a scroll bar will appear. Check that you have clicked on the correct county by reading the county name in the data box. In table 1, record the following historic ( ) mean precipitation data: Annual Total, Winter Total, Spring Total, Summer Total, and Fall Total. Scroll down to the predicted data for your county. Also in table 1, record the following mean predicted future ( ) precipitation data: Annual Total, Winter Total, Spring Total, Summer Total, and Fall Total.

Maximum Temperature Map web.nmsu.edu/flexviewers/MaxTempByCou nty/

Record Temperature Data Use the zoom and pan buttons on the left to zoom in to your state. Locate your county and click on it. A data box with a scroll bar will appear. Check that you have clicked on the correct county by reading the county name in the data box. In table 2, record the following historic ( ) mean maximum temperature data: Annual Max, Winter Max, Spring Max, Summer Max, and Fall Max. Scroll down to the predicted data for your county. Also in table 2, record the following mean predicted future ( ) data: Annual Max, Winter Max, Spring Max, Summer Max, and Fall Max.