Biology Conservation Project Team Contract Chase Cheatham, Baptiste Saez, Natalie Tarbox, Sidanth Venugopal

TEAM CONTRACT                PERIOD #2     TABLE #2
Project: Conservation Biologist            Team Name/Topic: Madagascar Rainforest             
Members’ Names
Phone Numbers/Email
1.Natalie Tarbox
669-333-6411
2.Chase Cheatham
408-621-9959
3.Sidanth Venugopal
408-656-8262
4.Baptiste Saez
No phone



Shared Agreement/Norms
What do you need from a group to ensure fairness, teamwork, trustworthiness, and collaboration?  After talking as a group about your own personal wishes from the group, agree upon and list 3-5 shared agreements for your group.
  1. Be respectful of everyone
  2. Be open to all ideas
  3. Everyone carry their own weight
  4. We will be focused in class
  5. We will settle arguments fairly

Goals and Tasks
Goal #1: Research Content
Specific Tasks for Goal #1
Person Responsible
Completed
Describe the central threat(s) affecting this biome.
Thoroughly explain the cause of this threat, the effect it is having, and what will likely happen if the threat continues as is.
Natalie
yes
Describe characteristic species (representatives of every trophic level and type of consumer) of this ecosystem and their relationship to one another (ie. Show some of them in a food web).

Chase
yes
Propose a realistic solution that will address the problem.  Note: This doesn’t have to be a “silver bullet” solution, but one that will at least make a difference.
Describe the specific effect that this solution will have on the threat(s) you described above.
Describe resources that would be needed for this to occur in terms of people, money, and time.
Baptiste
yes
Describe the area. Show the approximate size, and geographical location of the biome/ecosystem.
Describe the defining abiotic characteristics such as climate, including normal annual precipitation and temperature data.
Sidanth
yes

















Goal #2: Organize and Consolidate information into a Presentation
Specific Tasks for Goal #2
Person Responsible
Completed
Make bibliography, rewrite info researched in own words and
Add to shared group doc, gather images for your own section
Natalie
yes
rewrite info researched in own words and add to shared group doc,
gather images for your own section

Chase
yes
rewrite info researched in own words and add to shared group doc,
gather images for your own section

Baptiste
yes
rewrite info researched in own words and add to shared group doc,
gather images for your own section

Sidanth
yes






















Goal #3: Record/Edit Video
Specific Tasks for Goal #3
Person Responsible
Completed
              Record info researched, add visuals for section I talk about, 
              Transitions in between sections                                                                 
                Natalie

              Record info researched, add visuals for section I talk about
               Baptiste

              Record info researched, add visuals for section I talk about
               Chase

Record info researched, add visuals for section I talk about
Sidanth

















Intermediate & Final Due Dates
Assignment Title
Due Date
Project Due Date
3/3


1 Goal #1
2/13
2 Goal #2
2/14
3 Goal #3
3/1



Team Achievements:
Name
Write down the actions of helpful group members here. (Good collaboration etc.)
1.Natalie
Natalie was very helpful and was the one to share the contract with everyone. She was very involved in the creation of the contract. Overall, she was a very great contributor to this project.- Baptiste
2.Chase
Chase was very involved and was a helpful group mate when keeping people on task. -Natalie
3.Baptiste
Very involved with the contract with good input.- Sidanth
4.Sidanth
Sidanth was very involved in the discussions within the group. -Chase





Group Management
Firing a team member is a procedure that must be documented. When your group is having difficulties addressing the specific tasks and/or working with each other, follow these specific steps

If team members are not meeting the terms of the contract:
1.  Group Documents Warning (Teacher is notified via written or emailed note)
a) Issue & Date:

b) Issue & Date:

c) Issue & Date:

d) Issue & Date:
2. Intervention Meeting with facilitator                                                              Date of Meeting:
What was discussed with the facilitator?



Next Steps
1.

2.

3.
3. Facilitator will contact parents/ guardians to inform the parent of the behavior creating a barrier to group and personal success
Date of Contact:
Comments:
4. Group Member will be FIRED and must complete the ENTIRE project alone
Date Fired

Automatic firing of team members.....

1. Member is absent 3 or more -consecutive or random- days during a project without
communicating to other group members.
Group Members Name:
Date of absences:
2. Member does not complete assigned group tasks/activities or homework more than 3 times in a project.
Group Members Name
1st
2nd
3rd

We the undersigned agree to uphold this document and use it is a living document to revisit during the course of our project.

Print Name
Signatures
Date
Natalie Tarbox
2/8/17
Chase Cheatham
2/8/17
Baptiste Saez
2/8/17
Sidanth Venugopal
2/8/17









PROJECT MANAGEMENT LOG
Project Name: Madagascar Rainforest

Group Member Names: Natalie Tarbox, Chase Cheatham, Baptiste Saez, Sidanth Venugopal
DATE
GROUP MEMBER NAME
TODAY I….
MY NEXT STEPS ARE…
2/8/17
Natalie
Completed the team contract and started researching
Finish my research
2/8/17
Sidanth
Today we finished the contract and I started researching.
Finish researching
2/8/2017
Baptiste
Today, my group and I have finished the contract, and I have begun researching what I was supposed to.
To finish the research, for it is due this Friday.
2/8/17
Chase
Completed contract and started to research my topic
Finish research
2/10/17
Natalie
Finished research and made works cited list
Start planning to make the video and gather images for video
2/10/17
Sidanth
Finished research and works cited
Preparing for the making of the video and get images for video
2/10/17
Baptiste
Finished the research and put all of our research on a common Google Doc.
Start preparing for the making of the video and get images for the video
2/10/17
Chase
Was absent
Plan to make the video and gather images for the video
2/14/17
Baptiste
I started and almost finished my slides.
Finish the slides and start to make the video.
2/14/17
Sidanth
Started loading facts on to presentation
Finish presentation and video recording
2/14/17
Chase
Put research on the presentation
Finish presentation and recording

2/14/17
Natalie
Started putting facts into the presentation
Finish putting facts into the presentation
2/16/17
Baptiste
Finished the slides and preparing for the recording.
Do the recording for my slides.
2/16/17
Natalie
Finished putting facts into the presentation
Record for the presentation
2/16/17
Chase
Finished putting facts in presentation
Record for presentation
2/16/17
Sidanth
Put facts into presentation
Record info in presentation
And finish completely.
2/27/17
Baptiste
Recorded video on presentation
Finish recording
2/27/17
Natalie
Recorded video
Finish recording
2/27/17
Chase
Recorded video
Finish recording
2/27/17
Sidanth
Record video
Finish bibliography
3/2/17
Natalie
Finished recording
Submit assignment
3/2/17
Baptiste
Finished recording
Submit assignment
3/2/17
Sidanth
Finished recording
Submit assignment
3/2/17
Chase
Finished recording
Submit assignment
















































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