Case study 7: Exploring daily rainfall data to investigate evidence of climate change in southern Zambia and its implication for farmers in the area

Study questions

Rainfall is just one type of routinely collected data. List other types of routinely collected data that might be available to a researcher and describe the circumstances in which they might be used.
Write a text suitable for a radio broadcast which follows the example given in the case study explaining to farmers why there is no evidence that global warming has changed the window for planting.
Together with another student write a short play that displays a researcher trying to explain to a farmer why the results of the analysis from this Case Study suggest that the reasons why he is getting poor maize yield is not due to climate change. Act your play in class.