food
1.Use the site and accumulate 10,000 grains total. Challenge yourself with higher levels.
2. Also, do some clicking about the site, its creator, and the mission. Be sure to explore pro and con arguments. Bring one of each for Monday. Below are some resources to get you started.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp http://lancewiggs.com/2007/11/12/free-rice-addictive-but-is-it-a-scam/
http://thepcspy.com/read/is_freericecom_making_150k_each_day_in_profits/
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2087815_2087915_2087900,00.html
3. When you have reached your goal for each day, use your favorite screen capture method (print screen + ctl V, photo, etc.) to show your number and send it to me using the form below. You may do this incrementally.
2. Also, do some clicking about the site, its creator, and the mission. Be sure to explore pro and con arguments. Bring one of each for Monday. Below are some resources to get you started.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/freerice.asp http://lancewiggs.com/2007/11/12/free-rice-addictive-but-is-it-a-scam/
http://thepcspy.com/read/is_freericecom_making_150k_each_day_in_profits/
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2087815_2087915_2087900,00.html
3. When you have reached your goal for each day, use your favorite screen capture method (print screen + ctl V, photo, etc.) to show your number and send it to me using the form below. You may do this incrementally.
Water
In the USA, the water with which we flush our toilets is potable - perhaps you learned that from your dog. However, millions of people don't even have THAT luxury.
1. Click on the bottle to watch a trailer for a film we will see in class.
2. Submit a 6-word summary using the form below.
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Listen to the Mos Def (Yasin Bey) song "New World Water" and read over the lyric here.
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After the taste test:
1. Hand in your tracking sheet (see below for digital copy).
2. HW: write a 1/2 page reaction to your experience of the taste test and the actual results vs. your results. Submit using the form below.
3. Look up and send to me the most recent water quality report for your town. Here's Providence's, Woonsocket's, Poland Spring's. Use the search template: "_______'s annual water quality report" It will likely be a pdf file.
1. Click on the bottle to watch a trailer for a film we will see in class.
2. Submit a 6-word summary using the form below.
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Listen to the Mos Def (Yasin Bey) song "New World Water" and read over the lyric here.
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After the taste test:
1. Hand in your tracking sheet (see below for digital copy).
2. HW: write a 1/2 page reaction to your experience of the taste test and the actual results vs. your results. Submit using the form below.
3. Look up and send to me the most recent water quality report for your town. Here's Providence's, Woonsocket's, Poland Spring's. Use the search template: "_______'s annual water quality report" It will likely be a pdf file.
water_quality_taste_test_form.docx | |
File Size: | 14 kb |
File Type: | docx |
10 companies that control what you purchase.
Something to think about given our conversation after watching Tapped last Friday. Follow the source link and click to enlarge, of course. Source: Huffington Post
Something to think about given our conversation after watching Tapped last Friday. Follow the source link and click to enlarge, of course. Source: Huffington Post