Extra Credit - King Corn

After watching the documentary "King Corn", how do you think the corn industry is related to the following trends in obesity.

United States Obesity Rate: 30.6%
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

The number of obese and overweight children has now climbed to 30% in 30 states
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/07/01/hscout628636.html

Extra Credit - Factory Farming

Warning: If you are squeamish, you may not want to read about this.

Visit the following humane society website and write about what you learned about factory farming - 3 sentences. Try to make your comments unique. Comment on one other student's posting.

http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/campaigns/factory_farming/

Extra Credit - Flow Movie - March 10

Please post your thoughts after watching the movie "Flow".

Week 9 Climate Challenge

Play this game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/

In 2-3 sentences, what did you learn about climate change?

Week 8 Darfur is Dying

Play the game Darfur is Dying: http://www.darfurisdying.com/

Write 3 sentences about what you learned from playing this game. Comment on a peer's posting

Week 7 - Life as a Refugee

Play Against All Odds, an interactive online game that teaches you about what it is like to be a refugee:

http://www.playagainstallodds.com/

Post a comment about what you learned or how you felt about Against All Odds. Comment on one peers posting.

Week 6 - Country Spreadsheet

As you gather information about global issues in different countries for your spreadsheet, share something interesting and unique about one country and comment on a peer's posting. Pay special attention to how countries compare to the U.S.