Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tuesday, February 28th

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, & 8-
1) Warm-Up: Science World pages 12 and 13- answer the questions below.
    a) How many children does the average woman in Africa have? What about North America?
    b) What percentage of the 7 billion plus people who inhabit our planet cannot read or write?
    c) Look at, and read the yellow box labeled "Your Ecological Footprint." Does this surprise you? What is one thing that you can do to reduce your footprint?
    d) What are some things that have impacted population growth in the U.S. in the past 100 years?
2) Walt Whitman's List poem
3) Catalog/List Poem Writing            HW: Finish Catalog Poem

6-
1) Warm-Up: Science World pages 18-20- answer the questions below.
    a) Which technology do you feel is the most useful? Why?
    b) What is something else in nature that could inspire the design or function of something?
2) "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman
3) List Poem Writing                        HW: Finish List Poem

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