Project Classroom: Mental Map

Hello again :)
You are part of a planning committee to organize an ecologically friendly park. Organize your ideas using a mental map, which you'll make in class.
This is the information you have to include in your mental map. Images can help you illustrate your ideas.
The central idea is : Ecologically Friendly Park.
From this idea, derive the following points:
1.  5 ways to use recycled materials in your park
2.  5 ways to promote recycling in your park
3.   Community involvement
      3.1  What can the park do for the community?
      3.2  How can the community contribute to the park?
4.  Signs
     4.1  What 6 street signs will you use to keep your park safe?
     4.2  What 6 signs will you use to promote recycling and respect for the environment inside your park?
5. 3 ways in which green energy will be used in your park
6.  Vision:  define your committee's purpose in terms of its values. This will inspire people to contribute time and money to your park.

How you will be graded

a) Did you include all 6 points?
b) Organization of your ideas
c) Are your images pertinent and clear?
d) Teamwork: was the work divided equally and did all the members of the team contribute?
e) Innovative ideas
f) Presentation: is your poster professional and easy to read?

Bring all your information, images and material for tomorrow's class.

Project Classroom: Crossword Puzzle Help

Hello all,
You all had a difficult time solving your crossword puzzle. Here's a website which can help you.

http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml

All you do is type in your definition, click on "Find Word" and it will give you a list of possible words. Together with the vocabulary from this blog (Continued, Friday Nov. 18th), find the correct words. I hope this helps. This puzzle is due tomorrow.

Continued...

After watching the video, complete the sentences with options a-m below.

1.   Traditional ways of constructing buildings and sites create __________.

2.   Trucks use __________ that create __________.

3.  Conventional manufacturing materials like __________ require __________ and         cause __________.

4.  Recycled materials reduce the need for ____________________.

5.  Wood and metal can be used to make __________.

6.  The steel can be used to make __________.

7.  The remaining wood can be converted into __________.

8.  The recycled glass could be turned into __________.

9.  Glass pebbles help with __________.

10.With sustainable reconstruction ____________________.

a)      park lights and bike racks.

b)      additional pollution.

c)      pollution and waste.

d)     recycled benches.

e)      everything old can be made new again.

f)       an aesthetic ground cover.

g)      fossil fuels.

h)      wood chips used as mulch.

i)        watering filtration.

j)        new materials to be made and transported to the new site.

k)      carbon dioxide emissions.

l)        concrete, steel and wood.

m)    toxic chemicals

Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Do you think this system could be implemented in your city? Why or why not?

2. Can you think of an abandoned site near where you live that could be  reconstructed using existing materials? What materials are available? How would you use them to build a park?

Friday Nov 28th: Lab Activity

Hello all,

Watch the video on youtube about building a park out of waste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPcGNp7T4wY

Copy the document above (Continued) onto your e-mail and aswer the questions as you watch the second time.
Watch the video again.
Answer the questions.
Print the document and bring it to class on Monday.
Don´t send me an e-mail.

Homework for Thursday, October 3rd, 2011

Hello All :)

I hope you're having a great time celebrating Day of the Dead.  For those people who weren't in class on Monday, here's the homework you have for tomorrow. Workbook pg 31 and 32: grammar 3 a, b and c. Also, don't forget to turn in your videos tomorrow. You'll get 1 point for correcting your scripts if you turn them in.
Remember to study for your verb test. From the Student's Book, on page 155, all tenses and Spanish: from get-run.

Thank you and see you tomorrow.