How Wolves Change Rivers – Must Watch!
This is such a cool example of how closely connected all living things are. It teaches us that every plant and animal has a positive role to play (though I’ve yet to be sold on Mosquitos…)
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C.S.C. – Week 21 (Jan.28)
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Overview This week we will be exploring the UN’s Declaration of Human Rights and discussing how these rights reflect the varied needs of a sustainable and whole community. We will then turn back to the issue of sustainability and begin to brainstorm options for our service learning projects. What did we do in class today?…
C.S.C. – Mid-Term Portfolios
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Overview As you know from our work last week, the mid-term project is a portfolio which demonstrates our learning from semester 1. In addition to the work you have collected(component 1) and the reflections that you have written (component 2), there is a “game-day assignment” (component 3) which should add to the overall presentation and…
C.S.C. – Week 18
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Overview Welcome back! We have just one full week(next week) before mid-terms. This week we will be talking about the importance of “the un-examined life.” We will be discussing Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and watching The Truman Show. The idea of truth and investigation will frame our work for the next week, creating our mid-term portfolios….
C.S.C. – Week 17
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Overview Here we go folks. One week till winter vacation and we will be wrapping up our energy case studies. At this point in the current case study, your group should be done the with the background (history of energy use in the United States), the issues/conflicts (largely peak oil and exponential energy use), and…
C.S.C. – Week 16
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Overview This week we begin our second round of case studies! We will talk about how humans use energy, though our discussions will mostly revolve around one of the biggest controversies of our time, “peak oil.” What is peak oil? Is it a myth? How much energy do we really use, and what is the…
C.S.C. – Week 15
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Overview Week 2 of our industrial foods unit. We’ll be learning more about each of the issues that we brainstormed after finishing the documentary Food Fight. We’ll work on our case-study portfolios for sustainability issues. Remember to e-mail Mr. Des Marais at desmaraisc@harwood.org to schedule time to meet if you need extra help. Also, do not forget to…
C.S.C. – Week 14
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Overview Welcome back folks! I hope you had a restful and enjoyable break. This week in C.S.C. we are going to finish our asset maps and reflections, and share some of the community assets that we believe are vital to a sustainable community. We will conclude the week by introducing our case study portfolio assignment….
C.S.C. – Week 13
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Please enjoy your time with friends and Family! We’ve got a short week this week. we will be working on wrapping up the community asset mapping assignment. When we return from break, we will begin to learn about case studies Remember your brainstorm of community challenges? Case studies will be the format which will allow us…
C.S.C. – Week 10
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Overview-Are we in free fall? We are continuing our reading of Ishmael this week. As we listen to the audiobook, we will continue to discuss some of the big ideas of the novel, as well as taking notes as a group. Please look below our class’s updated notes on google docs. The Novel’s Big Question…
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