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After our conference on 7 September, we decided more or less to set our assignment up to answer this question:

"How can I (we?) make the world a better place?"

Some ideas for starters--add your ideas, flesh these ideas out. Maybe we should use this as a page to generate ideas for what concepts kids might pursue in answering the question.

Alternative energy / better use of resources //(How can we promote a better use of our natural resources?)//

Environment Ag kids could do beautification projects--choose location, plants and arrangement, and the like.

Working for Peace

Communication

Health for everybody

Good food for the world

Better technology

"Pay it forward"- doing nice things for others in the hope that they will, in turn, do something nice for someone else.

Make time for a child each day (hug, encouragement, help with homework, a smile)

Support those who need help (elderly, military, handicapped, etc.) any way you can

Get involved in your community (Habitat for Humanity, trash pick up, reading for the blind) (//How can teenagers pr//

Be better stewards of money (less credit/more cash & saving, lower executive bonuses/buyouts)

Stop stereotyping, racism, prejudices

Improving education //(What effect has the No Child Left Behind Act had on education?)// //(What effect has the current economy had on public education?)// =ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS=

Compose the question; then, tell the content area that corresponds with it.

How can we bring different cultures closer together through meeting and learning from one another through skype and other internet sources to make the world a better place? Middle School Social Studies (6th and 7th for other continents, 8th for other areas of NC).

How can we keep track of the environmental effects of urban sprawl in NC? 8th grade Social Studies on NC, Middle School science on environmental problems.

Does society have a responsibility to care for the elderly? the homelesss? (social studies, health occupations, high school level??)

In what ways can we make our school campus more "Green"?

Why is a better use of our energy resources important in today's world?

How do community service projects affect the community?

Why do high school students today still read //The Crucible//? What can it teach us about our past? Our present? (English, 11th grade)

Essential question - How do we protect our environment? What can we do to help animals and humans survive?
 * Science - 2nd/3rd grade - What do animals need to survive? How do animals adapt to their environment? What can our school do to help save an endangered species?
 * Science/Social Studies - 6th/7th grade - How do we save the rainforests? How do people and animals live in rainforests and how do they best co-exist?
 * Healthy Living - 10th/11th grade - What are some common diseases in the world today? How are diseases treated?

Essential question - What can we do as a community for others? Why is our community important?
 * Social Studies - 2nd grade - Which of our community helpers is the most important? What community helper would want to be?
 * Social Studies - 6th/7th grade - How does community history affect today's community values?
 * 10th/11th grade - Can one person impact our community? Who has made an impact on our/your community and what were their accomplishments?

Essential question - How can we conserve and maintain our planet's natural resources?
 * Social Studies - 2nd/3rd grade - What can we do to conserve water ( or another natural resource)? Why is water important to us?
 * Science - 6th/7th grade - What is ozone? What is causing the destruction of the Earth's ozone layer?
 * Science - 10th/11th grade - What is electricity and why is it important to us? What are the parts of an electric circuit?