Pre-Research

2.18.2013

Days 15

Part 1

1. Diagnostic grades and comments
Rubric
What do these words have in common? just, pros and cons, pretty
Font size and style
Indenting paragraphs
Is the audience the instructor of the class, AKA me?

2. Organizations
We need three parts for our topic:
1) an organization related to our topic that
2) addresses a specific problem and
3) proposes several solutions

Did you find any organizations for our topic, "going green"? Did you find a related topic with an organization?

To choose an organization, we have to make sure the organization does not simply promote awareness but provides a solution to a problem. *Consider the difference between .com, .org, .edu, and .gov.

With a partner
Go to the following website. Does the website mention any problems related to the environment? Does it have solutions to those problems? Search thoroughly, but only within this website.
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future website

In groups of 3 or 4
With your group, find
1) an organization, that
2) addresses a specific problem and
3) proposes several solutions

Organization options:
Earth and Economy website