Project introduction

March 16

Projects

Today we are going to speak about what a project could be and how it could look like. Take a look at the video and then answer some questions:

1.       What is the video about?

a.       It is about a research report           

b.      It is about a crazy story Google has invented                    

c.       It is about a good argumentation Google has to sell its idea

d. It is about a project proposal Google is carrying out 

2.        According to the video, we can say that the structure used to express the message is:

a.       Problem-solution                   

b. Cause-effect                               

c. Thesis-arguments

3.       Identify what are the constrains and solutions mentioned in the video

Constrains	Solutions

Clues: 

- Electric bills                                                       

-solar energy                                    

-solar panels

-To use Google maps to show how much sunlight falls on a roof                            

-It could show you how much solar power you can generate and how much you could save

-A lot of things to figure out: how many panels do you need? Who’s gonna install them? How much would you actually save? How do you tell if your house even gets enough sun?

Reading & Speaking Exercise

Read this text about the previous project and answer some questions. Then participate on a discusion.

March 9

Entrepreneurs

Watch a video on an Entrepreneur's life then read the article about him and answer some questions

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/02/11/cnnheroes.wadongo/

READING: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14V6HXGclbZJ5vZhrCLVRQrgOa-7VTTk6sjBKV-SJTWs/edit?usp=sharing

Reading retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_Wadongo (for educational purposes) and activity prepared by Alejandra Jiménez

February 24

What is the video about?
What is its moral?


My question for you this semester is:

How can we make the world better? with science? working with people?

What will you try?

Take a look at another example of making the world better:

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/31/world/cnnheroes-romero

This is a search tool to help you come up with a project that you'll love working on:

https://www.googlesciencefair.com/make-better-generator/en/

Write down in comments what kind of project you'd love work on