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Colonization Blogs

June 5th, 2007 · 7 Comments

You absolutely need to take a look at the blogs being written by other people in the class for the colonization project. There blogs can be found at these links:
The Colonization of Africa
The Colonization of Australia
The Colonization of Canada
The Colonization of India
The 13 Colonies - U.S.A.
Colonizing the Caribbean
 The Colonization of Brazil
The Colonization of Mexico
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Radio Plays

April 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Here they are:
Detectives_in_a_Futuristic_World.mp3
Detective_Eddies_mysteries_jhk_school.mp3
The_Clown_Skunk.mp3
Mystery of the Car Wreck.mp3
A World Once Human.mp3
While we definitely have some learning still to do about audio levels and conversions to mp3, the students have done an excellent job of creating radio plays. Listen to them and let us know what you think!
UPDATE: Just to let you know, in the 12 hours […]

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Environmental Articles from the BBC

December 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Here are the links to the BBC articles about teenagers and environmental issues. They show that teenagers do have a voice, they can be actively involved in beating climate issues.

Fixing a oil - soaked beach in Lebanon
Requiring Coke to make better use of water in India
Cleaning up abandoned city lots in India
Kids from The Netherlands […]

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