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 * Note: ** Go to http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks and search your issue (and other key terms with your issue) to see if there are any videos that are related. Some of the best information from leading scientists are in these videos. You can embed them in the wiki.

//The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.// Albert Einstein.

=Requirements:= As a group, you will explore a particular issue as it pertains to our lives and that of everyone else in the world. You will research the topic thoroughly and create the following products to display on the wiki (you will receive a wiki page as your start page. Link to other informational pages that you will create on the wiki from your start page. Required items to be created from your group include (and are not limited to):
 * 1) Fact sheet(s) or page(s) about the problem (must show the science behind the problem, what the problem is, where it is occurring, why, etc. )
 * 2) Public service announcement about what others need to know about the problem (needs to be one minute or less)
 * 3) An elevator pitch about what others should do to combat the problem. Description is found here. Can be a podcast, video or a poster that is motivating.
 * 4) Conservation information (how are others dealing with the problem, what can be done, what can others do to help?)
 * 5) Study guide with open ended questions that students will use to fill in as they view your materials. (also include the answers to the questions on a separate answer document)
 * 6) Resources page that include 1) resources you used 2)Videos and other material you found that highlight the problem and 3) Resources on the web where others can take action or find more information. For this section you must include the name of the resource, the URL, and a brief abstract that gives a quick overview of why it is an important resources or what someone will learn there.

=Issues to be researched:=
 * 1) Biodiversity
 * 2) Freshwater issues
 * 3) Petroleum resources
 * 4) Non-petroleum resources
 * 5) Air issues
 * 6) Land use
 * 7) Ocean resources
 * 8) Over-population
 * 9) Feeding the World

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