April 12th lesson
Dear students,
Today you will learn about the course, take a pre-course survey, and choose your group members for your student-led activity.
Course topics:
Harvest of Fear
The case for engineering our food (TED2015, Pamela Ronald, 2015)
GMO controversies - science vs. public fear (TEDxLjubljana, Borut Bohanec, 2014)
Welcom to the genomic revolution (TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick, 2011)
Mosquito Wars (Gates Notes, Bill Gates, 2017)
Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease (TEDSalon London, Haydn Parry, 2012)
Three new ways to kill mosquitos (TEDxMaastricht, Bart Knols, 2012)
Let's pool our medical data (TEDGlobal, John Wilbanks, 2012)
Mosquitos malaria and education (TED2009, Bill Gates, 2009)
Endangered Languages (David Harrison, 2008)
Endangered languages: why it matters (TEDxLSHTM, Mandana Seyfeddinipur, 2015)
Back to the future of endangered langauges (TEDxUTA, Colleen Fitzgerald, 2015)
Documentary explores loss of languages around the globe (PBS NewsHour, 2015)
Preserving endangered languages ( Barry Mosses at TEDxCCS, 2013)
If there is time today, you will do a listening activity.
Watch and listen to a talk, make notes and write a summary and opinion of the speech. You should write your response in the form provided below:
Summary & Opinion - Week 1
After you have finished, you should also upload one word which you have learned today that may become part of an end-of-trimester quiz.
Vocabulary Upload Form
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will learn about the course, take a pre-course survey, and choose your group members for your student-led activity.
Course topics:
Harvest of Fear
The case for engineering our food (TED2015, Pamela Ronald, 2015)
GMO controversies - science vs. public fear (TEDxLjubljana, Borut Bohanec, 2014)
Welcom to the genomic revolution (TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick, 2011)
Mosquito Wars (Gates Notes, Bill Gates, 2017)
Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease (TEDSalon London, Haydn Parry, 2012)
Three new ways to kill mosquitos (TEDxMaastricht, Bart Knols, 2012)
Let's pool our medical data (TEDGlobal, John Wilbanks, 2012)
Mosquitos malaria and education (TED2009, Bill Gates, 2009)
Endangered Languages (David Harrison, 2008)
Endangered languages: why it matters (TEDxLSHTM, Mandana Seyfeddinipur, 2015)
Back to the future of endangered langauges (TEDxUTA, Colleen Fitzgerald, 2015)
Documentary explores loss of languages around the globe (PBS NewsHour, 2015)
Preserving endangered languages ( Barry Mosses at TEDxCCS, 2013)
If there is time today, you will do a listening activity.
Watch and listen to a talk, make notes and write a summary and opinion of the speech. You should write your response in the form provided below:
Summary & Opinion - Week 1
After you have finished, you should also upload one word which you have learned today that may become part of an end-of-trimester quiz.
Vocabulary Upload Form
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
