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Finding Solutions to Hunger, Poverty, and Inequality In this task, students will research the causes of poverty and hunger throughout the world and come up with possible actions that would create a sustainable existence for all. This task includes: |
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Floating Pencil This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the knowledge of Matter and Its Tranformations. Students must record the length of the pencil suspended in both fresh water and salt water that is unsubmerged, and determine if the unmarked sample is salt water or fresh water. Lastly, students will predict the outcome of adding salt to the salt water sample. This task includes: |
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Folk Costumes Around the World In this task, students will provide pictures and write descriptions of their traditional folk outfits and the cultural purposes behind them. This task includes: |
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Get to Know Others In this task, students will research their own culture in order to compare and contrast to others. This task includes: |
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Global Art: A Sense of Caring The purpose of the Global Art: A Sense of Caring task is to support youth to exchange digital photos/artwork and writing on the theme of caring. Students will write a story or a poem on his/her ideas of caring. They will then create an artwork according to the story and design a class Service Learning project that demonstrates caring for others and take action to benefit the community and show how much they care about. |
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Global Art: A Sense of Caring In this task, students will create a presentation on what it means to be a caring person and then design a caring activity that will benefit the community. This task includes: |
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Global Food Show and Tell In this task, students will research and share different recipes and foods eaten in their country. This task includes: |
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Global Food Show and Tell In the Global Food Show and Tell task, students will share, compare, and contrast different types of foods eaten in their home countries. This task includes a possible classroom activity. |
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Heritage Around the World In this task, students will decide on any aspect of their Country's heritage to research. This task includes: |
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Identifying Creatures This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Understandings of Scientific Inquiry. Students must use a classification key about facial properties to identify three creatures. This task includes: |
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