Week 8

Go to the EPA website and take a look at the table that explains extreme events that could be caused by global warming.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/extreme.html

What are some extreme events that could occur? Do you see any evidence in the last few years that these things are already starting to occur? What can we do to slow down the process?

Week 7

USA Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions
58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese
Eight out of 10 over 25's Overweight
78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations
25% completely Sedentary
76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990

Source: http://www.annecollins.com/obesity/statistics-obesity.htm

What is the problem? How can we solve it?

Respond to these questions and one of your peer's postings.

Global Statistics

Government workers, statiticians, market researchers, and educational researchers study statistics about populations to understand relationships between factors. You will be doing some research in excel to compare some statistics in 10 countries. For example, you may want to look at the following statistics that you think are related:

Obesity rate:
Life expectancy:
Consumption of soda:
# of Mcdonalds per capita:
Average income:

What are 2 of the statistics that you will be researching?

Why do you think they are related?

Human Trafficking - Week 5

Slavery still exists in the modern world. In 2001, the FBI estimated that 700,000 women and children were sold to slavery, UNICEF estimated 1.75 million, and the UN estimated 1 million (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/slaves/etc/stats.html). These figures vary widely since everything is done secretly and unlawfully, so it is difficult to come up with numbers.

Find 2 facts on reliable government (.gov) or organizational (.org) websites and post the websites and facts on the blog. Reflect on a minimum of one other person's posting.

Pollution and Climate Change

What diseases and/or conditions do you think may be caused by pollution? Post a reliable and credible website address from which you got the information. Comment on one other student's posting.