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 * Notes (2/12 - DARWIN DAY!):**

All three of us will collaborate on the two videos, making sure it is evident we all three contributed (ie, we are all three on screen).

As for the two paper requirements, we will tie our individual subtopics to the videos and collaborate on initial research, but put our own twist on lesson plans. Therefore, we will each be writing two separate, but very similar papers.

Paper#1 - Case Study/lesson plan (2-3 pages) Video #1 - Bridging the technology gap (length ?)

Paper #2 - Barriers to solutions (3-5 pages) Video #2 - Policy Statement (15 min - ???)


 * Possible water quality related subtopics:**


 * Purification** (Decontamination, Demineralization, Desalination) - (could tie to Matter and Energy or Chemistry for Biology teacher) - Inquiry lab idea: give kids a pile of materials that may or may not clean water - Design a filter!
 * Water-borne diseases** (could tie to Ecology) - Water Hyacinth in Africa as example of an invasive species as root cause of waterborne disease Schistosomiasis
 * Agriculture** (tie this to Plants and People) - ?

Additional subtopics? Access to water or Transport or Sanitation (would this be better as part of purification and /or disease or could it be self sustaining?)


 * Possible breakdown......**


 * Paper #1 Topic: Water Quality**

Chuck: Case Study about Infectious Disease and water quality (topic of paper #1 + lesson plan) Erin: Case Study about Decontamination and water quality (topic of paper #1 + lesson plan) Leslie: Case Study about .....? and water quality [agriculture*? or some other narrow focus?] (topic of paper #1 + lesson plan)
 * - Leslie I'll trade with you if decotamination. would be easier for you let me know I have a possible source for agriculture also- ER

All three of us collaborating - more to follow on this one... Perhaps this video would start with a slow zoom of wide shot to closeup of a class of dirty water and someone narrating or text overlay of statistics on water quality. This would followed by three short vignettes of each us discussing our research on individual subtopics - perhaps filmed "on location" somewhere? And one final summary... perhaps a zoom out of a closeup to wide shot of a clean glass of water - text overlay of something else?
 * Video #1 about Water Quality**

//Plan/write/storyboard ideas and shoot/edit over spring break?// **March 14-18**


 * Possible breakdown......**


 * Paper #2 Topic: Barriers to Solutions**

//Trade subtopics? Or keep with same subtopics as paper #1 - We need to decide this!//

Chuck: Erin: //I think that I would like to trade.// Leslie:

All three of us collaborating - more to follow on this one... Obama interview?? Like the summer video (asking questions/adding clips - we could find policymakerlocal/national/global related clips - like Matt Damon's stuff) We need to find youtube links of policymakers making statements about water - SEND LINKS TO CHUCK (post on the wiki - see page on RIGHT)
 * Video #2 about Policy Statement**