This was a project wherein students took a chemical from the CDC Third Report on chemical exposure and studied the chemical, why we use it, what are it's effects, etc...  Then many students created a Public Service Announcement alerting the public to harm they may be facing.  This was very interesting because some of the students were looking at phthalates and bisphenol-A before there was a huge public outcry this past Spring.  They liked the fact that something they were studying and knew about then later became big news.

 Some of the more exemplary projects include one on PAH's, Mercury, Formaldehyde, Cobalt, and Cadmium but you can see all of them here and here.

Attached are the UbD, Student Guide, and Rubric.

Please reply to this blog, we will use that as a way to brainstorm 

Here is a summary of some brainstorming about what we could/should film:

****Environmental effects of Biodiesel
***What is biodiesel
**How do you make biodiesel
*Why is Biodiesel better than other energy sources
*Positives/negatives of class project
Why should people care?
*Economic benefits
Political ramification

Environmental:
1) BD is a cleaner fuel source
6) We don’t want to die
Renewable resource
Recyclable
Less effort to produce
5) Lower emission/ less acid rain

how to tell the story?
Need a strong plan before you shot
Stick to story line

Class project:
SLA background info
Class background
Biodiesel
Batch vs flow
Blueprints
Construction
Testing
End goal: Ecuador and school energy

I'm sorry, but with my hard-drive crashing I don't have the earlier brainstorms.