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​​ Once you have read an article, follow these steps to complete your current events assignment. 1. Click on the "EDIT This Page" Box. Your screen should change to EDIT mode. The button is here ==============> 2. Read the list of **Assignment Choices** on the Left column of the table below. 3. Choose one of the **Assignment Choices** to complete. 4. Click on an empty box that matches both the __row__ of your **Assignment Choice** and the __column__ of the **Article** you read. 5. When you see your cursor flashing in the correct box, type your response. (Be sure to use complete sentences!) 6. Type your __first name__ at the end of your response. (NO LAST NAMES!!!) 7. When you finish typing, click the gray "**Save**" button in the upper right part of the screen. 8. Your screen should now be back to NORMAL mode. If your response looks correct, then you are finished. If not, please repeat these steps and make any necessary revisions.

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Sinkhole** || **Article2 wwwwwwww **
 * **Assignment Choices** || **Article1 wwwwwwww
 * New Oil Well** || **Article3** ** wwwwwwww **
 * Greenland** || **Article4** **wwwwwwww**
 * Sand Barrier** || **Article5** **wwwwwwww**
 * Dirty Dozen** || **Article6** **wwwwwwww**
 * Dinosaur** ||
 * // **1**-Tell why this article is important or how it affects your life. // || Thats the biggest sink hole i've ever seen but can it sink a house in one whole?Eric N.

This sink hole could swollow up the whole city and it could kill a lot of people. If there was another storm would there be another sink hole. PorterE || i dont want oil in my water ray || does anyone not know whats going on? anyone ever heard of, GLOBAL WARMING!?!?!?!? -the awesome one (aka James G) || If the barriers are not built, the beach would be covered in oil so the people who go to the beaches in that area would not be happy. -Madison C. || This article is important to me because if I eat pestisides, then it would be unhealthy for me and I want to be very healthy.-Lizzie N. || That this story is that it exiedt me and that the horn is big! Richie D || Frank L. WHY dont they have a person go down there so they cansee what it like? why dont they drop something down there to see how deep it is. WILL J ||  || Why don't they make a blockade? Why​ don,t they get a backhoe and the ice up.-MattC || why have they been wasting so much money on ways to drill oil?why do we keep drilling after the incident. will.k || Would it be bad to plant your own garden? Why is it that types of fruit that is bad? Would it be realy bad if you grew your own garden? Jason B ||  || and and sad. It must of been horrible for the people there.-Victoria E || i feal sad because it is killing alot of animals in the golf of mexico and it is sad to see them die. $NICK.DEQ$ || ​ I feel sad because greenland's land is just melting away as we watch t.v- KYLIE THE REALLY AWESOME ONE ||  || This arcticle made me feel relieved because I always thought that there were probrally some dirty foods and I always wanted to know what they were, now I know. -Emily P. ||  || Andrew P. ||  ||   || 1. That the oil has traveled all way to Louisiana. 2. That they have permission to start immediately on the barrier. 3. That they had a 86 mile plan at first so the oil would not come ashore.-Mackenzie A. || **corn is good for summer. and graps are good too. and salrey is good too. $DANA.W$ ** ||  || -SamanthaS || The problem is that there are pesticides in fruit with soft skin or things that grow in the ground because it can sink into the fruit more easily and so it does. The solution is to buy organic types of the certain ones and then it can reduce so many chemicals in a persons body that it is amazing. -Grace H. ||  || The sand barries held up so we could cap the oil spill. The cap is strong enough to hold for over 1000000000 years! Siani A. ||  || Three months from now it might say that there was a new type of dinosaur discovered, that is just like this one.-MorganL || The sand barriers are suposed to kepe the oil away from the cost of LA. What is the name of the cost guard whogave the go ahead?tomL || Which vegetable had the pesticides? || What does //Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna mean?// it mean Great horned horny face. Sam.S ||
 * // **2**-List what questions (2) you have after reading this article. // || WHY DONT THEY SEND SOMETHING DOWN IN THE SINKHOLE TO TAKE MORE PICTURES????
 * // **3**-Did this article make you feel a strong emotion? Did it make you feel excited, fearful, angry, or hopeful? Why do you feel this way? // || ​ Not really, but a little sympitetic
 * // **4**-List the three most interesting facts from the article. // || At least 13 people died, the sinkhole swallowed at least one 3-story building, and it was caused by flooding from tropical storm Agatha
 * // **5**-Describe the main problem in the article and the (proposed) solution(s). // ||  ||   ||   || The problem is oil is washing up on the shore form the oil spill. The solution is to put up sand barriers on the shore, but I think I would add to it and put up higher sand barriers.
 * // **6**- Compare and contrast the Main topic of the article to a similar topic or issue. // ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * // **7**-Predict what an article written three months from now might say about this topic. // || That the new sinkholes have become pools and that they moved the houses away from the new pools. There will be cleaners cleaning and putting a surface @ the bottom of the new pools. -SYDNI S ROX! || The article might say that they discovered more oil wells and found good uses for the oil Drew T. ||  ||
 * // **A**- Answer the question in the box and then write your own question in the box below. // || What is the name of the storm that caused the sinkhole? || What solution to the oil leak has just failed? || How high is Greenland rising each year? Presently, 1 inch per year, but that is due to increase to two inches per year by 2025. This is a pure sign of Global Warming to those who don't already believe it. Greenland is now the greatest contributor to sea level rise. Why is the land rebounding? -Ben A. || What is the sand barrier for?
 * // **A**- Answer the question in the box and then write your own question in the box below. // || What is the name of the storm that caused the sinkhole? || What solution to the oil leak has just failed? || How high is Greenland rising each year? Presently, 1 inch per year, but that is due to increase to two inches per year by 2025. This is a pure sign of Global Warming to those who don't already believe it. Greenland is now the greatest contributor to sea level rise. Why is the land rebounding? -Ben A. || What is the sand barrier for?
 * // **B**- Answer the question in the box above and then write your own question in the box below. // || The Tropical Storm Agatha was the cause of the sinkhole.-Victoria E ||   ||   ||   || One vegtable that had pesticides was a potatoe.-Lizzie N.

Question: Which fruit had pesicides?-Lizzie N. || HOW LONG IS IT. SAM.S It's 22 ft long and 6 to 7 ft tall. -Katie F:-p ||
 * // **C**- Answer the question in the box above and then write your own question in the box below. // ||   ||   ||   ||   || The peach had pestsides.

Q: How many vegtables had pestisides?

-Emily P. || How big are the horns? -Katie F The horns were about 4 feet long each. -Shane What was the name of the duck they found with it? Jack $ on P || -Grace H. || How long ago were they living in the world? -Shane ||
 * // **D**- Answer the question in the box above and then write your own question in the box below. // ||  ||   ||   ||   || There are exactly 12 types of fruit and veggies total (the DIRTY DOSEN).
 * // **E**- Answer the question in the box above and then write your own question in the box below. // ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Alternative Assignment: Find a Current Science news article and link it below. You must list the your first name, the title of the article, one sentence about why you chose the article, and the link to the article. Completing all four steps will count as a completed Current Events assignment. N. || Dirty Dozen || I chose this article because I wanted to see what kind of foods had pesticides in them. So if I go to the grocery store and get healthy foods that don't have pestisides in them then I will stay healthy. || CNN Health ||
 * **Your First Name ww ** || **Article Title wwwwwwwwwwwwwww ** || **Why you chose the article (one sentence)** wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww || **Website Link** ||
 * Emily (P.) || The Dirty Dozen || I chose this arcticle because it seemed interesting to me. || __CNN Health__ ||
 * Lizzie