"Unnatural Causes" is a video with seven episodes on it. We watched the one called "In Sickness and In Wealth" about the notion that “wealthy” people are healthy people in the literal sense saying that the more money you have the healthier and longer life you are going to live. The Mayor of Louisville, KY goes from the different parts of town, where we see how each socio-economical region has a different set of issues which result in varying degrees of health. We also learned about Healthy People 2010 Environmental Legislation Using THOMAS and a little about the process of a bill and the channels it has to go trough to become a law. Along with this we learned about some of the topics in Healthy People 2010.
Week 12
We went through the process of finding a topic in the Healthy People 2010 and then finding legislation about the topic and following it's progress. On Thursday we had Shar as our class facilitator to find out what we thought about our reading of chapter 20 about the ozone layer closing. We also had a good discussion on whether this was a reliable resource and also about how we in the USA don't use enough methods to keep emissions down. Also found out that Dr.V has a knack for re-purposing treasures she finds for great deals!!
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It was interesting watching the movie clip "I am just a Bill" from the School House Rock video series. And the junking thing that we got to see was interesting. Who knew Dr. V took an old tree holder and turned it into a champagne holder. That was fun to see. I hope that I can be able to turn my old junk into functional things.
ReplyDeleteI almost forgot about the junking! I thought that was really cool. Good post..just getting ready for these next couple weeks.
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ReplyDeleteHaha, I too forgot about the junking we took at look at. And yes, Dr. V does have a knack for doing it. I didn't realize that was "junk" that was hers. I was very impressed!