Sunday, February 20, 2011

APES TED Video Assignment

Following is a great list of hyperlinked TED lecture videos (Compiled by Melissa Michalak, William H. Taft HS, San Antonio, TX and located at http://www.ted.com).
 
You must select 1 video. Summarize the key points, select and describe 2 factors that changed due to human influence, and post your results as a comment to this post on the blog. You must select a topic that has not yet been selected, so be prepared to let Dr. Scott know (in class only) which video you will choose as soon as possible! 
  1. Michael
     Pollan – Gives a plant’s eye view – 2007
  2. Michael
         Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable - 2009
  3. Jared
         Diamond on why societies collapse – 2003
  4. Paul
         Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world – 2008
  5. Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures
         fragile Earth in wide-angle – 2009
    (You tube)
  6. John
         Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers -2010
  7. James
         Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss
  8. Corneille
         Ewango is a hero of the Congo forest – 2008
  9. Eric
         Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City – 2009
  10. Willie
         Smits restores a rainforest – 2009
  11. Jeremy
         Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean - 2010
  12. Stephen
         Palumbi: Following the mercury trail - 2010
  13. Al Gore
         on averting climate crisis – 2006
  14. Capt.
         Charles Moore on the seas of plastic – 2009
  15. Al
         Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis – 2008
  16. Nalini
         Nadkarni on conserving the canopy
  17. Edward
         Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes
  18. Brian
         Skerry reveals ocean’s glory and horror – 2010
  19. David
         Gallo shows underwater astonishments – 2007
  20. David
         Gallo on life in the deep oceans – 1998
  21. Richard
         Preston on giant trees – 2008
  22. Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food – 2009
  23. Hans
         Rosling on global population growth – 2010
  24. Michael
         Shermer on strange beliefs – 2006
  25. Adam
         Savage on the Dodo bird
  26. Carolyn
         Steel on how food impacts cities
  27. Dennis
         vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees – 2008
  28. Shimon
         Steinberg: Natural pest control… using bugs! - 2010
  29. William
         McDonough on Cradle to Cradle