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1.
OLD ATLANTIS
Atlantis (àt-làn´tîs),
in Greek mythology, a large island in the western sea.
PLATO describes it as a UTOPIA destroyed by an earthquake.
Questions as to its existence have provoked speculation over the centuries.
One theory holds that it was a part of the Aegean island of THERA that sank
c.1500 B.C.
project:
STORIES OR VISUALS TO DESCRIBE THIS LOST UTOPIA.
web links: Atlantis
2. NEW ATLANTIS :
TIME
CAPSULE
Some scientists predict
that Holland could disappear into the sea in the next 15 years! If Atlantis
was an advanced culture that was swallowed by the sea, could Holland become
the New Atlantis?
project:
What would you put in a time capsule for a future generation
to discover your civilization? Here
are some ideas for stories or pictures:
- If you would only leave a list of important questions to define your culture,
what would they be?
- Make a self-portrait of you in your culture.
- List or show 3 objects to represent your civilization.
weblinks: Time Capsules . ICE . BUBBLES ON MARS
3.
FLOODS & TSUNAMIS Holland
has a tradition of creating ways to work with water. The flood in 1953 in
Zeeland saw the dawn of many advances in underwater architecture, and new
ways to control the water level. Japan is also an island with advanced ways
of knowing the water. They have built the most elaborate wall that can listen
to the ocean floor, to warn them of a tsunami.
project:
- If you could save only 3 things from a tsunami, what
would they be?
All responses,
whether they are fantastic, science fiction, serious or comic, are welcome.
weblinks: Zeeland Flood Film . Zeeland Flood (text in english) . Art,Tsunami . HOKUSAI, the Great Wave
4. VIRTUAL AQUARIUM During the month of June in the cyber lab, we will make a "virtual aquarium." Once we make the "tank" and the "fish", we will give our fish special powers to swim to other ponds or oceans, some fish might eat other fish....many possibilities.
project:
Submit
a fish for the "virtual aquarium"