[eMINTS] Christmas Project

[Lori Jones]

Charles,
we are already doint it and love it!  My kids showed me...thanks for 
sharing!At 03:23 PM 11/29/2007, you wrote:

>Here is a fun, educational and worthy project for your class to do during
>the holidays or all year long. It's called FreeRice. The operators of the
>site give you a vocabulary word. If you pick the right definition you will
>be giving 20 grains of rice to feed the world's hungry. I know that doesn't
>sound like much but when you have a lot of people playing it adds up. Since
>October 7 of this year players have been able to donate over 4 billion
>grains. How are they able to donate? Each time you get a correct answer an
>ad appears at the bottom of the page from advertisers like Home Depot and
>Sirius.  The advertising dollar pays for the rice. The good news is that the
>ads are unobtrusive. If I hadn't read that they appear I wouldn't have even
>noticed. Even if you feel like your class should not participate, give it a
>try yourself.
>
>http://www.freerice.com/index.php
>
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