[eMINTS] Christmas Project

[Charles Mael]

Hi Lori. Good to hear from you. How are things? Still watching Nip/Tuck? It
has really turned a corner this year.

On Nov 29, 2007 3:24 PM, Lori Jones <ljones at mail.nixa.k12.mo.us> wrote:

> 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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