Using NewsHour Extra Worksheets

Overview: NewsHour Extra worksheets can help students follow along and identify key points in NewsHour science broadcast pieces.

Warm Up: Introduce the topic of the broadcast piece and find out how much your students know.

Main Activity: Hand out the worksheet and have students answer the questions as they watch the NewsHour segment.

Need a DVD of the science segment?: Write to science@newshour.org.

Story: Engineers Lend Technical Aid to Developing Countries, 12/7/07
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec07/engineers_12-07.html

Worksheet Questions: (click here for printout)

1. How did Bernard Amadei and his colleagues at Engineers Without Borders help the town of San Pablo in Belize?

They built a water pump that brought water directly to the village. This allowed young girls, who had hand to spend much of their time carrying water from the river to the village, to attend school instead.

2. How many volunteers participate in Engineers Without Borders projects? How many projects is the group working on right now?

Engineers Without Borders has 8000 volunteer members working on 250 projects.

3. What does Amadei say is "the most difficult part" of developing projects for Engineers Without Borders?

Making sure whatever technology the group brings over is appropriate and respectful of the community's culture; that the people in the community can understand it, take care of and fix it; and that it provides opportunities (jobs, business, etc.) for the community.

4. What does Amadei plan to do with the $125,000 Heinz award that he recently won?

He plans to develop a network of vocational schools around the world to train the next generation of engineers.

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