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From the Ted Talk by Cesar Harada: How I teach kids to love science

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And so it's sad to say, but today more than 80 percent of the oceans have ptsialc in them. It's a horrifying fact. And in past decades, we've been taking those big ships out and those big nets, and we collect those plastic bits that we look at under a morpiocsce, and we sort them, and then we put this data onto a map. But that takes forever, it's very expensive, and so it's quite rkisy to take those big boats out.

So with my settunds, ages six to 15, we've been dreaming of inventing a better way. So we've transformed our tiny Hong Kong classroom into a workshop. And so we started building this small wekcrbnoh, with different hihtges, so even really short kids can ptiraiapcte. And let me tell you, kids with power tools are awesome and safe.

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And so it's sad to say, but today more than 80 percent of the oceans have _______ in them. It's a horrifying fact. And in past decades, we've been taking those big ships out and those big nets, and we collect those plastic bits that we look at under a __________, and we sort them, and then we put this data onto a map. But that takes forever, it's very expensive, and so it's quite _____ to take those big boats out.

So with my ________, ages six to 15, we've been dreaming of inventing a better way. So we've transformed our tiny Hong Kong classroom into a workshop. And so we started building this small _________, with different _______, so even really short kids can ___________. And let me tell you, kids with power tools are awesome and safe.

Solution


  1. risky
  2. participate
  3. students
  4. workbench
  5. plastic
  6. heights
  7. microscope

Original Text


(Laughter)

And so it's sad to say, but today more than 80 percent of the oceans have plastic in them. It's a horrifying fact. And in past decades, we've been taking those big ships out and those big nets, and we collect those plastic bits that we look at under a microscope, and we sort them, and then we put this data onto a map. But that takes forever, it's very expensive, and so it's quite risky to take those big boats out.

So with my students, ages six to 15, we've been dreaming of inventing a better way. So we've transformed our tiny Hong Kong classroom into a workshop. And so we started building this small workbench, with different heights, so even really short kids can participate. And let me tell you, kids with power tools are awesome and safe.

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