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Your first task is to find out about a community in need of food and water resources. Your group will be given a country and you will then search for information that you can share. Each group will produce a page on this wiki that identifies the community in their chosen country and their need. You will then give a group presentation using this page to inform the rest of the class about this community and their need.

Your second task is to design, and price, a water and grain storage facility for a village that has fifty families. The storage facility must be able to contain a two week supply of water and grain. The walls and roof of the facility will be made out of metal sheet that costs $14 per m². The facility must be placed on a 24cm thick concrete floor. The concrete costs $660 per m³. You must make every effort to keep the cost as low as possible. In all your calculations consider an appropriate degree of accuracy.

__**Due date: Tuesday 10th Periods 7 and 8**__ Write a reflection, focusing on:
 * __Your group will need to:__**
 * 1) Complete research, to make a sensible estimation of water and grain needs for a family.
 * 2) Calculate approximately the total amount of water and grain needed for two weeks.
 * 3) Calculate how much space is needed to store the amount of grain and water.
 * 4) Design your storage spaces.
 * 5) Calculate the cost of the building materials.
 * 6) Write your proposal, clearly communicating your process, design and justifications.
 * 7) Prepare an oral presentation, using technology to assist you.
 * __Individually you will need to:__**
 * 1) Why do you think the results of your calculations are sensible?
 * 2) Explaining the choices you made about degree of accuracy.
 * 3) How do you think work like this benefits real communities?
 * 4) How you helped your group.
 * 5) How would you do things differently, if you were to solve a similar problem next year ?

**__Criterion D: Reflection in mathematics__**
 * __Due date: Thursday 12th__**

The student attempts to describe the importance of his or her findings in connection to real life. || Attempts to answer Qa
 * **Achievement level ** || **Descriptor **  || **Indicator ** ||
 * 1–2 || The student attempts to explain whether his or her results make sense in the context of the problem.

Attempts to answer Qc || The student attempts to justify the degree of accuracy of his or her results where appropriate. || Provides a brief but acceptable answer to Qa
 * 3–4 || The student correctly but briefly explains whether his or her results make sense in the context of the problem and describes the importance of his or her findings in connection to real life.

Provides an acceptable answer to Qc Attempts to answer Qb || The student justifies the degree of accuracy of his or her results where appropriate. The student suggests improvements to the method when necessary.  || Detailed and vaild response to Qa
 * 5–6 || The student <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">critically explains whether his or her results make sense in the context of the problem and provides a <span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">detailed explanation of the importance of his or her findings in connection to real life.

Detailed response to Qc

Answers Qc with valid reasons

(Suggests how they could have provided a better solution if they were to do it again) ||