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Step 1: Your group will first have to research general information about DDT and take good notes. The information you should gather is below:
1. What is the chemical nature of DDT?
2. What is DDT used for?
3. What are the benefits and limitations of using DDT?
4. What is malaria, how do you get it, how do you prevent it?
Links: General DDT Information
DDT Pesticide Information Profile
Debating DDT
Malaria General Information
Step 2: Each member will assume a professional identity while working on this project. Once you determine which professional identity you will assume, gather information using the links below on your specific research. Keep good notes through your research because it will be used to create a group presentation supporting or opposing the worldwide ban on DDT and presented to the United Nations. Your decision will have a worldwide impact!
ROLES
Toxicologist- Your job is to research the chemical nature of DDT and determine how it impacts the environment.
Links: DDT Bioassays
Facts versus Fears: DDT
To spray or Not to Spray
History of Pesticide Use
Politician- You are the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and are very concerned about your political image. You are to research the political aspects of the DDT ban controversy.
Links: Silent Spring
To Spray or Not to Spray
Pesticides & Politics
Politics of Pesticides
EPA Regulatory History
Precautionary Principle
Environmentalist- You are a member of the World Wildlife Fund and are very concerned about the environment. You keep up with all of the various environmental studies done by organizations such as Greenpeace. Your job is to research what DDT is used for and what effect it has on the environment.
Links: WWF efforts to Phase Out DDT
Resolving, the DDT Dilemma
UCSC research helped lawsuit against DDT maker
Hazards and Exposures Associated with DDT
Rural farmer in Sub-Saharan Africa- You live in a rural village in Sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is very common throughout your village. In fact, you have seen your first-born child die from malaria. Your job is to research what the connection of malaria is with DDT.
Links: DDT, Global Strategies, and Malaria Control
Medical Scientists call Proposed Ban Unethical
Banning DDT Does Not Make Sense
The Case for DDT
Step 3: Your group will come together and share the information you have learned through your research. As a group, you will have to determine if you oppose or support the worldwide ban on DDT. You will have to support your opinion with the information you gathered individually. The decision to ban or not to ban DDT is a difficult one, thus, you will have to be prepared to compromise or change your beliefs.
Step 4: You will be given a storyboard in which your group must collectively plan out your PowerPoint slide presentation supporting your group's opinion on the DDT ban decision. Computer work may only be started once the storyboard is completed.
Step 5: Create your PowerPoint presentation on supporting or opposing the worldwide ban on DDT. Enjoy
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