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I have attached the file with instructions please review the 'Plastic Planet sheet with instructions' for more details and note the due dates. Plastic Planet For this project, you will research an issue about plastics; you will write and publish a children’s book, and you will make a digital movie (mp4) reading of that book. The Steps: 1. Watch “A Radical Plan to End Plastic Waste” https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_forrest_a_radical_plan_to_end_plastic_waste 2. Scroll through and read NPR’s “Plastics: What’s recyclable, what becomes trash – and why https://apps.npr.org/plastics-recycling/ 3. Watch “Plastic Planet” https://librus.hccs.edu/record=b2074334 https://library.hccs.edu/ideas 4. Choose a topic from one at the list at end of this page and complete the Cube Exercise (I chose ‘FOOD WASTE’ from the list) STEP 1: Cube Exercise Answer these in a file for submission Due 10/6/2021 Step One: The Cube Exercise:In this step, you will develop your ideas and themes into a direction for researching and writing your book. This should be answered as short answers with numbers and complete sentences. This is not an essay. Complete the following:   i. Write a question that describes the theme(s) of the book you will write? ii. Write a statement that describes the basic plot of your book  -- this a working thesis statement. If you are struggling,use the "dummy thesis" and finish this statement: "This book is about ..." iii. Make a list of four potential characters: include at least seven specific identifying demographic pieces of information for EACH.  iv. Make a list of three potential settings -- remember, you need both time and place. v. What is the conflict that the characters will face in your book? vi. Write a theme statement (remember, this answers the question "What is the point or message of my book." Ultimately, this theme statement becomes your "lesson."  vii. Remember, you may not write a book about cleaning the beach or a playground (or anything along those lines). You may not write about a kid who sees mess and gets his friends/family/classmates to "clean it up." You may not write about sea life eating or coming into contact with trash or plastics. These are tired plot lines. Be original.  5. Find four academic articles of the work in HCC’s library as though you were writing a paper. (I have attached the 4 sources) STEP 2 Research Submission DUE 10/6/2021 6. Complete research from those sources – 15 tidbits of paraphrased and cited information from each source using the template; research template bottom requires you to identify three ways: actions, words, behaviors you will include in your book to teach about the research. Use the researching template. (I will attach the research template AND A SAMPLE for reference) STEP 3 Story Arc and Story Pacing Chart DUE 10/6/2021 7. Write a children’s book. Your book must include: a. At least three characters; b. A conflict or plot; c. Reflect the research you did on your issue – You may wish to directly cite and reference the research or to explain a concept from the research to your reader, but your book should be teaching and telling the research to the reader. This is the meat of the grade. d. Teach the reader about the issue without being preachy e. Be at least 1000 words over 12 pages; and f. Have at least eight illustrations of your own generation (you draw! – either electronically or by hand and scan) g. You may draw on ipads using Adobe Sketch or Draw, or any other drawing app, or you may draw by hand – totally up to you. h. You will publish it as one document and upload it as a PDF to Canvas. i. You may not write about cleaning the beach, or the playground, or the ocean -- this is not to be a story about a kid rallying his friends to clean the earth. This plot should tell a story and teach the research. Topics you may research and write about: 1. Rag Pickers 2. The business of garbage 3. Plastics for good – not all plastics are waste 4. Plastic Eating Bacteria 5. Microplastics 6. Cruise or Barge Waste 7. Food waste In sum, you will submit: 1. The Cube Exercise 2. The Research Submission 3. The Story Arc and Story Pacing Chart 4. The First Illustration 5. The Story Draft – word document, no illustrations; 6. The Children’s Book in PDF format 7. The reading in Mp4 format -- must have video (I want to see your pictures!)  It should be typed in MLA 8TH formatting -- double spaced 1302 Student Learning Outcomes addressed in this assignment · Demonstrate knowledge of the individual and collaborative research processes · Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments, including one or more research-based essays · Write in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action · Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines. English Department Outcomes Met · Write in appropriate genres using varied rhetorical strategies. · Write in appropriate genres to explain and evaluate rhetorical and/or literary strategies employed in argument, persuasion, and various genres. · Employ research in academic writing styles and use appropriate documentation style. · Communicate ideas effectively through discussion. HCC Core Objectives · Critical Thinking Skills — to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information. · Communication Skills — to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication. · Personal Responsibility — to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making. · Teamwork — to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal Researching Template Source No: Aziz, Maria, and Sumaira Rashid. “Risk Taking Behavior and Interpersonal Relationship of Adrenaline Junkies: A Qualitative Study.” Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing, vol. 9, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 384–391. Academic Search Complete. http://web.b.ebscohost.com.libaccess.hccs.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=10&sid=bf28e7ae-c962-4706-9549-656c863e7cab%40sessionmgr120&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=129285040&db=a9h Which research points does this source support? 1. Helps define the interpersonal relationship with adrenaline junkies 2. Helps explain the different behaviors they could of took instead of that one 3. Helps understand the true meaning behind risk taking behavior 15 Ideas 1. Adrenaline junkies say most people look at them in a wrong way (Aziz 385). 2. Adrenaline junkies choose dangerous activities over a loved one that can harm them (Aziz 385). 3. Adrenaline junkies have a lot of issues with parents regarding what they do (Aziz 385). 4. Despite knowing the things they do are life threating they don’t want to stop doing it (Aziz 385). 5. Risk taking behavior means performing a task that is very hard to achieve because its hazardous (Aziz 385). 6. Can also be a practice on a certain action whose outcome can bring a threat (Aziz 385). 7. Interpersonal relationship is used to describe an association between 2 individuals (Aziz 385). 8. A study that concluded young adults having higher levels of discriminant attitude (Aziz 385). 9. Happiness and excitement in extreme activities are what motivates adrenaline junkies (Aziz 385). 10. Adrenaline junkies are risk takers when it comes to their lives (Aziz 385). 11. Adrenaline junkie’s last concern is death (Aziz 385). 12. As they grow older even get married and see many accidents it reduces the number of risk behaviors (Aziz 385). 13. Some activities include mountain climbing, paragliding, one wheeling using motor bike and diving in a sea with sharks (Aziz 387). 14. One of the reasons they do this is because they have friends who motivate to be like that because they are like that (Aziz 391). 15. They have to be able to perform the behavior in order to enjoy the adrenaline rush (Aziz 391). Garrabrant, Christopher. “Risk-taking behavior: The Role Emotions Play.”Professional Safety, vol. 64, no. 3, Mar. 2019, pp. 46–50. Academic Search Complete.  http://web.b.ebscohost.com.libaccess.hccs.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=6&sid=bf28e7ae-c962-4706-9549-656c863e7cab%40sessionmgr120&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=135004837&db=a9h Which research points does this source support? 1. Helps understand the roles emotion plays in our life 2. Helps understand the emotions that influence risk taking behaviors 3. Helps me understand the emotional triggers on us humans 15 ideas 1. Individuals even thinking of taking a risk behavior understand the level of consequences as a outcome of what they’re doing (Garrabrant 46). 2. Risk can refer to a probability or a consequence (Garrabrant 46). 3. Risk taking behaviors are influenced by human’s emotions (Garrabrant 46). 4. Researchers came to a conclusion that emotions strongly influence the choices you take (Garrabrant 47). 5. Under certain circumstances emotions disrupts reasoning plenty of evidence (Garrabrant 47). 6. Triggers to our emotions bias our decisions and choices as feelings in our bodies (Garrabrant 48). 7. Damasio argues that emotional process act upon how we behave with certain stimuli (Garrabrant 48). 8. Empathy is the capacity to understand our own feelings and be able to share them with others (Garrabrant 49). 9. Empathy provides a level of self-reflection to help us keep our own emotions in check (Garrabrant 49). 10. Positive emotions are or can be associated with one state that develops them or the capacity of unhealthy foods (Garrabrant 49). 11. It’s important to know our understanding of how the lack of positive emotions may lead us to doing risky things (Garrabrant 49). 12. Emotional intelligence is being able to work with the competing interests of your own needs (Garrabrant 50). 13. One way to prevent risky taking behavior is by removing competing interests (Garrabrant 51). 14. The reason why individuals place themselves in harm is sometimes not beneficial to others but to them (Garrabrant 50). 15. Workers working around risky areas that cause them to do risky behaviors are motivated to adapt to that environment (Garrabrant 50). Hussain, Muhammad Sajjad. “The Impact of Owners Behaviour Towards Risk Taking by Pakistani Banks: Mediating Role of Profitability.” Journal of Academic Research in Economics, vol. 10, no. 3, Dec. 2018, pp. 455–465. Academic Search Complete.  http://web.b.ebscohost.com.libaccess.hccs.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=7&sid=bf28e7ae-c962-4706-9549-656c863e7cab%40sessionmgr120&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=134240979&db=a9h Which research points does this source support? 1. The benefits to some people on risk taking behaviors 2. How others adapt and work around the risk taking behavior 3. The profit these workers make in their risk taking jobs 15 Ideas 1. One of the factors that exists in the financial environment that boost risks in the institutions are high risk taking behaviors (Hussain 456). 2. The challenges of risk management include self-harm (Hussain 457). 3. The define risk as probability of variation with unexpected results (Hussain 457). 4. According to previous studies there is a negative relationship between private ownership and risk taking activities of the banks (Hussain 457). 5. Risk taking activities are varied in different types of ownership structures of financial institutions (Hussain 458). 6. Risk taking in financial institutions is also influenced by foreign ownerships (Hussain 458). 7. Profitability has a characteristic of changing the owner’s behavior about doing risk taking behaviors (Hussain 460). 8. Strong and experienced ownership structure is a must to manage the risk taking activities for financial institutions (Hussain 460). 9. Risk taking decisions depend upon the owner’s behavior regarding the risk for the financial institutions (Hussain 460). 10. Risk and financial institutions have a strong connection because risk is known for being exposed to danger (Hussain 456). 11. Institutional ownership has a negative effect on risk taking (Hussain 459). 12. The combination of strong governance and high expertise decreases risk even the behavior (Hussain460). 13. Private ownership structure not suitable enough to manage risk taking activities of these banks (Hussain 461). 14. Strong and experienced ownership is needed for managing risky environments causing risky behaviors (Hussain 462). 15. The focus of risk management team and regulatory authorities only on increasing level of the actions that are taken (Hussain 463). Otto, A.Ross, and Johannes C. Eichstaedt. “Real-World Unexpected Outcomes Predict City-Level Mood States and Risk-Taking Behavior.” PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 1–18. Academic Search Complete. http://web.b.ebscohost.com.libaccess.hccs.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=8&sid=bf28e7ae-c962-4706-9549-656c863e7cab%40sessionmgr120&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=133243715&db=a9h Which research points does this source support? 1. Unexpected outcomes from risk taking behaviors 2. Ways to prevent self-harm towards the attitude 3. Ways to make better choices avoiding those harmful behaviors 15 Ideas 1. Fluctuations are driven upon unpredictable outcomes in our daily lifes but also bring risk taking behaviors (Otto 1). 2. A body of work reveals how the impact of affectively balanced outcomes on a individuals mood is nuanced (Otto 2). 3. Negative outcomes come out stronger when they aren’t expected (Otto 2). 4. Risk taking behaviors are observable day by day and can sometimes be prevented (Otto 2). 5. Generating prediction errors over time is a challenge in predicting moods (Otto 3). 6. There are large behavioral consequences of these presumed mood state fluctuations (Otto 3). 7. A second challenge in predicting city-level mood states is point out affectively valence real-world events that generate prediction errors over time (Otto 3). 8. If shifts in mood state cause risk taking behaviors then population are explained by local outcomes (Otto 3). 9. Risk taking is not knowing what the outcome could be but you don’t care if it’s good or bad (Otto 5). 10. The concept of risk is a concern for human beings (Otto 5). 11. Insuring oneself against possible lost is what your putting yourself against (Otto 5). 12. Different situations give risk taking a whole different definition and understanding (Otto 4). 13. Different personal values of researchers seem to influence the definition of risk taking they employ (Otto 4). 14. Risk taking behaviors harm human being and they know it (Otto 4). 15. Preventions are known but not taken (Otto 5). Researching Template Source No: ___________ Full Citation for Source: Which research points does this source support? (Think back to your Cube Exercise) List:___________________________________________ Find 15 pieces of information total from this source. Organize as you take notes and put all the ones with the same research point together. Remember, you must paraphrase all your information for this assignment, and each must have an in-text citation. Sample: (Research point goes here) This is the paraphrased information that you will have, and it will also have an in text citation (Smith 104). After your 15 pieces of information, find three places in your childrens book that supports or helps what you have found on this page. These are words, actions or behaviors. List them: 1 Bibliography Kessler, Nolan. “Chapter 787: Reducing Food Waste with Fresh Food Date Labeling Terminology.” University of the Pacific Law Review, vol. 49, no. 2, Jan. 2018, pp. 355–375. EBSCOhost, search, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=130193927&site=eds-live Kotykova, Olena, and Mykola Babych. “Economic Impact of Food Loss and Waste.” Agris On-Line Papers in Economics & Informatics, vol. 11, no. 3, Sept. 2019, pp. 55–71. EBSCOhost, doi:10.7160/aol.2019.110306. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=139154639&site=eds-live Nielsen, Chad, et al. “Food Waste Conversion to Microbial Polyhydroxyalkanoates.” Microbial Biotechnology, vol. 10, no. 6, Nov. 2017, pp. 1338–1352. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/1751-7915.12776. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=125929022&site=eds-live Saber, Deborah A., and Linda Silka. “Food Waste as a Classic Problem That Calls for Interdisciplinary Solutions: A Case Study Illustration.” Journal of Social Issues, vol. 76, no. 1, Mar. 2020, pp. 114–122. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/josi.12372. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=142357747&site=eds-live