Final Project

    For our final project, we decided to watch the Sci-Fi movie, The Maze Runner, with the added benefit of Dylan O'Brien being in it. This movie is about a group of teenagers that are being on to see if they can withstand the trials of WICKED. WICKED is an organization that is attempting to create a stronger population of humans to save the world from "The Flare", but they are going about this in extremely unethical and dangerous ways. The Flare is an infectious disease that has wiped out Earth's population as a result of climate change and various other factors. Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and the other teenagers put in the maze endure dangerous battles with Grievers and stings, while trying to find a way to escape the maze. To couple our film, we researched an article about climate change and its potentially detrimental effects on Earth and humanity if it is left unchecked. We thought this article as great for our project because The Maze Runner is basically highlighting what our article says will happen. We created our poster based off the maze itself, which we'll present on Tuesday (:. I enjoyed this project because we had the freedom to choose our own film and article, but also got to come up with some great ideas on how to display the information we learned concerning the future of humanity. 

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