Question: Clay Wanner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas a few years ago,to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning. "I think half of them fell off their chairs, " Wanner says.

Wanner manages school facilities for Clark County, Nevada,a district roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2018,143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public education system. Wanner needs 73 new schools to house them. Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes ;they plan to construct their schools starting in 2009. The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings.

Green schools are appearing all over, but in Clark County,which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate. "One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation ," Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says. His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas. "You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool."

Surprisingly, the man who is responsible for one of the most progressive green-design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings. "I don't believe in the new green religion," Wanner says."Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical. I'm interested in those that work. "But he wouldn't mind if some green features inspire students. He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power. "You never know what's going to start the interest of a child to study math and science,"he says. 1. What kind of people did Clay Wanner gather?
2. Where did he gather them
3. How much less energy did he want the schools to use?
4. What does Wanner manage?
5. Where are the facilities he manages?
6. How many schools does Wanner need for the new students coming in?
7. How many new students are needing to be housed by these schools?
8. What design requirement goes against the realities of the area's climate?
9. Does Wanner believe wholeheartedly in eco-friendly technologies?
10. What types of power harvesting does he wish to inspire the stuidents to learn more about? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. architects
2. Las Vegas
3. 50 percent
4. school facilities
5. Clark County
6. 73
7. 143,000
8. more natural light for students
9. No
10. harvesting wind

input: Central America () is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast. Central America is bordered by Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America consists of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The combined population of Central America is between 41,739,000 (2009 estimate) and 42,688,190 (2012 estimate).

Central America is a part of the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala through to central Panama. Due to the presence of several active geologic faults and the Central America Volcanic Arc, there is a great deal of seismic activity in the region. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur frequently; these natural disasters have resulted in the loss of many lives and much property.

In the Pre-Columbian era, Central America was inhabited by the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica to the north and west and the Isthmo-Colombian peoples to the south and east. Soon after Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas, the Spanish began to colonize the Americas. From 1609 until 1821, most of the territory within Central Americaexcept for the lands that would become Belize and Panamawas governed by the Viceroyalty of New Spain from Mexico City as the Captaincy General of Guatemala. After New Spain achieved independence from Spain in 1821, some of its provinces were annexed to the First Mexican Empire, but soon seceded from Mexico to form the Federal Republic of Central America, which lasted from 1823 to 1838. The seven states finally became independent autonomous states: beginning with Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Guatemala (1838); followed by El Salvador (1841); then Panama (1903); and finally Belize (1981). Even today, though, people in Central America sometimes still refer to their nations as though they are provinces of a Central American state (e.g. it is still common to write "C.A." after the country names, in formal and informal contexts). 1. Where is Central America in relation to North America?
2. Is it a single nation?
3. How many countries are in it?
4. WHat are some of them?
5. Are all of the countries landlocked?
6. What bodies of water does it border?
7. Is the poopulation growing?
8. What was it in 2012?
9. Were Europeans the first people to live there?
10. Who were?
11. WHat European nation came there first?
12. Who did they send?
13. When did they start taking over?
14. Do they still have control of the area?
15. When did their control end?
16. Were they taken over by anyone else then?
17. WHat did they become after they left Mexico?
18. Which modern nation was the last to leave that republic?
19. WHen did that happen?
20. Is the area geologically stable? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. southernmost
2. no
3. seven
4. Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala
5. no
6. Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean
7. yes
8. 42,688,190
9. no
10. indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica, and the Isthmo-Colombian
11. Spanish
12. Christopher Columbus'
13. 1609
14. no
15. 1821,
16. No they were annexed though
17. Federal Republic of Central America
18. Belize
19. 1981
20. no