Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Connection: Climate Labs
In Activity 1 we measured heat absorbed by 3 different materials. The materials were Dirt, Sand, and Water. Our results were normal and as expected. The water rose and fell in temperature the slowest. Dirt and sand were about equal both absorbed heat and cooling off fairly quickly.
For Activity 4, we had to measure the heat inside 3 different atmospheres.The atmospheres were in bottles with different environmental qualities added to them. The bottle played as the atmosphere, the paint was used clouds, and the water was used as itself. Our bottle consisted of dark soil. At the beginning it was pretty much the same and than about half way it went up slightly. I thought the temperature would rise inside because dark sand usually attracts light so i thought it would have kept rising.
These climate activities do show Earth's climate on a small scale fairly well. The big picture, however, is still way different in the actual breakdown of climate effects. Overall, small variables, small results. My climate topic in Straight-line winds, so i believe that it is impossible to examine it.
For Activity 4, we had to measure the heat inside 3 different atmospheres.The atmospheres were in bottles with different environmental qualities added to them. The bottle played as the atmosphere, the paint was used clouds, and the water was used as itself. Our bottle consisted of dark soil. At the beginning it was pretty much the same and than about half way it went up slightly. I thought the temperature would rise inside because dark sand usually attracts light so i thought it would have kept rising.
These climate activities do show Earth's climate on a small scale fairly well. The big picture, however, is still way different in the actual breakdown of climate effects. Overall, small variables, small results. My climate topic in Straight-line winds, so i believe that it is impossible to examine it.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Climate Inquiry
Climate Change - Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. EPA,
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/, 10/14/10
This website gives important information about climate. It talks about how the the climate change is a problem and how its affecting the people and the environment. it provides information on climate change for communities, individuals, states and governments.
Climate Change - Wikipedia, The Free encyclopedia
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/climate change, 10/16/10
This Website also gives good information about climate change. it says its a long term change of weather patterns over time from decades to millions of years. This website talks about causes of climate change, and Physical evidence such as Glaciers, vegitation, Ice cores and more.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/, 10/14/10
This website gives important information about climate. It talks about how the the climate change is a problem and how its affecting the people and the environment. it provides information on climate change for communities, individuals, states and governments.
Climate Change - Wikipedia, The Free encyclopedia
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/climate change, 10/16/10
This Website also gives good information about climate change. it says its a long term change of weather patterns over time from decades to millions of years. This website talks about causes of climate change, and Physical evidence such as Glaciers, vegitation, Ice cores and more.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Sewer Plant
At the sewer plant I learned about what they do to help the community. At the plant they clean the water and decotaminate it, all the water in the city is moved through the plant, so anything that goes down your drains, pipes, or toilets goes to the plant and it cleans out the water, taking all the things that is sent with the water, like paper, toys, particles, etc., and sends it back through the system and is used again. So its like we recycle water and reuse it again. It's also sent through a disinfect area, where small living organisms ea the bacteria and stuff our of the water so it doesn't cause people to get sick. I never knew we had a sewer plant here in Eaton Rapids, it was fasinating to watch the sewer system in action, but it smelt terrible. And the organisms that are used for the process are multiplied daily, so the workers at the plant have to dispose of so many organisms so they don't over multiply the system.
Recycling is very important, it's a way to help our environment physically and stop from pollutants spreading across the community. What recycling does is a way to reuse things we've already used, and keep this process going over and over again so that the earth and environment gets healthier. I recycle and will keep recycling because I feel important and an asset to the earth by going green and helping our environment improve everyday.
Recycling is very important, it's a way to help our environment physically and stop from pollutants spreading across the community. What recycling does is a way to reuse things we've already used, and keep this process going over and over again so that the earth and environment gets healthier. I recycle and will keep recycling because I feel important and an asset to the earth by going green and helping our environment improve everyday.
City Talk
1) Mrs. Byerly, she works as a project manager for Eaton Rapids.
2) The city upgraded our system by putting in two parking lots as a filter because as all the rain water flows in the parking lot it goes through a rain garden where the water is filtered. All the construction that has been going on is the help make our river clearer by giving us a new sewage system.
3.) These will help our river water by not allowing chemicals and other things into our water. Like if little particles fall into the streets and end up in the water, it can get in our water system
4) Since our group was responsible for the temperature of the river I don't think it will really be effected by the new improvements in our city. Im sure that many of the other tests our classmates did will have a big effect though because there will be a lot less pollutants in the water.
5) I thought the parking lots were interesting because i assumed they were just used for parking cars, then she explained how else they were used. And I never knew that particles from cars got into our water and dirtied our water supply, which was a good thing for the parking lots.
6) Our biobottle are going well, lots of growth from each bottle. My biobottle is the one with the plastic in the system, and ist still to manage to have exponential growth.
7) Our action plan is a competition to get recycling started at McDonald's and Burger King.
8) Our powerpoint is going well, we have the good things about how Burger King and Mcdonald's recycles presently, and ways they could improve that. Also the things that they're doing that is effecting our ecosystem and community badly.
2) The city upgraded our system by putting in two parking lots as a filter because as all the rain water flows in the parking lot it goes through a rain garden where the water is filtered. All the construction that has been going on is the help make our river clearer by giving us a new sewage system.
3.) These will help our river water by not allowing chemicals and other things into our water. Like if little particles fall into the streets and end up in the water, it can get in our water system
4) Since our group was responsible for the temperature of the river I don't think it will really be effected by the new improvements in our city. Im sure that many of the other tests our classmates did will have a big effect though because there will be a lot less pollutants in the water.
5) I thought the parking lots were interesting because i assumed they were just used for parking cars, then she explained how else they were used. And I never knew that particles from cars got into our water and dirtied our water supply, which was a good thing for the parking lots.
6) Our biobottle are going well, lots of growth from each bottle. My biobottle is the one with the plastic in the system, and ist still to manage to have exponential growth.
7) Our action plan is a competition to get recycling started at McDonald's and Burger King.
8) Our powerpoint is going well, we have the good things about how Burger King and Mcdonald's recycles presently, and ways they could improve that. Also the things that they're doing that is effecting our ecosystem and community badly.
Water Testing Connections
1) My group chose about the Nitrates in McDonald's food.
2) Our action project will be McDonald's vs. Burger King, about what the two restaurants do to recycle see which one can start to improve sooner. my partner, Nick Yerdan, who works at Burger King, and Andrew Stine who works at McDonald's, are going to work by talking to their managers to try to change their restaurants and have recycling become a regular thing at these resturants.
3) In our biobottles were testing the nitrates in McDonald's products and food. In my biobottle, I'm using a chicken nugget. Over the weeks were observing the affects that it has on my biobottle ecosystem. In the end we will see what each of our chosen items, for our biobottles, have done to our ecosystems.
4) Our river test that we did at MacArthur Park connects with our action plan because of recycling. Testing the river and finding how nitrates affects our river water. Recycling can help clean our river, and that goes for our action project. To recycle in food restaurants is a step to start recycling in our community which will help our community.
2) Our action project will be McDonald's vs. Burger King, about what the two restaurants do to recycle see which one can start to improve sooner. my partner, Nick Yerdan, who works at Burger King, and Andrew Stine who works at McDonald's, are going to work by talking to their managers to try to change their restaurants and have recycling become a regular thing at these resturants.
3) In our biobottles were testing the nitrates in McDonald's products and food. In my biobottle, I'm using a chicken nugget. Over the weeks were observing the affects that it has on my biobottle ecosystem. In the end we will see what each of our chosen items, for our biobottles, have done to our ecosystems.
4) Our river test that we did at MacArthur Park connects with our action plan because of recycling. Testing the river and finding how nitrates affects our river water. Recycling can help clean our river, and that goes for our action project. To recycle in food restaurants is a step to start recycling in our community which will help our community.
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