Nature Walk

I had a great time on the nature walk. I learned that little kids are very intelligent, but all are intelligent in different ways. I was paired with a little girl named Mia and a little boy named Ethan. Mia was very cool and collected and always had her head about her. She seemed to be more the type to learn out of books. Ethan was very energetic and learned best by touching things. All little kids are different and unique.

My water chemistry test connects to my project because by testing the BOD we can see how our schools sewage affects the surrounding land, where our trail is.

The project i am doing is promoting our trail around the school. We are placing markers along the trail and creating a map. My groups doing really well on our project. We've got a bunch of information from Mike that we will use to put on the back of our map. Also, we've collected a lot of trail markers and are in the process of painting them. My responsibilities are topic research, letter-writing campaign, contacting the media, and editing our power point.

My Carbon Footprint

http://myfootprint.org/en/quiz_results/

I didn't feel this was a very good sight for me or younger kids. It asked a lot of questions that I had no clue what the answers were. It would be better for adults.

My footprint is 5.29 Earths. I can reduce my carbon footprint by turning off the sink when I brush my teeth. I can reduce the schools carbon footprint by recycling my papers. I can reduce the communities carbon footprint by recycling my pop bottles.

A connection to my Action Project is that by creating safer routes for people to walk to school, more people will walk to school which will reduce carbon emissions. It will make it so peoples parents will not have to drive them to school. Safer crosswalks will benefit the entire community. Carbon emissions are a big problem for America and it will be good to reduce that. It will reduce our  carbon footprint.

First Post

I don't really know much about the internet. I would like to learn how to search for things and narrow it down easier, rather than having such a broad search. Blogging seems pretty cool, so I would like to learn how blogs work. Also, I would like to know how internet was started. I don't see how anyone could have just sat down and created it.

I would really like to learn more about oceans and all the creatures inside it. That really fascinates me and I would like to learn more about it. Also, I've always found learning about space interesting. The whole concept of us humans being such a tiny part of the universe is really cool. I would also like to learn about natural disasters. They affect our culture so much and I wonder what causes it.