11/7 "Deforestation/Keel Billed Toucan"

Summary

This week I learned a lot about deforestation. I learned about why deforestation happens and what happens when deforestation is happening. Deforestation is a terrible thing but it can sometimes benefit us humans such as how Mr. Cuttatree claims building the resort will give many people an opportunity for work.

Backwards Looking Reflection

How much did you know about the topic before we started? What do you now know about the topic that you did not know before?

This week I learned many things about deforestation. At first I thought that every 5 seconds a tree is cut down but I now know that every second two U.S football fields of trees are cut down every second. This is terrible since we get all of our oxygen from plants. At first before we learned about this I never realised how bad deforestation was happening and doing to us. I learned that 137 species become extinct every day. Brazil is where deforestation occurs these days and 90-95% of it's rainforests have been cut down. Deforestation causes homes of animals to be destroyed, erosion, less oxygen for us, less biodiversity, and many other things. People do this so they have room for buildings, farms, room for mining, and so they can make materials. did you know that 214,000 acres of land is cut down every day. That's an area of land larger than New York City.

Inwards Looking Reflection

What was especially satisfying to you about your work this week?

This week I was very proud of my rainforest animal presentation. I think I had a lot of information about the keel billed toucan and when I presented it on exhibition night I did a very good job showing them that one thing can effect the food chain and we have to try very hard to make sure the biodiversity of the rainforests stay. I was especially proud of this project because I felt like I put a lot of hard work into making it interesting and helpful and on exhibition night my hard work really showed off. I think I did a very good job presenting my project on exhibition night and I feel very proud of myself.