Charity Fair Project Blog 12/20

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Summary

This week, I participated in the second annual Adventure Charity Fair. The first and probably most important thing I learned about this project was that if you know you have a strict due date, WORK PROFICIENTLY and MANAGE YOUR TIME. I also learned what a carbon footprint was. For our tri-fold board, we had to calculate the carbon footprint of our product. A carbon footprint is the CO2 emissions produced when someone or something moves around or does something. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Weekly Blog 12/11 - Permeability and Porosity

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Summary

There are many different types of soil. Some soil has high porosity while some has high permeability. The porosity of soil is how many pores (spaces between soil particles) there are and how big the pores are. If there are many pores, it has high porosity. If it has less pores and a larger space between each particle, the soil has low porosity. Permeability is how easily water can flow through. When something has high porosity, it has low permeability. If there are less gaps which are small, it is harder for water to go through. It also takes more time. If the soil however has low porosity, it is more permeable since water can flow through big gaps fast and easily.

S&EP 4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

I analyzed the data when I learned about soil porosity and permeability. I had to read and analyze a small passage about permeability and porosity. After this, I interpreted the meaning of the data when I listened to as well as contributed to our class discussion about what the two are and how it can affect people like farmers, architects, and environmentalists. After I analyzed the data, I also interpreted it when I filled out a little information about what the two are. I also analyzed an interpreted data when I filled out a table about my charity fair products carbon footprint.We had to calculate the amount of CO2 emissions were being released by the transportation of my product from where it was manufactured to San Jose.

12/6 Soil and Dirt

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Summary

Many people might not know this, but dirt and soil is actually one of our most important natural resources in the world. Soil is responsible for many things such as farming and agriculture, many major forests, providing us with a source of timer, fuel, and homes to many plants and animals. It is also a water filter, air cleaner, it can help create clothing (cotton plants), and can even hold toxic materials that we be around if not for soil. Franklin D. Roosevelt said "a nation that destroys soil destroys itself". So how is soil made? Soil is actually just weathered down bedrock. Once the bedrock mixes with other materials on the surface, soil is made.

S&EP 4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

I analysed and interpreted data when I filled out a background research sheet about soil with my group. I had to research specific things such as what is soil, how soil is formed, what is the composition of soil, how soil is formed, and more. I also analyzed and interpreted data when my group was deciding about what case studies we should work on for next week. We had to read the information about the case studies and decide on which one would be most interesting.