29.3.10

BlogPost#2

1. Rainwater collections, geothermal A/C, and solar photovoltaic power systems are the three technologies the school plans to utilize.
2. Rainwater collection is collection of raindrops which can be used for small scale irrigation, clothes washing, bathing and after treatment. Geothermal A/C is pipes underground that help keep a place cool. Solar photovoltaic power systems is using solar panels to get electricity.
3. I chose food and agriculture.
4.The big problem is the world's rich farmland washes into the sea, and before chemical pesticides and fertilizers cause any more harm to our drinking water and our oceans.
5. To fix this problem I could help by not throwing plastic and other materials that could be recycled into the trash because its contributing to the harming water. I could help by asking farmers not to allow their chemicals to go into the sea and not to use so many pesticides.

BlogPost#1

1. Tropical Storm Alberto 1994
2. Category 1
3. It was first detected as a wave that moved off the coast of the African coast on June 18th.It moved into the western Carribbean by late June and formed into a tropical depression near the western tip of Cuba on June 30. It then moved northwest through July 1 as it became a tropical storm, then it turned northward. It contintued the motion and made fell in the western Florida Panhandle on the 4th. It then moved north-northeastward into western Georgia, where it did a loop on the 5th and 6th. It finally came to an end over central Alabama on July 7.
4. 30 people died and 500 million in damage
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18.3.10

Blog Post#7

1. Blog Post #6 because it was the easiest and looks the prettiest.
2. I think I deserve a 100 because I completed them all well.
3. My favorite chapter was Chapter 10. It was my favorite chapter because volcanoes are very interesting. I thought the shield cone was the most interesting volcano to me because of the story behind it about how they put their shields down. It was also my favorite because I didn’t really know how volcanoes formed until we reviewed this chapter.

12.3.10

Blog Post#5

Chinese Earthquake: Giant Pandas Rescued Published by telegraph.co.uk
Their thesis was "Hundreds of giant pandas had to be rescued as the Chinese Earthquake devastated their breeding grounds, it has emerged." I agree with it because the pictures they shows that they are in terrible conditions and need to be rescued because they're aren't many of them left.

Blog Post#4

1. Biochemist-George Washington Carver contributed to making paint,cosmetic products, and peanut butter.
2. Iron Board- Sarah Boone, Blood Plasma-Dr. Charles Drew, and Toilet- T. Elkins
3. George T. Sampson invented the clothes dryer that used heat from the stove. Its significant because a clothes dryer is used on everyday basis to get wrinkles out of clothes and dry clothes.