For my Capstone I made a mini-course along with Justyn Griffin, David Bolling, and Bernard Hogue. We called it Money Makers and taught the 9th graders in it about financial literacy. Every Wednesday we would introduce a new topic about financial literacy and go from there. We would teach them about that and also ways to make money. We gave them projects and such while also teaching and building bonds with them in class I think we did a service to the community by not only helping the future generation with how to make money but also helping to make the money and such to do so.

In this video, we talked about what asbestos was. We talked about its effects on the body and more. We also ask students how they felt about it and how it personally affected them. We chose this topic because of how we were affected. We thought we could bring to light the issues that asbestos infestations have caused for schools.

I think our facts were put together pretty well. I think we could’ve done a better job presenting the information.

I think the most meaningful part for me was learning how others were affected by it

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How do the earth systems affect each other?

In an earthquake the geosphere effects every other sphere pretty negatively. Earthquakes are often quite destructive and powerful. Not only that but they are completely unpredictable and can be from huge to tiny in a matter of seconds only making them more and more dangerous. They are most definitely the most dangerous of the natural disasters.

How can an understanding of environmental science aid in handling natural disasters?

Even with the knowledge of how the spheres work theres nothing we can do to stop or predict an earthquake in any way. Their unpredictability and the fact that they show up at large scales whenever they want without warning only makes them even more dangerous. Most other natural disasters can be either prevented or can be protected against but earthquakes cannot be foreseen there for they cannot be prevented or protected against.

What efforts can we make to create a sustainable future?

We can make our buildings more stable in order to stop them from falling down when an Earthquake does happen but thats all we really can do. Once again their unpredictability and the strength of them alone put them at the top of the charts for most dangerous natural disaster.

My reactions to my findings and overall project

My findings definitely surprised me before I went in depth and researched the topic i believed that earthquakes werent that dangerous but after seeing the sheer damage they can do and once again their unpredictable essence i have now realized how truly dangerous and terrifying they are. As for the project I thought it was kind if fun it was interesting to research this topic