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Oil spill

Posted by Jade Harris in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

The video is about four girls, Saphira, Hadja, Yari, and I doing work for a class and they here on the news about oil derailing into the schuylkill river. All of are concerned and ask questions like what is the government going to do to solve this, and how much does it cost to clean the oil spill. After that, we decide that we should do something to raise awareness to the public, so we created a music video. I agreed to do this topic because I was able to relate it to the BP oil spill in 2010. I remember that happened I was 10 years old and scared/scared about what this meant for all the organisms that lived in the ecosystem. Also, with the most recent oil spill from the pipelines in North Dakota it was very frustrating to hear because it was so many things that were wrong about that situation involving the people and the environment.

For this project I worked really hard in everything. I was apart of researching and finding information to put into the video. I also created the skit and wrote the song all by myself. When it came down to the video I edited it and published it onto YouTube. In this project I think that I created the song very well, I’m proud of the how much effort I put into it. What I would differently is record and edit a day earlier so I didn’t have to panic about finishing it. Also, I would change my group because I feel like I worked the hardest and cared the most about it. The most meaningful part was what I learned and how what we do to the Earth will impact it for better or worst. We only have one Earth, so we should take care of it.


Tower Garden Photo Journal

Posted by Idil Altay in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

This was a nice experience for me. I learned a lot about Tower Gardening and how can it be helpful for all of us and also the environment. With our plants, it was also nice to see how they grow up- especially lettuce. This lesson taught me a lot about the environment and "Tower Gardening". It is really important because in Turkey we haven't got a chance to grow our own plants in the lesson and see how things will work. It is not only about learning something;
 it is also about "making" something with your group. 

Tower Gardens Photojournal

Posted by Yaseen Thomas in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15dWO98KDcwsAreN1qeocFAuNuXXTTgSX7IH4hTpH820/edit?ts=5874e9aa
This tower gardening experience was interesting to me before because this is the first time I was not gardening out in the middle of some got sun digging holes up in the soil and getting my clothes and shows dirty. It was cool to realize you can garden without being in a garden.
Growing for me wasn't that much of an issue because my plant was able to sprout and grow strong without any problems. In unit one we went over our individual ecological footprint and realizing how many earths we all take up to fulfill our everyday activities. In unit two we focused a lot on environmental justice, and also the uses of land and water in Philadelphia. This plays a roll when it comes to gardening in Philadelphia. The thing is that with these tower gardens you can garden anywhere even if that is right in a class room. I learned a lot and It is interesting to see my cucumber plant grow.
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Photojournal

Posted by David Wilson in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

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Reflection
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Unit 1: In this unit, I have learned about natural systems and how they are sustained throughout the world. Along the way, I developed a better sense of how different systems bounce off of each other and require different inputs of energy to maintain consistency and health in all systems involved. Specifically, this is in Earth Systems and how each system affects each other and requires the assistance of one another to thrive, like how the biosphere needs the hydrosphere as a source of energy and how the geosphere needs the hydrosphere to stay strong and sustainable for all organisms in the biosphere. Over vast periods of time, these spheres work together to improve upon each other but have diminshed from human inputs. 

Unit 2: In this unit, I gained a clear view of what environmental justice is, and how it is centered around defending the environment because of how it affects us in the short/long run and all animals involved. It is about how one group's carelessness in one part of the world will immediately affect another group all the way across the world and will eventually strike them even harder. Humans in particular have a knack of using resources carelessly and refusing to put up efforts to restore such resources. In doing this, many areas across the globe become less sustainable and lose the proper nutrients needed to sustain life there. Ultimately, systems change over time because of the human inputs that affect them and how the each sphere interacts them in response, and finally how each sphere is, once again, diminished and destroyed.

Tower Gardening

Posted by Jason Perez in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

The Tower Gardening project was a fun and cool experience for me. I enojyed having my own plants to grow, and the whole process of basically gardening was fun. I did not know anything about Tower Gardening before doing this project, so it was interesting to learn about it.

The gardening was a little bit of a tedious process. It took some time for our plants to begin to grow which was a little frustrating. One observation that I personally made was that out of all the plants, the lettuce was the fastest to grow. It seemed like everyone had their own little shrubs of lettuce. Another observation that I made was that the peppers take the longest to grow. It was frustrating for my group because our three other plants were growing except for the peppers. We began to question ourselves if we made a mistake or had done something wrong while planting the seeds. But when we began to look at other groups' peppers, theirs were not growing either. Just today we finally began to see a little green sprouting.

After doing this project, I feel like I have learned more about the environment. I learned how tower gardening can have a positive impact on our environment and is a good way to make a difference in our community by tower gardening. It's not hard at all, and it makes me want to tower garden myself. 

Check out our Photo Journal and Observations by clicking on the link below!

https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1TtgXS-8r90CZjSJv2Z8fRFcTbtnzggyEf5SlZXzyvdk/edit?usp=sharing

Tower Gardens Photo Journal

Posted by Zoie Jones in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

Working on the Tower Gardens was a very interesting experience. Before Ms. Aziz's class I didn't even know what a Tower Garden was. I was responsible for growing the peppers in my groups tower garden. The process was very long, but there is currently a sprout appearing. 

During the process of growing my peppers in the Tower Garden, I was able to learn about what factors affect the growth of a plant. Sunlight was a big factor for our tower garden. Our sprouts were required to be under artificial light. 

Based on my observations, I can conclude that peppers take a long time to grow. My plant was the last to sprout out of all my group. The reason I predicted for this is that these pepper may need to grow for a longer period of time in order to develop the flavor inside of them. 

In conclusion, the Tower Garden was an interesting experience. It also helped me step out of my comfort zone being that this is the first time that I have been responsible for growing my own plant. 

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Tower Garden Photo Journal

Posted by Anthony Bowden in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15dWO98KDcwsAreN1qeocFAuNuXXTTgSX7IH4hTpH820/edit
While working on this project I didn't know what to expect. I had no clue how to garden, or even the many methods of gardening there are I thought it would be simple. But planting, and caring for a seed requires a lot of work more than I expected. Planting the seeds probably had to be the funniest part of this project. Even though  My seed hasn't shown no signs of life yet, but hopefully  it will grow soon.  My group mates, and classmates their plants have sprouted all over the place. So I think it's cool that not everybody is planting the same seeds,and that there is some variety. I can't wait to see the plants when they've grown even more. I think the tower garden itself is pretty cool too, because this is something we came together as a class to do that will not only affect us but our community, and environment as well. I hope we can continue this project, and expand even more why stop here. This is how we affect our environment in a positive way. Fresh vegetables, and foods  can lead to a  happy healthier life,and stop the issue of food insecurity. This helps me understand the actions we can take to make the world a better place, the earth is 

Tower Gardens Photojournal

Posted by Autumn Green in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

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Rockwall Plants:

Marketmore Cucumbers

Peppers

Cherry Tomatoes

Sweet Basil

Day one

In the beginning stages of planting we had a lot of problem with our seeds growing because other plant’s started to sprout faster than ours.

Day two

I think that the sweet basil will sprout first. Which wasn’t the first to sprout, the first was tomato then the basil.

I also think that if we didn't have much vermiculite on top of the seed the would have grew faster.

Day three

The plants the tomatoes were beginning to sprout. I can also predict that the basil will be the next to sprout because the seed was starting to sprout.

Day four

The only two which have started growing is the tomatos and the basil which are continuing to grow. Also still no growth with other two plants.

Day 5

We have not yet transferred any of our plants to the tower garden yet because the basil and tomatoes were not big enough

Day 6

Our basil is starting to sprout up more as well as the tomato plant.

Conclusion

Seeds,water and light and following directions was has an affect on planting, they all have a major role on the effect of plants. The conclusions that I have based on my observations is that plant grows do not grow at the same exact time or pace.

Tower Gardens Photo journal- Indigo H

Posted by Indigo Harris in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hNKaVkis4y2oDrE6WN1er8wNYkuDPvFO91muAxYdAA4/edit#slide=id.g1bbbddd0d6_2_10
At the start of this project I kind of had an idea of how things were going to since i have done gardening things with my grandmother many of times. I was happy that we were doing a project I already had prior knowledge too. That way I could be of better help with my group. 
During this project many of my group members doubted my plant and how much it was going to grow. I had lettuce and although it didn't grow as large as other plants, it grew larger than my group and I predicted. So I was relieved in some ways and disappointed in others. I wish we had more time so that we could really see how large our plants would grow. 
 The best part of the project was probably the photo journal,it allowed us to keep track of everything, and it allowed us to really look at the new changes that was happening to our plants. Overall this was a very fun project , I actually got to see my work come to life

Tower Garden Photo Jounal

Posted by Cameron Lockett in Environmental Science · Aziz · E on

https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1TtgXS-8r90CZjSJv2Z8fRFcTbtnzggyEf5SlZXzyvdk/edit?usp=sharing
​When it comes to gardening I have done it before, but never like this. It was always the traditional way with my mom. Tower gardening was a whole new experience for me. It was my first real time handling seeds, as my mom used to just transfer over plants with soil to our garden. So it was my first time having something I planted grow. The rock wool process is pretty easy to learn, as rock wool is just kind of a substitute for soil. The real difference in tower gardening was the difference of spheres. As traditional gardening uses the lithosphere as your planting in soil. With soil being out of the picture you instead plant in the air with the tower garden and rock wool. Your plant is mainly using the moisture from the atmosphere and the nutrients you gave it in the rock wool to support itself. Now after using tower gardens for the first time I have to say that they do have a form of Environmental Justice to them. First of all you don't have to worry about damaging soil since you're not using any. Second is that if you get one for a community or classroom everyone can use it. Lastly it doesn't release any carbon emissions and is eco-friendly. In the end tower gardening was a new experience for me and it gave me a new perspective on doing something that you already thought you knew how to do. 

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