Project

I am on time with my project. We still need to visit the recycling center, but our progress with battery recycling is going well. We need to sort batteries and drop them off. We will postpone our visit until all the batteries have been collected.

Progress of Biobottle

My biobottle is going well. My fish is alive, and everything is sustained. I do not have worms or animals. My plants are growing, and everything seems normal. I will add a battery as soon as the control is set up. The tests are going fairly well. I need to figure out a way to test the pH.

Nature Trail

1. Mosquitos-Consumer
2. Red Pines-Producer
3. White Pines-Producer
4. Lady Bugs-Producer
5. Box Elders-Producer
6. Sassafrass-Producer
7. Poison Ivy-Producer
8. Grape Vines-Producer
9. Mushrooms-Decomposer
10. Oak Trees-Producer
11. Maple Trees-Producer
12. Bees-Consumer
13. Stink Bugs-Consumer
14. Golden Finches-Consumer
15. Frogs-Consumer

The nature trail provides a place where people can see their enviroment without human interaction. It also provides something to do in Eaton Rapids (something we have a shortage of). It should be made public and attract attention. The trail should be kept clean regularly.

Bottle Lab

I plan to test the effects of batteries on the enviroment. Batteries are a problem that not many people know what to do with. The batteries will be added to my enviroment after a couple weeks.

Climate Issues

I studied Global Dimming and the ozone layer. I found that Global Dimming causes the suns rays to reflect back into space, thus less energy reaches the earth. It hides the power of global warming and causes droughts. The ozone layer is said to be dissapearing. CFC's eat up the ozone and break it into O2 and O1 molecules.

Project Update

We are just getting started on our battery project. We are designing the posters on Microsoft Word. We have decided to place at least three posters on each wall, and as many as possible in the lunch room. If possible, we will get battery recycling boxes for as many classrooms as possible.