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My Science Ecology Action Project

Here is my Ecology Action Project presentation! In science class, we were asked to come up with innovative solutions in order to bring nature into the city. We were asked the question “can nature and cities coexist?” My group decided to focus on the aquaponics system, and compare it to dirt grown plants. One group based their experiment on aquaponics, and our group focused on dirt grown plants. The aquaponics system is a system the pumps fish water up to plants, giving them water and nutrients.We grew lettuce, basil and arugula, and compared it to the aquaponics, in order to see which plants would grow better. After doing the experiment, we weren’t able to gather any information from the aquaponics group because their fish died, after getting a disease, and hurt the plants. We came to the conclusion that even though aquaponics are resourceful, they are not extremely reliable, and dirt grown plants are better.

My Science Ecology Action Project

In science, we are doing ecology action projects. These projects are where we find a way to bring nature back to the city. For example, my group is doing aquaponics. Aquaponics is a system where you pump fish tank water into plants, which gives the plants nutrients. Then, the plants filter the water and put it back into the fish tank. It’s a very good system. My group is going to get basil and lettuce, and angle fish, and try aquaponics. I am very exited about this project because I really like wildlife and animals, and I think it will be very fun to get to take care of fish.

Top Consumer Product

In Science, we got into groups and tried to find the top consumer product. For my group project, we chose pencils. We factored in every single thing that goes into getting pencils. We factored in where all of the materials come from, including the transportation that it takes to transport the pencils. We won the contest for who could put the most products. I am very proud of this because I think it was a time where my group and I really factored in a lot of different things. I also think we really thought out of the box, and we came up with a lot of different things.img_0134-5

Discovery Day

Screen shot 2015-06-01 at 11.22.56 AMOn Discovery Day, I was in the space group. We all decided on going to the Natural History Museum. We went to the I-Max theater and watched Dark Universe. We learned about the universe expanding, and the big bang, and dark matter and much more! We also got to eat astronaut ice cream, do a space scavenger hunt and play in the sprinklers. Discovery day was a huge success!

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This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this:

Hi there! I’m a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night, and this is my blog. I live in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like piña coladas. (And gettin’ caught in the rain.)

…or something like this:

The XYZ Doohickey Company was founded in 1971, and has been providing quality doohickies to the public ever since. Located in Gotham City, XYZ employs over 2,000 people and does all kinds of awesome things for the Gotham community.

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