Green Book labs

The results of activity one were about what I expected. The dirt increased in temperature fastest because of its dark color and water did slowly because of its high heat index. dirt was a little off because it had been sitting in the sun before hand.

The same thing happened with the bottles. the clouds reflected the sunlight back causing temperatures to be lower and the dark color of the dirt absorbed the heat lowering the rate at which the air heated up while the reflective whiter color of the sand reflected light into the air

These tests can help to show how the climate works on a larger scale by giving us insight into the way different types of soil and land areas can cause the air to heat and cool.

Climate Research

Blueplanetbiomes.org gives a brief definition of climate. it also gives an explanation of seasons along with a grouping of different kinds of climates based on lattitude and composed of smaller sub groups. the most interesting part was the color coordinated map that showed climates all over the world.

http://blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm,%20Strahler, Arthur N., Strahler, Arthur H., Elements of Physical Geography. John Wiley & Sons, 1984.

State.gov goes into detail about how the united states is one of the leading nations working toward prevention of climate change. It talks about why and also the steps that we are taking to prevent this from happening.

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/climate/, office of electronic information, climate change, bereau of public affairs,

Waste water

Yesterday my class took a trip to the waste water treatment plant in Eaton Rapids. I though it was interesting to see how much waste their really was. I also had no idea that our waste was destroyed by micro organisms. It seemed like a really long process, it was really indepth and seemed expensive.

Recycling was allright. I thought it was funny that we tried to help. I saw a couple people putting things into the wrong bins and I wonder how much help we really were. Recycling has always been one of those things I've wanted to do more of. It just seems so inconvenient.

City Talk

1.  Kristy Reinecke, City Clerk
2. They closed off the old pipes and added in new ones to filter the water instead of dumping it directly into the river
3. It will stop sewage from getting into the river lowering levels of fecal coloform and such
4. The Phosphate levels will probably stay constant since the main contributor is run off from the surrounding areas rather than the sewage.
5. I didn't know that the construction had a greater intention than just being aestetically pleasing and filling in pot holes.
6. Its  ok... grass has finally started to grow. ph levels have increased.
7. We are measureing the levels of polution in the water
8. We have a general plan of what we're going to be doing