Climate Change Project
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Climate change is the natural change in regional long standing weather patterns. This is different from global warming because a) it happens on a regional not a global level and b) it recognizes the fact that technically not all places will see only warming. Climate change started to become more apparent during mid 20th century and has gained further notice since then due to the personal effect humanity is having on it. Through the continually rising carbon emissions brought on by the industrial revolution and the burning of fossil fuels we are releasing copious amounts of carbon into the environment, more carbon than our natural cycle can deal with. Because of this extra carbon sun rays are getting trapped in our atmosphere and heating the planet.
Our project demonstrates our knowledge of climate change through the creation of a bio-dome. Unlike most bio-domes this is not an independent ecosystem. We are attempting to mimic our local climate. In order to do this we will have the ability to peel back the plastic allowing the plants (all local) the same amount of sun, rain, and pollination that any other plants might get. Once we have a stable ecosystem we will close off the the bio-dome and change independent variables that may be affected by climate change such as the amount of water and the temperature inside. This is done in order to show on a more personal level how climate change will affect us.
My largest area of growth in this project was allowing other people to help me, I like to believe sometimes in the saying, "If you want something done right, do it yourself" but do to the magnitude of this project I couldn't do it all myself, I had to let people help me which was difficult but likely in the long term healthy for me.
My greatest strength in this project was through my role as product manager. I was very careful to allow others to contribute to the idea while still keeping us on track to reaching our final goal.
Our project demonstrates our knowledge of climate change through the creation of a bio-dome. Unlike most bio-domes this is not an independent ecosystem. We are attempting to mimic our local climate. In order to do this we will have the ability to peel back the plastic allowing the plants (all local) the same amount of sun, rain, and pollination that any other plants might get. Once we have a stable ecosystem we will close off the the bio-dome and change independent variables that may be affected by climate change such as the amount of water and the temperature inside. This is done in order to show on a more personal level how climate change will affect us.
My largest area of growth in this project was allowing other people to help me, I like to believe sometimes in the saying, "If you want something done right, do it yourself" but do to the magnitude of this project I couldn't do it all myself, I had to let people help me which was difficult but likely in the long term healthy for me.
My greatest strength in this project was through my role as product manager. I was very careful to allow others to contribute to the idea while still keeping us on track to reaching our final goal.
Biological Needs of Adolescence
The word biology is derived from the Greek words bios meaning life and logos meaning study and is defined as the science of life and living organisms. This field of exploration ranges from microscopic structures, cells, and organisms to the entire earth as a biological system. Scientists in this field make observations on the structure, function, growth, origin, and distribution of living organisms. Along with developing a better understanding of ourselves and how we fit into the cycle of life, biology gives us a chance to understand the phenomenon of life. This project was a way to teach my peers and I about the biological needs of adolescence mostly in the physical sense. We started the project by trying to classify exactly what an adolescent is and what that term means for not only the people experiencing it but the expectations and societal norms that others should place upon them.
My biggest challenge during this project was being concise in my infographic and finding which topic I wanted to pursue throughout the project. Biology has always been a subject that interested me so, while I am always interested in learning more about the subject a lot of this was review. As is such I, in diving deeper into the subject, found a lot of more complicated information, namely the process of myelination and pruning and how this chemical process is effecting us on a neurobiological level during adolescence. Having found all of this information, the process of making papers of research into an infographic was a struggle.
My greatest success during this project was when I narrowed down on a subject that I was really interested in and that no one else was doing. I had noticed a common trend in the infographic topics that included: drug abuse, depression, and the tangible physical needs of adolescence (food, sleep water.) So when I found out about the neurobiological needs that adolescence use to become adults, otherwise known as myelination and pruning I was immediately interested. The other success I had that was perhaps just as difficult was finding a way to make all of my information concise enough to fit on one page.
If I were to do this project again, I would begin looking into myelination and pruning as soon as I possibly could. Again, one of my biggest challenges during this project was finding my topic, so skipping that whole process would have been nice. I also would have tried to remind myself that even if you have to leave out a little information make this project as concise as you can. I probably wouldn't have listened to future me, but that is what future me probably would have said.
My biggest challenge during this project was being concise in my infographic and finding which topic I wanted to pursue throughout the project. Biology has always been a subject that interested me so, while I am always interested in learning more about the subject a lot of this was review. As is such I, in diving deeper into the subject, found a lot of more complicated information, namely the process of myelination and pruning and how this chemical process is effecting us on a neurobiological level during adolescence. Having found all of this information, the process of making papers of research into an infographic was a struggle.
My greatest success during this project was when I narrowed down on a subject that I was really interested in and that no one else was doing. I had noticed a common trend in the infographic topics that included: drug abuse, depression, and the tangible physical needs of adolescence (food, sleep water.) So when I found out about the neurobiological needs that adolescence use to become adults, otherwise known as myelination and pruning I was immediately interested. The other success I had that was perhaps just as difficult was finding a way to make all of my information concise enough to fit on one page.
If I were to do this project again, I would begin looking into myelination and pruning as soon as I possibly could. Again, one of my biggest challenges during this project was finding my topic, so skipping that whole process would have been nice. I also would have tried to remind myself that even if you have to leave out a little information make this project as concise as you can. I probably wouldn't have listened to future me, but that is what future me probably would have said.