TMIS #10

  For the past few weeks in science class, my class and I have been working on human impact on the environment. I chose to be in the energy group. One of the first things my group and I did was measure how much energy an electronic device uses per hour(a watt). We measured devices such as a hair dryer, an alarm clock, a curling iron,etc. It was the job of my group to find out how humans use and waste energy. My entire class and I went into the Seward Park neighborhood and interviewed it's residents and other people who would take the time to speak with us. My partner and I interviewed 7 people. Of the seven interviewed... we found that most of them were very strict when it came to conserving energy inside of their homes. We also learned that as people, we use tons of energy a day. My group and I also designed a survey for us to participate in every day. Each day we were supposed to take the survey. The survey was created to measure the amount of energy we as a group use.The questions the survey asked allowed us to see how much energy we used,how we used it,and if it entertained us at all.Later in the project one of my group members and I felt our group was too large. We decided to branch out from the others and finish the remainder of the project on our own.


  After the surveying process was over... we started working on the ad campaigns for our groups. Some people from the Human Impacts Institute came to speak to us. They explained to us what would make a good ad campaign. As they were speaking my group along with the others (Water, Waste, and Transportation) made list of how humans affect the topic we are studying. A little later it was time to actually start our campaigns. First we created slogans. My partner and I agreed on the slogan "Watts the Problem". After our slogan was created, it was time for us to start the actual designing process. After choosing from several different ads we came up with,we finally chose one that we both thought fit both the slogan and campaign very well. .Now that our ad campaign/poster is finished... my partner and I are waiting to put our design on a t-shirt. This past month in science was a very interesting time. I myself learned how to better conserve energy and be more aware of how wasting it will affect me in the future. This month I learned alot. I learned how I and others use energy. I learned how I waste energy and some better ways to conserve it. I was also able to learn how other people feel about the use of energy in their own communities. This past month in science taught me the importance of energy. This past month taught me to be active and to help the cause.It taught me to be an energry saver.