Background
The purpose of this Environmental Science project was spreading awareness. Throughout the first couple weeks we learned about a series of environmental issues caused by human impact. For example, the hole in the Ozone layer cause by man-made chemicals. Others were Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Ocean Acidification, palm oil, coral bleaching, sea life consuming plastics and or getting trapped in them. After learning about these through lectures, videos, readings and fill-in papers we got assigned groups , picked one of these we felt passionate for to create a public service announcement (PSA's). We also learned about what makes an effective PSA, and applied this to our own.
Weekly Reflections
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Final PSA
"Eric Dieters, a local hero, has patented a design on his boat that allows him to skim trash in the San Diego Bay. His work is one example of the way people can contribute to a cleaner ecosystem."
For our PSA, we wanted to talk about not necessarily an environmental issue, but a solution. Our video focuses around the efforts of one man, and the difference he is making locally (and hopefully nationally). Eric Dieters has created a trash skimming boat, and has been funded by the Port of San Diego to go out and collect trash from the bay, before it hits the ocean. He's hoping to be the start to this new system, that will help get trash out of our ocean and result in a cleaner and happier Earth.
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Honors
Honors this semester was a positive experience. I felt the workload and articles helped me shape up, and understand how to manage my tasks and time. I also learned a ton of interesting things I would have never learned without taking honors. My honors project, in specific is something I'm really happy about. I'm working on setting up a Jellyfish Exhibit, and I can finally see it happening in the near future, when we return as seniors.