Dr. DinnerBone

One of the biggest problems in our world today is pollution, and the mane place filled with it is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It sill filled with bones of Dead Sea creatures and wast from stupid people who don't care about any wild life. There are plastic containers that can kill sea animals and also plastic rings that can suffocate birds and sea creatures.

    These are the main reasons why so many sea animals are becoming extinct. All of the wast will also keep spreading than eventually the hole ocean will be covered in trash, bones, and wast. If everyone will stop and clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch the world will be a lot better off, and everyone will be able to see the sea animals and the amazing ocean under the trash.

Homelessness

Homelessness is all over the world. Especially in big cities, like: Dallas,Houston, San Antonio, New York.

 There are 1.7 million homeless teens in the U.S; 38% of them are under the age 18.

1. 5,000 young people die every year because of assault, illness, or suicide while on the street and teens age 12 to 17 are more likely to become homeless than adults. Most leave their homes because of physical and sexual abuse.
2. Between 2010 and 2013 the numbers of homeless people fell to 16%. The number of homeless veterans fell 24% from 2010, the housing agency found. Roughly 610,000 homeless people were living in emergency shelters, transitional housing or unsheltered locations during a count taken on a single night in January, the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported. That's down 4% from last year and 6% from 2010, when the recession was still going strong.

~Dr. Sharpie

 

Dr.Fresh

Homelessness is about more than rooflessness. A home is not just a physical space, it also has a legal and social dimension. A home provides roots, identity, a sense of belonging and a place of emotional wellbeing. Homelessness is about the loss of all of these. It is an isolating and destructive experience and homeless people are some of the most vulnerable and socially excluded in our society.
 To be legally defined as homeless you must either lack a secure place in which you are entitled to live or not reasonably be able to stay in your current accommodation. However, in order for your local authority to have a duty to find you housing, there are further strict criteria that you have to meet. The housing a local authority provides to households who meet these criteria, mainly families with children, may initially be temporary accommodation.

Process of recycling

Me & my fellow scientist Dr.Pringle, and I are starting a recycling process. We are focus on paper
plastics, as in water bottles or anything along that line. We hope to see our classmates help us out to keep our school in better conditions. We will start a bin collection in the lunch room and makes signs for our classmates to recognize the bin! The bin will not be in the lunch room quite yet, as we still need to make sure it is okay with our principal. But please do not use the bin for other items than plastics, and or paper even! Thank you!

Plastic Bottles & Ocean Pollution- Dr. Bling

     I watched a video named 'Plastic Bottles & Ocean Pollution' and it informed me on how much not recycling affects our universe. It taught me that when plastic is in the ocean it turns into a 'poison pill' if ingested due to extreme ambient levels of the ocean. Next, I learned that we have an enormous floating landfill that is twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. I also learned that only 1 out of 10 plastic bottles are recycled. So, if we stop using plastic bottles or recycle them after using them we will have a cleaner Earth. I made a 7 page PowerPoint about Plastic Bottles & Ocean Pollution and covered the topics of how not recycling affects the ocean, how it affects the animals, and the common statistics.

Fracturing- By Dr. Bling

Fracturing

Why We Fracture?

     Hydraulic Fracturing is a process of breaking down hard-packed formations of a producing oil or gas well. The goal is to make the sand crevices more porous or 'prop them open' so more oil or gas enters the well bore. There are many different ways to frac well bores. You can use different fluid types (slick water, gelled water, chemically treated water, etc) as well as different sand sizes. The process is simpler fo shallow wells because you use a lot less sand and water than you do deeper wells.

Dangers of Fracturing

     Most of the 'dangers' of fracing are highly unlikely due to precautionary measures taken by the oil company. One danger could be a leak in a tanker truck or a tank on location during the fracing procedure. Concerns of the methane gas and toxins entering fresh water is highly unlikely, but possible due to pipe failure. Another danger is the disposing of treating frac water. Regulations by the Railroad Commissions of Texas help protect our fresh water.

Riley-renewable energy- poverty in America

More than 46 million Americans live in Poverty USA.

Americans families were having a difficult time making ends meet before the recession. With continuing unemployment and increasing costs of living, more and more families have to choose between necessities like health care, child care, and even food. Poverty is a state of privation, or a lack of the usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. In November 2012 the U.S  Census Bureau said more than 16% of the population lived in poverty, including almost 20% of American children, up from 14.3% (approximately 43.6 million) in 2009 and to its highest level since 1993. In 2008, 13.2% (39.8 million) Americans lived in poverty.

There were about 643,000 sheltered homeless people nationwide in January 2009. Almost two-thirds stayed in an emergency shelter or transitional housing program and the other third were living on the street, in an abandoned building, or another place not meant for human habitation.Most Americans (58.5%) will spend at least one year below the poverty line at some point between ages 25 and 75.