TALENT 21 PROJECTRESEARCH & EXPERIMENT

INFORMATION by Robert Diaz

The trash people litterAll this trash

Background Information

Trash is not good for the world if you keep littering our planet could look like the image below recently I had to make a chart for the amount of trash I’ve picked up and trying to stop littering and other things like that which is the reason why I'm doing all of this because I want the world to look better for the kids when they get raised and for families to live better.

Causes and EffectsHow will what you do change your local environment?

Causes Effects

Unwanted cans in the ocean It could in danger a bunch of animals especially the fish and turtles and others.

Useable cans You could use all of those cans and make something better in the future.

Too much cans You could give some of those cans to someone who wants them.

5W’s and an H

Question Think about your topic and the background.

Who invented the item you are conserving?

Peter Duran

What is the history of your item?

The cans are meant to preserve food

Where is it made?

Canning factory in England.

When was it invented?

1810

Why is it used? When you eat or drink

How can you conserve or reduce your use?

I can conserve my use and reduce it by not using so much cans and picking them up when I see them in the street.

Resources CitedWhere did you get your information from? Put the name of the place where you got the information, the URL and date you found it on the Web, publisher, page numbers, etc.

1. www.About.com 2. www.Google.com 3. www.davieshomepage .com

HypothesisWrite a hypothesis about how you think this change will help your

environment and your ecological issue.

If, Then Statement

If , then I will reduce my ecological footprint on my local environment.”

I predict that when I finish my project my neiborhood will be clean

Sample: •an If, then statement, "If all of the lightbulbs in my house are switched to CFL’s, then our energy bill will be reduced and I will reduce my ecological footprint on my local environment.”

Experiment

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