Weekly Blog - 2/22 - 2/26
Summary: The week began with the presentations of our rivers. After hearing everyone's presentations My table group and I really started to put ideas together. We discussed what most of the rivers presented have in common. One main issue almost all the rivers was pollution. Most rivers were polluted by trash, gasses, and oils. Another thing the rivers have in common is they provided as natural resources for the ethnic groups that lived by the river. The river gave the people water, fertile land, fish and more depending on which river. The rivers were used to import and export goods which helped build trade. As well as that, most rivers had hydro electric stations and dams even though only some caused problems. Later on, we began to talk about the Gray Area and it's big problem. For the past five years, the Gray Area has lost about 1,000 fish per year. Almost everyone thinks the water slide is the culprit because it opened up the same year the fish started dying. We went through all the possible factors that could kill the fish, as well as a timeline of when things opened or new places started blooming. Both showed that there are many more possibilities as to what killed the fish. The final thing we did was look over the chlorine files which had a lot proof pointing towards the water slide killing the fish.
Here is some of the information:
A healthy stream has about 14 water fleas. Upstream from the water slide has 16, but downstream contains only 1. Since water fleas are sensitive to chlorine this shows that the chlorine is effecting the water, at least. Even though Ken Unballe had done tests to see if the water contained chlorine he might have rigged it. The schedule with the file shows the water slide's water is dumped into the river on a Wednesday. Ken had his chemist take the test on Tuesday, the day farthest away from the dumping. As of now, the files show that the water slide is causing the fish to die.
S&EP-Asking Questions And Defining Problems: This week when we were talking about the Gray Area I asked the question, "What is killing the fish?" I used all the prior knowledge I ad to try and find what was killing the fish. Even though, at this moment, I don't have a final answer here is the information I have. The information I started off with was everyone thought the water slide was the reason of the dead fish because the both began at the same time. When I looked at a map of the Gray Area, I saw many other ways the could have died. I knew that the most common cause to death of fish is pollution and that led to a lot of possibilities. If you think carefully enough you can see that everything could have contributed to the death of fish. The information I currently have points towards the water slide as culprits even though there is still more information to look through.
XCC-Cause And Effect: With the studies of the Gray Area I noticed a cause and effect relationship. The effect is fish are dying and in fact, I am trying to find the cause. Right now, most people believe the cause is the water slide since it opened when all the fish began to die. As well as that, people believe this because the water slide takes fresh water from the Fo River and releases water with chlorine into the river. If you look close enough and really think about it, almost everything in he Gray Area can be the cause to dead fish.
I believe finding the cause could solve a very big problem. If we find what is causing the fish to die we can stop more from dying by making a few changes. For example, if the reason for the dead fish is people from Synchrony City throwing trash into the nearby bodies of water the Board can work on solutions. One small action like putting more trash can near the bodies of water can keep the trash out of the water. Of course this is just an example, but whatever the cause is, as long as we know it a solution can be found.
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Here is some of the information:
A healthy stream has about 14 water fleas. Upstream from the water slide has 16, but downstream contains only 1. Since water fleas are sensitive to chlorine this shows that the chlorine is effecting the water, at least. Even though Ken Unballe had done tests to see if the water contained chlorine he might have rigged it. The schedule with the file shows the water slide's water is dumped into the river on a Wednesday. Ken had his chemist take the test on Tuesday, the day farthest away from the dumping. As of now, the files show that the water slide is causing the fish to die.
S&EP-Asking Questions And Defining Problems: This week when we were talking about the Gray Area I asked the question, "What is killing the fish?" I used all the prior knowledge I ad to try and find what was killing the fish. Even though, at this moment, I don't have a final answer here is the information I have. The information I started off with was everyone thought the water slide was the reason of the dead fish because the both began at the same time. When I looked at a map of the Gray Area, I saw many other ways the could have died. I knew that the most common cause to death of fish is pollution and that led to a lot of possibilities. If you think carefully enough you can see that everything could have contributed to the death of fish. The information I currently have points towards the water slide as culprits even though there is still more information to look through.
XCC-Cause And Effect: With the studies of the Gray Area I noticed a cause and effect relationship. The effect is fish are dying and in fact, I am trying to find the cause. Right now, most people believe the cause is the water slide since it opened when all the fish began to die. As well as that, people believe this because the water slide takes fresh water from the Fo River and releases water with chlorine into the river. If you look close enough and really think about it, almost everything in he Gray Area can be the cause to dead fish.
I believe finding the cause could solve a very big problem. If we find what is causing the fish to die we can stop more from dying by making a few changes. For example, if the reason for the dead fish is people from Synchrony City throwing trash into the nearby bodies of water the Board can work on solutions. One small action like putting more trash can near the bodies of water can keep the trash out of the water. Of course this is just an example, but whatever the cause is, as long as we know it a solution can be found.
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