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Image: www.flickr.com Summary: Throughout this week, the main topic of discussion was food waste and food systems. To understand the food system and how it works, we went through the system of apples and how they can be wasted in each step. The apples are produced and they can be wasted when they are eaten by insects. Due to this, they can't sell, so the farmers throw the apples away. Next, the apples are harvested. If apples have fallen on the ground or are not up to standard the farmers throw them away, even though they are perfectly fine. After that, the apples are washed and waxed to look appealing to customers. During this step, apples are wasted if the they are ruined while waxing. Some apples are then processed into different food items, such as pie filling, apple sauce and more. If people mess up during this conversion, the apple product gets thrown away. Then, the apples are packaged.If packaged incorrectly, the apples get thrown away. After this step, the apples ge...

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Arizona Summary: The project we completed was the biome project in which we had to create a text product, such as a trifold poster board, as well as a diorama of our biome. The biome that was assigned to my group was the desert and we decided to choose the Sonoran Desert located in Arizona. For this project we had to find edible plants and animals. To go with the plants and animals we had to describe them to prove that we would be able to locate them. In addition, we needed to know different sources of water, how and what materials you need to start a fire, and how and what you would use to build a shelter. Lastly, we had to know what hazardous organisms would pose a threat to us if we were in our biome. During this project, I not only learned about the Sonoran Desert, but some survival skills, too. Here is what I learned while working on the project: Plants: Fishhook Barrel Cactus Cacti are known to be in deserts a...