SR GCE Portfolio

 In this unit we were learning about ways we are able to decrease the use of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a toxic gas that pollutes the air and harms not only us but the planet. We were influenced by the author of Raising Elijah , Sandra Steingraber's three ideas. We decided to make our own ideas to help the environment become a much cleaner and safer place for you and me. An FE that we had which relates to our AP was having a guests come Krista Margroth from Nicro-gas to explain to us more about carbon dioxide and really get a fun hands-on experience.  Overall, this was an amazing unit. I believe that it is important to figure out a way to help the Earth and try to keep it alive. We should protect the planet and make a change because if we keep living this way we are going to make the atmosphere a toxic and unsafe environment. We should stop using fossil fuels which cause carbon dioxide which pollutes the air. Making a change to help not just yoursel...

In my class Fuel we are discussing how we use energy and resources we are able to use that are best for the environment. In class we went to a few FE's such as ComEd. We went to ComEd so we could see how they use electricity and how it can travels to our homes. We also had a project where we pretended to be advertising a natural resource. I chose to do wind energy. It was a very fun experience learning about our resource that we chose to do. We had to include the savings/benefits, why we think that resource is best, job opportunities, etc.   Overall, this was a great experience and I had a great time doing it. In class I believe we worked well together while doing group work. I enjoyed the AP but was also challenged which is great. We learned a lot about energy, electricity, resources, etc in this term. If we switch to wind energy we are able to help the environment because global warming is a very serious matter.

In the freshmen class, Fuel we learned about how fossil fuels effect the Earth. We also learned what types of fuels are better to use for the environment. In class we were assigned a project where we were pretending to sell fossil fuels. We were able to choose from natural gas, oil, and coal. I chose natural gas as my fossil fuel we also had to record the usage of natural gas that the US uses and also choose another country to compare them. While doing this we also learned how to calculate our slope and our equations we used to graph our data. While learning all of this we went to visit Tesla. The reason why we went to Tesla is to see other types of energy we can use besides fossil fuels. It was an amazing and fun experience to learn about fuels that are able to use that are better for the environment.