Jesse+Collings

What were the scientist's research questions? Ms. Boninti wanted to know how she could get more students intrested in the library and she could get more use out of the library, wheather that be by freeing up some space, or weeding out some of the outdated material.
 * tudent Bio: I'm Jese and I'm doing this so I can eat some pizza.**
 * Favorite Animal: Dog**
 * Favorite Vacation spot: Florida[[image:burnshblock/basenji.jpg link="@http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/breedinformation/hound/basenji.html"]]**
 * Favorite Sports Team/Athlete: [[image:burnshblock/Florida.jpg link="@http://www.discount-florida-vacations.com/florida-beaches.html"]]Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics[[image:burnshblock/Vince_Wilfork.jpg width="446" height="490" link="@http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2010/02/wilfork_gets_th.html"]]**
 * Favorite Food: Spaghetti and Meatballs[[image:burnshblock/Spaghetti.jpg width="498" height="315" link="http://www.crumblycookie.net/2008/03/15/spaghetti-and-meatballs/"]]**
 * Favorite Music: Classic Rock, Alternative Rock**
 * Favorite Book: Great Gatsby**
 * Favorite Movie: Super 8**
 * Favorite Websites: Yahoo.com, Facebook.com, Google.com, Disqus.com**
 * When I grow up I wanna be a: Sportswriter**
 * 3 Ecological Questions**
 * 1. Are there any large mammals in the woods behind the school?**
 * 2. Are there any fruit bearing plants int he woods?**
 * 3. Why do Evergreen Treese stay green?**
 * Q: What is a PlantPress? What are they used for?**
 * A: A PlantPress is a tool that is used to perseve plant specimens. A simple one can be made using only newspapers, 2 slabs of wood, cardboard, and two straps.**
 * Research Paper Questions:**
 * What kind of wildlife lives in, around, or off of the stream?**
 * What kind of food does the wildlife living around the stream eat? How do they use the stream to live and why is the stream necessary to these animals lives?**
 * What is the source of the stream? Is it a man made steream or is it natural? How long is it?**
 * table of contents**
 * Research Questions**

How did she find the answers to these questions? (What Data did she collect) She assesed what teachers were using the library, what students wanted out of the library, idenfying what materials were out of date and by going to a meeting where another librarian offerd many easy to do solutions.

How did she collect the data? She went through all of the libraries print collection, tallied how many students were coming into the library and issued a survey to students about what they wanted out of the school library.

What were her observations and analysis of the data? (What did she conclude) She concluded that a lot of the science and math information was severly outdated, and that students felt that the library was a strict, and sometimes an even intimidating place.

Based on these conclusions, how did this scientist change her environment? She tried to make the library more user friendly by allowing food to be eaten, as well as allowing students to listen to music through headphones, as well as re-locating the more popular sections of the library into high traffic areas.

1. Suspended solids 2. silt 3. silt deposits 4. clarity 5, organic 6. Secchi Disk 7. turbidity

Suspended Solids- Small solid particles that remain suspended in mid-air due to the motion of the water.

Silt- Soil or suspended sediment that occurs in a body of water. Usually contains clay or sand.

Silt Deposits- Thick bunches of silty material that are collected in bodies of water.

Clarity- The level in which the water can be seen. Water clarity is measured by turbidity,

Organic-Something that has come from a once-living organism. The organism could be dead and decaying, thus contributing to the turbidity of the water.

Secchi Disk- A circular disk that is used to measure water clarity in oceans and lakes. The Secchi Disk is commonly attached to a string and features a black and white pattern.

Turbidity- The measure of water clarity. If water is murky and full of stuff, it has low turbidity, clear water such as drinking water has extremely high turbidity.

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Soil Recipe:

1. Small glittery pieces, look kind of like specs of gold, bendable, possible nutrient. 2. Short twigs, esay to break, vary in length. 3. Small things resmebeling woodchips. 4. Wispy plants, some in tight spirals, not 100% on exactly what they are. 5. Dust, mixed in with other products that make up soil, not really sure what it's value is.


 * Instructions:** Read a backgroud article on your chosen topic. After you've finished reading, answer the questions below:

1. __Where did you find this article? (If online, post the link so your team can check it out.)__ [] 2. __What were the main ideas? (Summarize the article for us. Maybe a sentence or two on each big idea or paragraph)__ The main idea of the article was to list the benefits of having an automatic faucet, compared to having a manual one. A lot of the article focused on not only the ecological benefits, but the economic benefits as well. They had some good examples of large public places such as nursing homes and airports that successfuly made the switch from manual to automatic faucets. 3. __What did you find interesting or helpful? (Anything you think the group can use or duplicate in your PSA? Good pics? Graphics? Data? etc.)__ The article was pretty lenghty and consisted of a lot of statistics that proved the worth of having automatic faucets.

4. __What questions do you have after reading the article? (Apply the article to WHS or Waltham. How does our school/community fit into the picture?)__ I'm still concerned that the changing economic times (the article was written a while ago), how much money can you save witht these faucets? Have new deleopments in technology made automatic faucets better, or lowered in price?

5. __What's next? (Do you think your group should consult another source? Does this article give you ideas for the next step? Are there more questions to be answered?)__

I think this article gave us enough hard evidence and statistics to give us proven reasons to construct the rest of out project. We can use the information in the article to help us create the PSA.