ashley+keniston

=toc= =Student Bio:= My names Ashley im 17 years old i have an older sister and a younger brother, i like to go on vacation alot i have a house in Maine and a house in South Carolina Myrtle beach. My friends and family mean the world to me. I work at the Ymca doing an afterschool program at Northeast that i dont really enjoy doing.

Favorite Animal: My favorite animal is a llama

Favorite Vacation spot: Myrtle Beach South Carolina, York Beach Maine

Favorite Sports Team/Athlete: Red Sox

Favorite Food: my favorite food is toasted ravoilis and pasta.

Favorite Music: i listen to mostly anything

Favorite Book: The Catcher In the Rye

Favorite Movie: my favortie move is My Sisters Keeper, and Soul Surfer

Favorite Websites: Facebook When I grow up I wanna be a....nurse or do something with physical thepary =**__LEAF PROJECT:__**= __3 Questions:__ 1. How can you tell a mushroom is poisioness? 2. What is the slim on slugs? 3. Is there any big wild animals near Waltham High?

What is a plant press? What is a plant press used for? - A plant press is A properly pressed leaf highlights its structure(s) and provides you with a three dimensional leaf.

=__**QAUDRANT STREAM STUDY:**__= QUESTIONS: 1. what is a quadrat? A Quadrat study is done outdoors in a small square area chosen at random and marked.

Do now: Based on my observations so far I dont really think our stream is in that good of condition because its really dirty and theres not alot of things to look at in there. I deffinatly think its polluted because it just smells and looks so bad.

=__**Data Project:**__= What were the scientist's research questions? Q: Which teachers used the library the most? Q: What departments were they from? Q: How many hours they were in the library Q: Did they work with the librarian? Q: What is the age of the collections? Q: How many people check things in and out of the library? Q: How did students use the library? Q: How did students feel about the library?

How did she find the answers to these questions? (What Data did she collect) She conducted a survey that asked students what they like and what they would want to change. Also by going through all the old books and recording there age.

How did she collect the data? She colleceted the data by doing the student survey and created a directors report and graphs on the age of the collections. What were her observations and analysis of the data? (What did she conclude) Her observations were that the books were dated and she needed to buy new ones and get rid of the old ones. She also found out that the students wanted to work in a better environment.

Based on these conclusions, how did this scientist change her environment? She changed her environment by updating the library collection and making it a better and more friendly environment

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Turbidity Lesson Key Words: 1. Suspended solids 2. silt 3. silt deposits 4. clarity 5, organic 6. Secchi Disk 7. turbidity

Suspended Solids: A water quality which is small in size made of 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 containing sand or clay particles.

Silt Deposits: Thick clusters of silty material that are collected in bodies of water.

Clarity: How clear water is which 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 attached by a string that is used to measure water clarity. The disk is checkered black and white which is used to further help see once it is submurged in water.

Turbidity: The measure of how clear water is, If water is murky and full of debree it has low turbidity. Clear water has high turbidity.

Worm homework: 1.composition/soil 2. casting 3.segments 4.setae 5.clitterum =PSA project= 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.) [] http://letsgogreen.biz/pages/water.html http://www.touchfreeconcepts.com/products/automatic-faucets.php

2. What were the main ideas? (Summarize the article for us. Maybe a sentence or two on each big idea or paragraph) Automatic faucets=lots of germs, The automatic faucet is good because it saves money on maintience bills

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 thing that i found interesting was that the automatic faucet Increased Sanitation & Hygiene The "Touch-Free" advantage eliminates a major source of cross-contamination and Encourages thorough healthy hand washing.

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?) Do you think the touch free faucet would be good for WHS and other schools? How much would it cost if they were to be put in every bathroom at WHS? Is the autotouch faucet good for not catching germs?

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?)

=HEARING 1:= duck..squake squake airplane.. construction..bombombom bug buzzing..zzzzzzz cars..beepbeep talking..hello wind..shshshsh water..dripdrip whistling..swish