Team+Styrofoam

__//**Team Styrofoam**//__ Adriana Will Jon

(**Remember: only ONE person can edit you team page at a time. Consider working on your own page, and then copy and pasting work to this page after)

=Topic (10 pts)= Research your topic to get information on the Basics. Find and post articles under this heading. Include a brief summary and what important information your group can use in creating and sending your PSA.

=PSA Goal (10 pts)= Decide what you want to accomplish with your PSA. In order to be successful, you and your partners need a clear and collaborative goal.

What is the message? Who is the audience? What do you want them to know?

To make sure everyone in your group has a clear idea of what needs to be accomplished (including Mr. Burns) Post you goal here:

" We are going to create a PSA that will.... "

=Research Questions (20 pts)= The more information you find about this issue the better your message will be. Ask and post questions here. These will become your "To Do" list.

=Data Collection (20 pts)= Now that you know how your topic affects the environment, your group needs to collect real data on the impacts the issue has here at WHS.

Styrofoam Out Of schools []
 * 1. Where did you find this article? (If online, post the link so your team can check it out.)**

Styrofoam is made of a petroleum based plastic.It takes hundreds of years before it decomposes.Its difficult to recycle.Its one of the main pieces of trash that ends up in the ocean. When making styrofoam it creates alot of liquids and solid wastes. Long term exposure from polysterene which is a main ingredient in styrofoam can cause Parkinson's disease which is a degenerative disease in the brain which causes shaking all though it doesn't kill you people do usually die from complications due to the disease.
 * 2.** **What were the main ideas? (Summarize the article for us. Maybe a sentence or two on each big idea or paragraph)**

i think we can find some more artiicles regaurding the schools in new york and how they switched their trays from styrofoam to plastic. We found that article useful and i think i can go to the lunch ladies to find out what they think and what they think we can do to make our project maybe succesful one day. I can take down data about how many we use in a month day year and go on from there.
 * 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.)**

Why does Waltham high school still use styrofoam? Why hasn't anyone else tried to do the switch from styrofoam to plastic? And if they have why wasn't it succesful?
 * 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?)**

yes i think we can interview the main lady that runs everything maybe even try to e-mail the super intendent and personally ask the lunch ladies and see what they think about it if they care or not or if they think we should either leave it alone or we should try and do the switch for the school
 * 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?)**

Check out this link: [|Earth Resource Foundation] It has some more general information on the topic. How many styrofoam trays do we use at WHS?? -Mr. Burns Also - check out this article Hard Trays vs. Styrofoam for Schools __**Qestions**__


 * If you have the option to change styrofoam trays would you make an acception or would you continue using the styrofoam?
 * How many Styrofoam packages do you recieve for the year at waltham high school and how much is the cost for each package?
 * Is there another easier way to serve lunch instead of just styrofoams?
 * Styrofoam is the main object that ends up in the ocean after it is thrown away after knowing that it ends up in the ocean would you still continue to use it?