Category: ADL 10 Assignments

Science 9 – Emily and Elandi – Climate Solution Fluency

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Define:

Climate change has always been a huge problem for our environment and for our Earth, so we diecide to change that with one of our own ideas. 

The challenge that we have been faced with is to think of a problem that we can solve with our own innovation regarding climate change. Our problem that we came up with was how to get rid of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases from our atmosphere and our lives. 

Discover: 

For our research, we investigated in what others have created and done, such as smog towers. There are multiple smog towers in Dehli, Beijing, and in Korea in order to get rid of the ridiculous amount of carbon in the air. In Iceland, they have the world’s largest direct air capturing facility that can remove carbon from the air and is then injected into a volcanic rock. China has been working on refurbishment projects to help with the many problems that carbon dioxide is causing to our Earth. China also have lots of valuable points on how we can help our reducement of carbon in the air.

With all of this information, this will help us in the future so we can know how to improve our ways of life and try and use less carbon in all our lives.

We also found some facts about climate change that effect Canada and the rest of the world:

  • Climate change is mainly caused by the increase of greenhouse gases – also known as GHGs – in our atmosphere.
  • This change in our climate has multiple impacts on our environment such as on our health and our economy
  • Canada’s total greenhouse gases emissions were found in 2020 with approximately 672 megatons of carbon dioxide in the air
  • Between the years of 1990 and 2020, Canada’s greenhouse gases emissions have increased by 13.1%, but went down again between 2005 and 2020 by 9.3% with the help of the use of electricity in our daily lives

We even came up with our own definitions of what carbon is and what greenhouse gases are too:

What is Carbon:

Carbon is a gas that has no odor or colour to it. It is made when animals or humans turn food into a useful energy. Carbon can help plant plants and can help animals grow, it can also release heat into the atmosphere. Sometimes too much carbon gets released into the atmosphere and that causes the result of climate change to our Earth.

What are Greenhouse Gases:

Greenhouse gases are gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect by absorbing lots of radiation and lots of carbon dioxide.

Dream:

Some solutions that we came up with together were these:

  • Extracting carbon dioxide from our atmosphere
  • Planting more trees and helping our forests collect more carbon
  • Creating global goals to reduce the rising carbon in our environment
  • Ecosystems that can have an enhanced capacity to store more carbon into a chamber
  • More windmills and turbines to help with the air circulation
  • More carbon and smog towers around the world
  • Recycling our waste and composting it into the Earth
  • Replacing aluminum window frames with recycled aluminium

Deliver:

Here is a drawing of our prototype for our Carbon Compressor and Collector:

How our Carbon Compressor and Collector works is by placing on a roof so it can collect any carbon floating around the machine itself. After that, all the carbon gets compressed in a chamber and gets turned into fuel, oil, or jewelry. It then gets dispensed into crates to get transported to wherever its need to go.

Debrief: 

The process we went through for our solution fluency project was to start off with what our problem was and how we wanted to resolve it. Then, we did our research on what carbon dioxide is, what greenhouse gases are, what other countries have done it the past, and what’s going on with Canada with the resources of Destiny Discover. We then turned everything into paragraphs using our own words.

We also came up with various other ideas ans solutions to end the amount of carbon in our atmosphere and in our lives. Our carbon collector can compress the carbon into energy once again after it has already been used once. That will make the carbon reusable and more efficient to use in our lives.

Finally, Elandi drew our prototype for our invention called the carbon compressor along with what it does exactly. For our project now, Elandi and Emily will be constructing it in Minecraft as I create a video demonstrating how our carbon compressor would work. 

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FlipBook – “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian”

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For this project, I created a Flipbook on the novel study for English 9 called “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie. I used a tool called Flipsnack in order to create this Flipbook.

First, I created a PowerPoint presentation, then I saved it as a PDF to my OneDrive, uploaded it to Flipsnack and added some details to make it look even better.

Here it is and I hope you like it, enjoy!

Elemental Fluency Project – Platinum

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Here is my elemental fluency project on platinum: 

1. What questions did you need to research in order to create your Sway?

The questions that I used to research in order to create my Sway were “What is platinum?”, “What is platinum used for?”, “Where is platinum found?”, “Is platinum dangerous?”, and “How many electrons, neutrons, and protons does platinum have?”

2. What new or familiar digital tools did you try to use as you worked through this project?

Some new and familiar digital tools that I used to work through my project were Google, Pexels, Creative Commons, Ducksters, EasyBib, The Vancouver Sun, and Live Science.

On Destiny Discovery, I used World Book Online, World Book Advanced, Gale Engage, Web Library, Explora, KNOW BC, and Topic Finder.

3. What was the process you used to investigate the topic and how did you verify and cite the information you found? 

The process that I used to investigate the topic is that I started with one question, took my notes, then cited the site or the source that I used, after that, I continued from there with the next source.

I verified and cited my information with EasyBib and I always made sure that the website that I used had similar if not the same information as other sites, and that the site I was using was secure and safe.

4. How did the process of completing this challenge go? What could you have done better? 

The process of completing this challenge went very well for me. I worked very hard every time in class and at home, I did my work, I cited my sources, I added some pictures, I took the right notes, and I had good, thorough, and thoughtful questions to ask and to research.

I could have improved on some finer details of my research if I had a bit more time, but other than that I think I did a pretty good job.

Community Connection

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For my Community Connection project, I interviewed the Technical Director of Port Coquitlam Euro-Rite Soccer Club and former professional soccer player, Oliver Heald.

Mr. Heald used to play for the Vancouver 86er’s, also known today as the Vancouver Whitecaps, for Port Vale and for Scarborough when he was in England, and for the Seattle Sounders.

His roles and responsibilities as being a professional soccer player were to be in proper shape so he could always preform to the best of his abilities throughout the season, but also to conduct himself in a professional manner on and off the field for the team and the club.

 

I wanted to interview Mr. Heald because one of my passions is playing soccer.

I love playing soccer with my family, friends, or even watching it and learning something new. I’ve been playing soccer since I was 5 years old and I thought that I could interview Mr. Heald and talk to him about soccer, as I play for the U15 Port Coquitlam Euro-Rite Girls soccer team.

 

Here are some screenshots of emails that Mr. Heald and I had.

 

What I learned from Mr. Heald is that it takes a great amount of time, work, and effort in order to get to where you want to go in life, like becoming a professional soccer player.

 

It’s not just about having the talent or skill to play, but to try your best and to put yourself out there.

 

 

Here is Mr. Heald’s response to the questions I emailed him:

Ok Sonoma- I hope this helps and thank you for reaching out:)

 

  1. My role with being a professional soccer player is to make sure I am in proper shape so I can perform at my best ability throughout the season. Also to conduct myself on and off the field in a professional manner and have the team (club) I play for represented properly and professionally. When a club pays you money you want to make sure you deliver your personal product to match.

 

  1. Well I started my professional career over seas in England and as a “foreigner” playing abroad you really have to show well in order to secure a position on a team with many local players wanting your spot. I had to go through many days of hardship trying to fit in and show the coaches and gaffer (another name for manager) that I belonged. I was fortunate enough to do just that at age 18 when I tried out for Port Vale FC and got my first professional contract for 2 years.

 

  1. Simple- if it is a dream to play at the highest levels then do everything you can to make it happen. Giving up stuff you want to do so you can work on getting to the professional level is imperative. I had to miss many high school dances, nights at friends house or just even hanging with buddies as I was constantly training to reach my goal. It is a tough route but we’ll worth it when you finally make it:)    My dad has a saying try, try, try and once you think you have  it, try again!                                                  In 1990 I tried out for the U16 a Canadian National team and we had 4 stages of evaluations throughout a 18 month span. I was cut 2 times and it made me more committed to make the final 2 stages which included trying to qualify for the U16 World Cup. I said to myself “if these coaches think they have seen the last of me they are sorely mistaken” well I made the last two stages and was on the team that went to the qualification tournament in Trinidad and Tobago. We didn’t qualify 😀.

 

  1. Again simple- because I showed that I was good as a kid it progressed into me really enjoying the sport and wanting more form it. Sport is in my blood

 

  1. I wish I could have played longer at the higher levels. Something about competition is very addictive and I may have Troyes to stay over in England longer instead of coming back to play for the Vancouver 86ers/ Whitecaps.

 

  1. Hmmmm…. Great question! Probably stay the course and keep working at my craft. You can’t take a day off when you are a professional athlete as someone is always looking to take your spot. So maybe just work harder than anyone else.

 

Now I know what I have to do to get where I have to go just as Mr. Heald did himself for soccer.

I know what is out there for me to experience for soccer if I ever want to become a professional soccer player or do anything else with soccer when I’m older.

Thank you very much Mr. Heald for your time and it was a pleasure to interview you.

 

Digital Footprint

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When people first hear about me, they think I’m someone who always posts on Instagram or Snapchat and who always shares their personal in formation.

To be honest; I am nothing like that.

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I don’t really post on any social media platforms, in fact, I only have two and I don’t really use them. I only post for birthdays and when I’m with my friends, and that’s all way too private for me to share with the public.

What I saw didn’t really surprise me, but it might surprise others.

How might your digital footprint affect your future opportunities?
Give at least two examples.

When I first heard about this project, my thoughts were to first search up my name on Google. What came up? Well, the top three things it showed me were a Sonoma Booth photo company, a photo booth, and a telephone booth.

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Of course, I laughed at the fact that I’m a telephone booth on Google, but then I realized that my social media platforms might be different or the same. So I decided to take a look. I looked up booth – oops, I mean both – my social media accounts and nothing came up.

I was glad that I didn’t have a digital footprint, but at the same time, I realized how that would be a problem for me in the future with trying to find a job and when trying to get into a good university.

How would I get a job without any history? How would I get into a university? I mean, without any digital history, how could  I get a job? Well, I can always create a social media in the future that is specifically for friends, family and jobs. Without evidence about who I am or what I do, I know my possibilities of having a job in the future would be pretty hard for me.

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Describe at least three strategies that you can use to keep your digital footprint appropriate and safe.

Well, for one, I wouldn’t post any personal photos of myself or my friends on social media. Perhaps a group selfie would be okay, but not a photo of a big party or any photos of any of us doing anything too radical.

I also wouldn’t share my location or where I live or anything like that. For example, if I were going to a park with my friends or family, I wouldn’t share that with anyone, because that’s me spending personal time with my friends and family.

Finally, I would be very careful on who I follow on social media, because sometimes people aren’t really who they say they are. If I need to search up something or someone, I would also be careful because you can’t trust everything you see and hear on the internet. People often post and share what they think and what their opinion is on the matter, but it isn’t nessasarily true.

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What information did you learn that you would pass on to other students? How would you go about telling them? 

I would definitely tell other students that social media and the internet aren’t things to be trusted wholeheartedly, but I would also say that it’s always a good tool to use.

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If you’re trying to find a job, or just bored out of your mind, your digital footprint shows. Maybe not to you, but it does to others around you, or even people you don’t know. Your digital footprint is your personal information, and that is to be kept with you. Don’t abuse it, be careful and useful with it. Whether you’re learning something new or doing a school project, your digital footprint is a reflection on yourself.

Also, if you look yourself up and find out that you’re a telephone booth, you might want to fix that.

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