Israeli Technology!

I just watched two videos by the grade 8’s on Israeli tech. Here are the links:

The videos were rather informative and gave good descriptions on how the tech worked. I would suggest you watch them you also might be interested in the other videos from this link. Comment what you think!

Mon Video Journal

This biweek I made a video recording on the enviroment for my journal. Enjoy!

https://voicethread.com/share/14573984/

Script: L’économiste et environnementaliste britannique Barbara Ward a dit un jour “Nous avons oublié comment être de bons invités, comment marcher légèrement sur la terre comme le font ses autres créatures.” (Earth911.com). Je dirais que c’est un bon exemple de la situation actuelle de la planète. Je dirais parce que comme nous avons perturbé avec la planète en plusieurs façon comme vous verrez. Voici pourquoi. Peuple avoir été détruire l’environnement. Selon le guardian c’est obtenu danc mal, que deux dans un cinq amphibean species est à risque. Au-delà que, mammifère biomasse est a diminué de quatre-vingt-deux percent. Selon sciencedaily.com en ce qui concerne de trois mille ans dans le passé l’humanité a été agriculture envahissante. downtoearth.org indique que quatre-vingt-cinq percent de zones humides est été détruit. Si je devais avoir ma propre citation, il serait, “Respectez la nature et elle vous respecte. Sinon, c’est une grosse erreur.” Longue et bonne journée!

English version: British economist and environmentalist Barbara Ward once said, “We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth like the other creatures do.” (Earth911.com). I would say that’s a good example of where we are today. I say this because as we have disturbed the planet in many ways as you will see. Here’s how people have been destroying the environment. According to the guardian two in five amphibian species are at risk. Beyond that, mammal biomass has decreased by eighty-two percent. According to sciencedaily.com as much three thousand years in the past mankind has been invasive farming. downtoearth.org indicates that eighty-five percent of wetlands have been destroyed. If I were to have my own quote, it would be, “Respect nature and it respects you. If not it’s a big mistake.” So long and good day!

Bibliography:

Watts, Jonathan. “Human Society under Urgent Threat from Loss of Earth’s Natural Life.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 6 May 2019, www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/06/human-society-under-urgent-threat-loss-earth-natural-life-un-report.

 

BrassawBrian, Brian, and Instagram. “Earth Day: 23 of the Greatest Environmental Quotes.” Earth911.Com, 13 Apr. 2020, earth911.com/inspire/earth-day-23-quotes/.

Stephens, Lucas. “Ancient Civilizations Were Already Messing up the Planet.” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, 29 Aug. 2019, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190829150702.htm.

“Human Actions Have Made a Huge Mess of Natural World.” Down To Earth, www.downtoearth.org.in/video/climate-change/human-actions-have-made-a-huge-mess-of-natural-world-64407.

Trees!

My science teacher told the class to put one of our homework assignments on our blogs so here it is!

For the first part of this assignment we had to classify three leaves unfortunately I can’t post what the leaves look like but here is a link to the slide show that has the images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ICnvMtmHYDSL1MF7JNeWLRSYoVu56eq6/view

The answers are: Leaf #1 is a pitch pine leaf. Leaf #2 is a maple leaf. Leaf #3 is probably a hickory leaf.

Next I had to explain the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees I said: Coniferous trees have needle or scale leaves and they don’t fall off in Autumn. Deciduous trees have larger leaves that change color and fall from the tree in Autumn.

I also took photos of three trees around my house and classified them but I can’t paste the images here for some reasons so here’s the link to the google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aUNsO_VlSpWpfD87sXRkdPDbs2JBUg7GwmUHOyC9y6I/edit

I’m also supposed to say what this teach’s us about biodiversity and I guess that the answer is that there are a lot of different trees on this planet as all the photos showed and that is a good thing.

Mon Podcast Journal

For my journal this week I made a podcast about the environment and COVID-19. Here is the script and the article I based this on and the podcasts themselves:

 

Article: https://www.yorkregion.com/opinion-story/9959589-how-covid-19-is-good-news-for-the-environment/

 

French version: Comme tout le monde le sait, l’environnement est depuis longtemps une question importante. Les changements climatiques ont lentement détruit la planète. Selon Beverly Golden, journaliste pour Yorkregion.com, cette pandémie a été formidable pour la planète ! Explorons pourquoi. Selon l’article, la pollution de l’air a tellement diminué en Chine que l’air plus pur a sauvé environ 77 000 vies au cours de l’épidémie plus que le virus lui-même n’a tué. Et ce n’est pas seulement l’air qui guérit de cette pandémie! Malheureusement, en raison de tous ceux qui utilisent des gants en plastique et masques pollution plastique est à la hausse. Le coronavirus pourrait également faire un grand changement dans notre sensibilisation aux changements climatiques. Selon les vapeurs de circulation de l’université de Harvard causent des poumons plus faibles et par conséquent une plus grande chance de mourir de COVID-19. Selon Inger Anderson, le responsable environnemental de l’ONU tente de nous envoyer un message à travers le virus. Si nous négligeons la planète, la nature implosera. La question ici est évidente : allons-nous continuer à polluer la terre ou la pandémie mondiale va-t-elle enfin nous servir de leçon? Quelle est la réponse ?

Podcast link: https://voicethread.com/share/14464464/

English version: As everyone knows, the environment has long been an important matter. Climate change has been slowly destroying the planet. According to Beverly Golden, a reporter for YorkRegion.com this pandemic has been great for the planet! Let’s explore why. According to the article air pollution has decreased so significantly in China the cleaner air has saved an estimated 77,000 lives over the course of the outbreak, noticeably more than the virus itself has killed. And it isn’t just the air that’s healing from this pandemic! Unfortunately as a result of all the one use plastic gloves and masks plastic pollution is up. The coronavirus could also make a big change in our awareness of climate change. According to Harvard university traffic fumes cause weaker lungs and as a result a higher chance of dying from COVID-19. According to Inger Anderson the UN environmental chief nature is attempting to send us a message through the virus. If we neglect the planet then nature will implode. The question here is obvious will we continue to pollute the earth or will the global pandemic finally teach us our lesson? What do you think the answer is?

Podcast link: https://voicethread.com/share/14464518/