dijous, 17 d’abril del 2008

MICRO-CLIMATE OF THE CITY




WORKSHEET 6

The last day we mesure the temperature with a termometre and the wind-speed with an anemometre.


We go to the roof of the school and mesure the weather.


After that we go to the street: in front of Casp school, and mesure the weather.


The results:









The temperature in the air is minor that in the temperature in the floor. The wind speed is minor in the street in front of school that in the roof of the school. Because the floor absorbe the rays of the sun.

dijous, 3 d’abril del 2008

My Ecological Footprint

WORKSHEET 9

The last day we draw "My footprint" that is the space of the earth that we ocupate.

Today we calculate our ecological footprint in a web: www.stanleyparkecology.ca/programs/activities/howbigft.php


This were the results.


Marc's ecological footprint is:395000000 cm 2.

Footprint wide: 7'5 cm


Footprint large: 23 cm


When we multiply the wide by the large the result of the area is 172'5 cm2.


Things than Marc do to reduce his ecological footprint:

- Recicle

- Evitate use plastics

- Turn off the light

- Don't use the car if you can go to a place not far.

- Swich off the light when you aren't in there room

- Don't trow papers to the street

- Make a shower, don't take a bath because you consume more water than a shower


Laia's ecological footprint is: 435000000 cm 2.
Footprint wide:8

Footprint large:24

When we multiply the wide by the large the result of the area is 192 cm2.


These are the things that Laia make to reduce his ecological footprint:

- Swich off the light when i'm not in that room

- Use the water in the bathroom only when it's necessary

- Go to school walking

- Correctly separation of rubbish

- Participate in clean river campaigns

- Build only if is necessary

- Don't print all the pages that I need when I'm working with the computer

- Plant three trees at the year