Tips about recycling

Things that can be recycled!

• yard waste
• paper
• aluminum
• plastics
• water
• card board
• computers and phones
• cartons
• clear and colored glass containers

A challenge :-}

Challenge: try to wear only four shoes  this month.

Why: The more you buy something the more the company makes. For example, I go to a market and buy those disposable cameras because they are cheap and fun but the shop doesn't even have much of it. Since I have lots of friends who are going on a trip, I buy lots of cameras. The next time I go to the market, instead of ordering what they once had, they made more.Check out this video to learn more.

After you see this video think about this, think about were your stuff is made; for example your phones, shoes, and computers they were all made in factories. Then think about how does the factory get electricity and how does that affect climate.

If you liked the video above you'll like these videos.

Pyramid go BYE BYE!!!!!!!!!!!

  These pyramids here have survived the sun,wind and sandstorms for over 4,000 years. However, air pollution in the past 50 years have been demolishing these magnificent structures this is because of acid rain which destroys everything. The only thing that can prevent this from hapening is really expensive acid-resistant spray which is used in painting cars but every stone structure and statue will go away.

Heat-island affect

Do you know how a city like the above can be way hotter than cities in the rural areas? It's  because these cities contain asphalt and concrete which are used in making streets, sidewalks, buildings, parking lots,... etc. All this heats up which then heats the air around it. As for rural areas because of the plants they stay cooler because plants contain water and water heats up slower then it cools down.
 

Cfc's and global warming video

                                                                  

GLOBAL WARMING JOKES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable facts 25th January

• Look at the time, at the same time yesterday 200,000 acres of the rain forest have been destroyed, more than 100 types of plants and animals have gone EXTINCT, 13 million tons of toxic chemicals were released across the world and 29,158 kids under 5 died from preventable causes.
• Every square mile in the ocean has 46,000 pieces of plastic.
• Every second, 10,000 gallons of oil is burned in the US.
• NINETY percent of the large fish and EIGHTY percent of the worlds forests are GONE
• Every two seconds a person starves to death.

Cool links

Try out these games and see if you can save energy

http://www.olliesworld.com/club/gamehouse.htm
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/roofus/
http://kids.aol.co.uk/fun-and-games/going-green-six-simple-things-you/article/20071105075509990001

Look at all these other cool websites

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
http://www.billnye.com/

Lastly look at these cool videos that show you about the atmosphere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cz7gSOd9bj0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zQCqOI5DfAQ

Earth's Atmosphere

    Earth's atmosphere is a thin layer of air around the Earth. Without the atmosphere it would be too hot in the day and too cold at night. Earth's atmosphere balances the heat and it protects us from sun rays.

       The atmosphere has a mixture of gases, liquids and solids like nitrogen, water vapor, and dust.

The atmosphere