Thursday, April 23, 2009
What we did
Today we finished a few more touches to our littering display poster. the sixth graders decided that Rehana and Quitze would read the speech, and that Vaughn would defend the bill. The fifth graders finished the poster and added inspirational advice to the sixth graders. we winded everything down by eating pizza and talking about our bill, how to defend it and how to counter-attack others. Our homework is to find the sources of everything on our bill.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Bringing it all together
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Majora Carter Visits
Friday, March 13, 2009
Draft of speech - Add comments and edits
The Act to Abolish Littering
Have you ever been walking along the street, when the person in front of you drops a Taco Bell wrapper a few meters away from a garbage can on the corner? If so have you said anything? Streets all over America are covered with garbage and other discards.
Smokers in a car are just throwing cigarette buds out of their cars. Cigarettes smell horrible in people’s mouths, they don’t smell any better when they are our sidewalks. Many smokers aren’t quite aware about how critical smoking is to our streets, our world, and more importantly, our health. Not only are they bad for our environment, the people who smoke them also send toxins into the atmosphere, and thus killing nature.
Cigarettes end up in storm drains and end up and contaminate our drinking water. Cigarettes also attract vermin, and who wants them around? When you drop your discards on the beach, they get swept into the tide and kill plenty of marine life, especially species of fish. Seven billion tons of different varieties of litter enter the world’s oceans every year.
Litter causes various cancers, birth defects, learning disabilities, mutation, and immune system problems. Littering may seem not important to the people who do it at the time.....
Have you ever been walking along the street, when the person in front of you drops a Taco Bell wrapper a few meters away from a garbage can on the corner? If so have you said anything? Streets all over America are covered with garbage and other discards.
Smokers in a car are just throwing cigarette buds out of their cars. Cigarettes smell horrible in people’s mouths, they don’t smell any better when they are our sidewalks. Many smokers aren’t quite aware about how critical smoking is to our streets, our world, and more importantly, our health. Not only are they bad for our environment, the people who smoke them also send toxins into the atmosphere, and thus killing nature.
Cigarettes end up in storm drains and end up and contaminate our drinking water. Cigarettes also attract vermin, and who wants them around? When you drop your discards on the beach, they get swept into the tide and kill plenty of marine life, especially species of fish. Seven billion tons of different varieties of litter enter the world’s oceans every year.
Litter causes various cancers, birth defects, learning disabilities, mutation, and immune system problems. Littering may seem not important to the people who do it at the time.....
Sneak peak at some questions for our special guest next week!!!!!!
How does littering effect global warming?
What inspired you to start public speaking?
What consequences do you think are appropriate for people that litter?
Did your childhood effect your becoming an activist?
Was there anyone in your life who inspired you to work in activism?
At what age did you start being interested in activism?
What inspired you to start public speaking?
What consequences do you think are appropriate for people that litter?
Did your childhood effect your becoming an activist?
Was there anyone in your life who inspired you to work in activism?
At what age did you start being interested in activism?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Third week
Today we made final amendments to our bill. Then we surfed the internet for facts and support of the bill. something we learned today is that all the litter you drop in the rivers and on the beach gets swept in with the tide and kills thousands of fish.
-Kai and Quitze
Thursday, February 12, 2009
THE BILL (Thursday Feb. 12, 2009)
Team, Please add comments with edits and ideas so that we can finalize the Bill.
The last day to post a comment will be on Wednesday Feb. 18th
The Bill:
Delegates: Vaughn Simmons, Quitze Eguigure, Rehana Hirji
Title: The act to abolish littering.
Preamble: The purpose of our bill is to have congress institute funding and programs that help decrease littering.
Definitions:
Littering- the act of throwing your discards on the streets or in an open public place.
Institute – apply, set in motion or establish
Content:
Decrease the amount of littering by informing the country the affects littering has on its environment
Litter is a huge part of global warming and this bill will help enforce a cleaner environment by changing one’s habits of littering.
Community service day - which entails cleaning our streets, parks, public places by picking up litter and placing the trash in the appropriate recycling bins/trash bins.
Funding:
Through fines, our bill will be funded
Tax payers - local taxes
How much is this going to cost? According to our research, a total of $5 billion is spent on ozone depletion. Within that cost, we estimate $100 million will fund our bill.
Enforcement:
Street patrollers would watch people littering and then give them a ticket.
If caught—day of community service
Day of community once/month service where everyone picks up litter
Effective Date:
The last day to post a comment will be on Wednesday Feb. 18th
The Bill:
Delegates: Vaughn Simmons, Quitze Eguigure, Rehana Hirji
Title: The act to abolish littering.
Preamble: The purpose of our bill is to have congress institute funding and programs that help decrease littering.
Definitions:
Littering- the act of throwing your discards on the streets or in an open public place.
Institute – apply, set in motion or establish
Content:
Decrease the amount of littering by informing the country the affects littering has on its environment
Litter is a huge part of global warming and this bill will help enforce a cleaner environment by changing one’s habits of littering.
Community service day - which entails cleaning our streets, parks, public places by picking up litter and placing the trash in the appropriate recycling bins/trash bins.
Funding:
Through fines, our bill will be funded
Tax payers - local taxes
How much is this going to cost? According to our research, a total of $5 billion is spent on ozone depletion. Within that cost, we estimate $100 million will fund our bill.
Enforcement:
Street patrollers would watch people littering and then give them a ticket.
If caught—day of community service
Day of community once/month service where everyone picks up litter
Effective Date:
Thursday, February 5, 2009
First Meeting!
The Topic: Litter
Homework:
Come to class next week (Thursday Feb. 12th) with the following:
• Any research you have collected on littering IN THE U.S.
• Three ways Singapore keeps its country litter free
Next Week (Thursday Feb. 12th) we will:
Homework:
Come to class next week (Thursday Feb. 12th) with the following:
• Any research you have collected on littering IN THE U.S.
• Three ways Singapore keeps its country litter free
Next Week (Thursday Feb. 12th) we will:
- Share our research (including interview with Rex and useful websites)
- Finalize the bill on Litter
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