In this picture you can see large amounts of erosion which were caused by water.
The main thing that struck me about this photo is the size of the hole that was created by the erosion. It is hard to tell in the picture, but eh hole was probably about the length of a school bus.
Someone may interpret this picture as just a simple hole in the ground, when in fact it is much more impressive than that.
When I saw this erosion in person and when I look at the image I feel awed by the power of water and how it managed to carve through the earth so easily.
I think this picture is about erosion and how this fits into the watershed system.
Here is a photo of the drain that says “No dumping. Drains to river”
In this picture, I see a drain with a sign.
What I notice in this picture is that most drains do not have a sign in front of them.
What this picture makes me think about: What do you think someone would interpret this at first? I think people are often lazy and might throw something down into the drain that flows into the river before even reading it. đ I hope the sign makes people think more about what they dispose of and how they dispose of things.
When I look at this picture, I feel: I feel confused as to why anyone would ever dump anything (whether it’s trash, food, etc.) down a drain.
I think this picture is about: This picture is very self explanatory. A drain with a caption.
In this picture, I see an example of a culvert. It is surrounded by nature (leaves of trees, soil, and grass).
What I noticeâ in this picture is that the culvert is very well hidden. As previously stated in the PowerPoint, it is âout of sight out of mind.â It struck me that it did not stick out at all.Â
This picture makes me wonder about the following question: How many people noticed the culvert upon first glance? Moreover, I wonder how many people even knew that what they interpreted as âunderground tunnelsâ are called culverts because to be completely honest, I did not know the proper name before this class either.Â
Before I knew what culverts were, I was indifferent. Because they were covered, I felt that they were insignificant. However now, when I look at this picture, I feel upset. I have noticed culverts before but never bothered to learn about them.
I think this picture is about how culverts, although hidden, play an important role (both harmful and beneficial). Although culverts are beneficial in that they reduce erosion and provide drainage, they also prevent plants from using photosynthesis to receive energy and interrupt the flow of water.
I spent such a long time trying to rotate this picture on WordPress but couldn’t figure it out… sorry about that!
In this picture, we can see a sidewalk storm drain opening with a sign that says “NO DUMPING! DRAINS TO RIVER.” At first, I only noticed it because we were supposed to find it for the scavenger hunt. However, after considering it more, I realized it is highly representative of the dangers and occurrence of water contamination on our campus and elsewhere. If this signage exists, it is most likely because there has been lots of dumping of waste in the past, which has thus drained to the river and dirtied our water sources. It is important for our campus to have these labels, but it still makes me concerned about the dumping that has occurred in the past (or that will occur in the future when the sign is inevitably ignored). Too often, we do not consider how the water – and the pollutants that enter it – are cycled through our environments. However, waste doesn’t simply disappear, and it surely doesn’t belong in our rivers on campus. I hope these signs around UGA are succeeding at preventing our waste drainage, therefore protecting our water sources. This image represents our school’s awareness of water contamination risks and its efforts to decrease them, which I am so glad to have seen during our Watershed Walk field trip!
I haven’t taken a science class since high school, when I took Biology in 9th grade, Chemistry 10 and 11th (AP), and Physics C 12th. Probably out of them, my favorite was physics.
Since I’ve forgotten most of what I learned in biology (and I also didn’t have a great class), I would like to get a basic understanding of it from this class (seriously, all I did was memorize frog calls).
I would be most interested in participating the Rivers Alive watershed cleanup. I think this activity will help the community understand where litter is entering the watershed, which will help further in prevention. I also think it is important that we interact with people outside of UGA to see how our action effect the community around us.
2a) I have taken AP Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics in high school.
b) Out of the 4 that I’ve taken, I really enjoyed taking Environmental Science. My teacher was very nice, and I also enjoyed learning about the way the ecosystems and organisms cooperate and affect one another. I also liked learning about the impacts humans make on their surrounding environments and the Earth, as well as ways to lessen my own impact.
3) From this course, I hope to take with me, any new knowledge of the world around me or biology, in general.
4) I would like to participate in the Outreach with Clarke Central High School students or the Rivers Alive Watershed Clean Up. I don’t have much scientific skills I can bring to the table for either of these projects, but I have worked and socialized with people younger than me and participated in clean ups for my church.
The issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is that probably biggest appeal to most of my fellow students for the safety of well-being, as well as the people around us.
As for the watersheds, the cleanliness of the water sources is what concerns most of my fellow classmates. Because the condition of our water sources affects both our health and future generations.
5) Through participation in a service-learning, I will learn ways to address issues within environments and how to engage with the community to help solve the issue.
6) I am interested in ecology like how different organisms and ecosystems impact each other and are impacted by changes. In this class, I hope that I can learn about the different impacts of changes, such as adding new organisms or the change in gene pools, on an ecosystem and its organisms. And how to lessen these impacts if they’re not beneficial for the environment, especially in the long run.
2. I took science all four years in High School. I took Biology, Chemistry, and Physics all at the accelerated/gifted level. Senior year, I took Astronomy in the Dual Enrollment program at Georgia State University. The class I most enjoyed was physics, because I am a math-oriented person and I love to solve physics problems. My second favorite class was biology, because of all the hands-on activities we were able to accomplish.
3. I want to gain an understanding for my body and how it works. I want to understand how what I put into my body affects it, and I also want to learn about what we can do to help conserve our environment. I also want to come out of this class with more people that I am friendly with, who I can say hi to around campus.
4. The projects that interest me most are the tailgating clean up and the visit to Clarke Central High. I am interested in the tailgating clean up because I have been coming to Georgia Football games my whole life and I never realized or would have imagined that people would trash our beautiful campus like they do. I am interested in the CCHS visit because I always found it very helpful and fun when college students and older people visited to help me with academics, and I want to be able to help students in that same way.
5. I want to be able to learn about more things that I can do to conserve the Earth, and how we can make this planet the best it can be for a long time. I also hope to learn about proper ways to give back to the community because I have been given so much in my life already.
6. In general in this course I want to learn about more public outreach opportunities around me, as well as learn about human health and what is beneficial to the body and what could potentially be harmful.
My previous experience with science pretty much comes from the courses I had to take in high school. I took robotics, physical science, biology, chemistry, and physics. I enjoyed robotics and biology the most. Robotics because you were given the chance to be creative and think outside the box, and biology because there wasnât much math involved.
I would like to get a true knowledge of biology and the world around us that I wonât immediately when the course is over.
The tailgating and rivers alive watershed clean up projects interest me the most. This is because both projects involve going out into the community and actively doing things as opposed to sitting in a lab or just staring at a computer. I was deeply involved with my high schoolâs Key Club, and we often had neighborhood trash clean up days. I had to organize and execute these clean ups, and I believe these experiences would help me complete the aforementioned projects. I think the issues of trash on our campus and in our rivers would appeal to my fellow students because the aspects of the issue are tangible and students see the issue everyday. This might be more appealing than testing the bacteria samples from a river because itâs an issue thatâs invisible to most people. Iâm not saying this to invalidate the issue of fecal coliform bacteria in the river, but I just believe people will care about it less since itâs not a very visible issue.
Relative to civic engagement, these projects would teach us the most effective ways to educate the public on issues. Cleaning up trash is one thing, but educating the students of UGA to prevent the littering is another. We would also learn how to collaborate with others by working with the high school students.
I would like to learn the effects things like pollution and extreme litter have on a biological level. In my opinion, putting biology in the context of real life issues makes it much more interesting.
In high school, I took biology, chemistry, AP physics, and AP chemistry. My favorite was AP chemistry, which I think was because of the structure of the class and the fact that the labs were really fun. Content-wise, I liked physics the best because it’s mostly math.
Ideally, I’d like to learn to like biology because I hated it in high school. I think the reason I hated it was because of the teacher, not the subject, so I hope that this course will change that. Or at least, if I still don’t like biology, I’ll know it’s for the subject.
I would like to help with the watershed clean up project. My high school had Campus Beautification days a few times a semester where students cleaned up green areas on campus which will help me with this project. I think my fellow students will enjoy having a cleaner campus.
I can learn how groups of people can come together to solve public problems.
I have some experience in taking science classes. I’ve taken Biology in high school freshman year, Chemistry sophomore year, and Physics junior and senior year. Even though I took two years of Physics, I enjoyed Biology the most. I thought it ways more interesting, and it was more engaging for me than either Chemistry or Physics.
I would like to learn more about our waterways, and the steps we can take to protect and clean them.
I am most interested in the tailgate clean-up project. I like that for the project we would be taking an active role in cleaning the campus. I think everyone else would also like to help clean up campus after game days.
I would feel like I took part in improving the environment for the city. It would be a very valuable experience.
In general I would like to learn more about how to properly clean the environment without harming the environment.
