ENRiQUE!

Yesterday Enrique a man from the border angels came to our class. I never knew about the Border Angels until he explained it to us. They go out into the desert near the Mexican border and leave water for people in the desert mostly immigrants. Even though it's not good for illegal immigrants trying to cross over they don't want people die because of it so that's why they're trying to help them. I also learned about the Minute Men which is a group of people who are against illegal immigrants crossing over. Some Minute Men stand on the U.S. side of the border with guns waiting to shoot any illegal immigrants trying to cross the border. The Border Angels & the Minute Men apparently do not get a long. I would rather be on the Border Angels side because I don't think it's right for people to be dying because anyone should be allowed into our country. If I can I'm going to try & volenteer to help the Border Angels because they are people who think of others & are doing the right thing. :]

Our water presentation

Today my group and I presented to the class our topic which was bottled water vs. municipal water. We talked about what bottled water was & what municipal water was & what processes they go to when they're getting filtered. I think our presentation went well, we got a lot of questions and we tryed to answer them the best we could. Overall I learned a lot more than I thought I would through this project. It was my favorite presentation so far in math/chemistry class.

bottled water vs. municipal water?

Bottled water and tap water both have a set series of standards, however, these standards are different from each other.
Bottled water goes through an extensive purification process to make it eligible for human consumption.
Tap water is purified so that it can be used for day to day activities, without a harmful affect to the environment.

bottled water: interesting fact

I thought this was interesting because I learned that during the filtering process minerals may be lost in the water. In order to fix this they have to do a mineral injection; meaning they have to put the minerals back into the water. Some of the minerals are calcium, magnessium, & flouride.

bottled water testing.

They test the bottled water for organics, (pesticides, herbicides, and dangerouse organic compounds) Inorganics (lead, copper, zinc, chloride, and minerals), Microbiologicals (fungi, bacteria, and viruses), & radiologicals. Testing for these many chemicals is very important because if your putting it in your body then you don't want these chemicals to effect you.

What is bottled water??

Bottled water is drinking water which goes through a filtering process to take out as much as possible, so it's healthy for your body. It's then sealed in a bottle & sold for people to drink. In other cases some bottled water companies don't sell the cleanest water.

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For our mini water presentation we were suppose to present yesterday, but I guess we ran out of time and now my group has to go on monday. It's kind of a good thing because we have the weekend to go over our information, but then again we wanted to just give our presentation & get it over with. I guess it doesn't matter what day we present as long as we do present.

helpful websites--->>>

My Favorite: http://www.bottledwater.org/default.htm

Others: http://www.brighamandwomens.org/healtheweightforwomen/special_topics/intelihealth0804.aspx?subID=submenu10

http://www.jupiterionizers.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=10


These websites were a big big help! without these websites we wouldn't have or know the information we have right now. These websites gave us so much information on exactly what we were looking for.

water usage project

My partners Rachel, Brianna, and I finished our powerpoint presentation, but unfortunatly we weren't able to present today because we ran out of time. I guess this gives us another night to look over our information and be extra prepared for tomorows presentation. We were kind of worried that we weren't going to find the information we needed for the project but we ended finding most of what we needed. hopefully our presentation goes well tomorow. :]

What Is Municipal Water?

I reserched and researched and I couldn't find a good definition on what municipal water was, untill I asked someone and I guess municipal water is pretty much tap water....that's what my first guess was but now I have a clear idea on what kind of water it is.

Bottled Water

This is what I found on what bottled water is at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/facts-faits/bottle_water-eau_embouteillee/faqs_bottle_water-eau_embouteillee_e.html#A1

"What is bottled water?
Bottled water is water sold to consumers in sealed containers. It can be represented as "spring" or "mineral" water. It might also bewater from various sources that may have been treated to make it fit for human consumption and put in sealed containers for sale."

To me this seems pretty accurate but bottled water isn't always the best for you because some bottle water compnaies just use tap water which isn't recomended for your body.

Chemistry Project

We're doing a mini chemistry Project that has to do with water. We gave a list of possible research topics and we were given " Research the differences in bottled water and municipal water. What chemically is the difference between the two." So far we still don't have a clear idea on what municipal water is but we're thinking its "filtered" tap water.

Mini Bolivian Project

I was so glad that my partner Vanessa and I were able to get Bolivia because that was our first choice. Since Bolivia was pretty well known there was a lot of useful information on the internet. We made a power point with bullet points about Bolivia and pictures. Our power point is filled with lots of good information. There are even some pictures of llamas. A website i found very useful was worldatlas.comn

2nd draft of script

My partners and I turned in our 2nd draft of script & we got a lot of feedback on what we need 2 change & we defenatly need 2 shorten our script because we have a lot to say but we're really going to have 2 cut it down since we are going to have our interviews in their too. I think our 2nd draft was a lot better than our 1st draft & this draft is a lot closer to our finall draft than our other one was.