Chelsea-Work Log 16

Your Name: Chelsea
Partner’s Name(s): Kathleen & Emily
Week: March 2-6, 2009

1. Briefly describe what you PERSONALLY accomplished this week:
This week I finished the articles for the website. I wrote an article about pollution and the article about conservation of wetlands. I also wrote about development can be stopped because of the land the builder wants to build on. There have been a lot of sites in San Diego County where projects have been cancelled or postponed because it may be a critical habitat. I also participated in an experiment that Andrew helped us with. We did two different experiments that were similar but used different methods. For both experiments we used a paper filter and activated charcoal to demonstrate how soil filters out pollutants. For the first experiment alternated layers of charcoal and filters then mixed the food coloring, which represented pollutants, in a beaker with water. As the water filtered through it became cleaner. With the other method for this experiment we put one filter on the beaker and then mixed the charcoal and food coloring in with the water. Then we poured the water through the filter and it removed a significant amount of the charcoal and food coloring.

2. Briefly describe what your TEAMMATE(S) accomplished this week:
This week Emily worked on finishing the videos for our website. She added in the videos and pictures that we got from the San Elijo Ecological Conservancy. She has completed three out of the four videos for our website. Emily also participated in the experiments and filmed the process so that we could document and even use for our website.
This week Kathleen continued to research soil chemistry and she also started to write the chemical articles. She created outlines for the articles she plans to write and she also worked on our science presentation. She began working on the PowerPoint this week and participated in the soil experiment.

3. Briefly describe how you and your partner(s) ASSISTED each other this week?
This week we worked independently to accomplish the most amount of work. This technique has been working for us because we are able to complete a lot of work and be slightly ahead of our schedule. We sit at the same table so that we can be close to each other and if we need to ask questions or we just want to check in it is easy. By sitting close we can help each other out as needed and complete our work.