Water Pollution

Humans have been neglecting the responsibility of keeping our water clean. Lakes, Rivers, ponds, and even oceans are affected by the way humans choose to carelessly live.
There are many sources of water pollution. One is Industrial facilities. Many of these facilities use freshwater to dispose of their waste. Nitrates, Phosphates and Sulfur are all chemicals released by industries that are harmful for both humans and marine life to take in. Many fish and birds are effected by these harmful toxins.

Another is Littering. Litter items can kill. These include cardboard, Newspaper, Styrofoam, and Plastic. Many of these type of items can get caught in marine life and cause death.

Sewage is often dumped in to our lakes and oceans. If it is not dumped, many sewage pollutants cause disease and is then harmful to us and all marine life.

We can be more considerate of our water by be conscious of what we are flushing down the toilet (ex. paints, oil), not overusing fertilizers that can pollute our water in runoffs, and by not throwing any objects into the beautiful creation we should be enjoying, not ruining.

Sources:

http://www.water-pollution.org.uk/environment.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Environmental_Problems/water_pollution_-_effects.html

This is a video explaining water pollution and how humans have caused it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACgv19b-n5E

Exciting/Dreadful Units

This semester, I am really looking forward to discussing Evolution because I have never been in a class where it was actually talked about. I am excited to hear the theories behind and why people believe ideas of evolution over God. I believe it will bring in good class discussion.

I am least looking forward to Biochemistry because I think I will struggle with this unit the most. Science has never been my best subject therefore I have to try harder in biology than other classes. I think all the units will present a challenge for me. After looking at all the units, Biochemistry looks the least familiar.

I am very excited for Homecoming!! Student Council has done a lot to plan a great Homecoming and everything is coming together! It will be one of the best yet! Go Seniors! Oh yes, one more thing. There is an event with my youth group, Revival Student Ministries, called Live-In. We live in the church from Wednesday to Sunday and we do all kinds of fun things! I am pumped for this and if anyone else wants to come, the more the merrier!!

Chloe Myers

My name is Chloe Myers and I am 17 years old. I am a senior at Sparta High School. It is weird to think that I only have one more year at SHS. I have participated in varsity tennis, sideline cheer, competitive cheer, and was the first sparta gymnast to compete with the co-op team at Rockford.  I am also a part of Student Council as an executive (that is a pretty big role) and National Honor Society. I think I am a nice, funny individual who enjoys being happy! I have two siblings, Braden and Madison.  Braden got married this summer! Now I have a sister-in-law, Libby. My siblings are some of the most important people in my life.

Next year, I intend to go to college but I have no idea where! I got my first acceptance letter yesterday to Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL. I am not sure if I want to go there but it is an incredible option. Right now, I am thinking my major is going to be Kinesiology and double minor in spanish and something business. This is just an idea, I want to keep my options open.

One of the main reason I am taking this class is because I am thinking about Kinesiology. For this, I will need many science classes. I was sceptial at first about this class and truthfully still am a little bit but a challenging class may be good for me, we'll see.  I think AP bio will help give me an idea if I will enjoy this or not. I hope to obtain a better understanding of biology through this course and to get a better idea of what I want to do for the rest of my life.