PDS APES 8th Period 2009-10

Here, in two 10-minute segments, is a recent 60-Minutes report on the accident in the Gulf of Mexico and a link to a report on progress (finally) capturing some of the escaping oil: Part I: Watch CBS News Videos Online Part II: Watch CBS News Videos Online

This is a video I’ve seen that will make you wonder about fuel emissions. Be ready. It’s kind of scary.

I doubt many of you are still checking this since the AP exam is over, but here are some Gulf oil disaster updates for those that might be… After Setback, BP Scrambles to Find New Solution http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126629347&sc=17&f=1007 Sopping Up an Oil Slick with Castaway Hair (“hair sausages?!”) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126536482 And, here is the slick viewed from [...]

Since our scribe never got this topic posted, here is a link to a good summary of the topic from the other class: http://pdsblogs.org/pdsapes510/2010/04/22/acid-rain/ Don’t forget indirect effects of acidic soils…just as important as direct damage from acidic precipitation!

Global climate change is a touchy subject due to its recent entanglement with politics. But politics aside, we can all look at the data report from the IPCC and agree that in the last 150 years our global climate has been growing increasingly warmer. Whether this warming is cause by anthropogenic actions is another story, [...]

*Note: Yet another guest post from Kevin H. in the other class as I forgot to ask for a scribe! At the end of class on Friday Mr Willard left us with 5 questions regarding global climate change. These questions were as follows: 1. Is the Earth warming? 2. If so, is this warming unnatural? [...]

To commemorate Earth Day PDS 5th grade teachers and students made signs to carry around the Ferry Boat reminding parents to turn cars off while in line picking up their children. They also modified the “stop and go” signs to reflect the No Idling initiative for all teachers on traffic duty to carry. LS plans [...]

Your car breathes in from the air and the fuel tank and it breathes primary pollutants out, which then are converted into secondary pollutants. The central reaction in your car starts with the reactants in the air (78% N2, 21% O2), and the fuel tank feeds fuel to the engine. However, the reactions in your [...]

Last year, a student send me a 12-minute bit from 60 minutes on coal power. The piece is centered on an interview with Jim Rogers of Charlotte’s own Duke Energy. Watch this, then read on: *IF the embedded video will not play, try this link: Powered by Coal (60 minutes) So…what do we do in [...]

Who wants to be destroyed by vicious renewable energy? Not me! So here’s what we discussed in class about the other side…NONrenewable energy. There are four types of nonrenewable energy: Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, and Nuclear Energy. We only want to focus on the fossil fuels, which excludes Nuclear Energy. First, lets define fossil fuels: [...]