The Garbage Patch

Week Three Bloggers!!!

As humans we are gifted the responsibility to protect the environment. And lets admit we aren't doing as well as well as we could be. Water makes up around 3/4 of our planet and guys, we are polluting it. There is a land mass out there in the atlantic made up of nothing but garbage. Its estimated to be about 90% plastice and about twice the size of Texas.



Its said that in some areas of this plastic mass that the plastic out numbers the amount of plankton in the water 6 to 1. Plankton is the main food source for many of the marine wildlife and we are infesting thier homes with our trash. Said trash contains plastics that are releasing pollutants into the water. The water not only affects the marine life but also us humans. The animals that consume these pollutants are then caught and fed to us. Therefore, the pollutants are not only harming the marine life and humans but thier entire food web. Humans are suffering disease and illness due to this garbage. I mean, how hard is it to recycle people? Common Guys, Really? The blue bins found just about everywhere, they're there so you can throw your trash away. Roughly 50 billion (yes I said BILLION) water bottles are thrown in U.S. landfils every year. Guys thas about 140 million A DAY!!!  Thats enough to reach China and back and thats only water bottles.

I also looked at this site.

http://www.oprah.com/world/Ocean-Pollution-Fabien-Cousteaus-Warning-to-the-World/1



Pros & Cons

Week Two Fellow Bloggers!

Lets admit its been a long two weeks and we are only getting started. Ant I know threre are some things we are all looking forward to more so than others. Especially in AP Bio :) Some things too look forward to are all the labs we'll have, minus the lab reports. lol The topics in this class should be pretty interesting as well. I look forward to all the fun we will have too. We are a great group of kids and this class will very entertaining! I look forward to its challenge.

However, this class will also have a giant workload and LOTS of reading. I can pick up a book and read 100's of pages but a textbook is a whole different story. That and i'm well aware of the difficult curriculum this class has and just hope all goes well.

Well guys thats all for now, talk to you all again next week! :)

NEW BLOG :)

Hello Biology Friends!

My name is Katelynn Adams and I am a senior at Sparta High School. I have been playing softball for about 12 years now and have come to love the outfeild. I am also a part of the Blood Drive Committee on National Honor Society. I also have a younger sister, Brooke, who is a sophmore in high school this year. My family also has a Westie. Her name is Anna and she is a very lazy lil thing.  Over the summmer I had been super busy and spent a lot of my time at the beach. When im not at the beach i'm at work. I currently work at Under the Pines and love it there (most the time). I want to go to school for Forensic Biology and/or Clinical Labratory Studies (CLS). I plan on either going to MSU of Ferris State University.

I have been a MSU fan sense I was little. My parents buy season tickets every year and take me to many games. Maybe someday I will sit in the student section :)

Im taking AP Biology to prepare myself for college and because I love science. That and I want to challenge myself my last year of  high school. I hope to gain a deeper understanding of the world and how everything works together.