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I wonder what the weather is.

For the final Action Project of the Water unit in my STEAM class we talked about how water causes weather. We went over sun radiation and its effects as well as climate change. Our Field Experience of this unit was going to the Field Museum in Chicago. The exhibit we were focused on was concentrating on water in art. Most of these photos were from the Jardine Water Treatment Plant and since we had visited there it was cool to see what we saw turn into a nice photo. From there we talked about global warming and climate change with one of the scientists working there. We then began to work on the final project which was a slideshow talking about the average weather and climate of a city of our choice. The city I chose was Wroclaw which is in Poland. In this slideshow we were asked to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius or vice versa. I also showed different effects of climate change and their impact on Wroclaw and Poland. To view my slideshow click the link below.



I enjoyed working on these units about water. I loved all of the Field Experiences that we went on and learned so much. I liked talking about climate change and water filtration over the course of this term. It was nice to find out what new thing we would be doing the next day like an experiment. I hope that some of the work I have done can lead others into helping our planet out. There are definitely more than three or four ways to tackle these issues so the more people trying to help the better. I think that this first term was a good kick-start into the year and I am intrigued to learn more. Thank you for reading.
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