Well i don't know what i want to do because i am thinking about it,but i think i might be a musician because i like playing music or a teacher because i like helping people learn or a car graphic designer because i like to design graphics and stuff.

SIFE and a man called Kris Wilson

• These people from SIFE called Joe and Clement came to our school and showed us how much earth we have to grow food and crops and talked to us about sustainability.

• A man called Kris Wilson game to our class on the 3/6/09 to tell us about sustainable architecture and showed us some of the buildings that he designed and built.
  

Supply and demand

In economics we are learning about supply and demand. Supply is the blue lineand demand is the red line. Supply means the consumers point of view and demand is the producers point of view, but thats what i think and the equilibrium point is the intersection point.

Eco houses

Insulation,

For some good Eco houses it is would be good to have polystyrene insulation,

Power,

For power i think it is best to have solar panels because it is not using any electricity from power stations which is good.

Aspect,

Lighting,

i think it is way better to have energy efficient light bulbs because it uses 80% less energy than normal light bulbs.

Hot water,

i think i would use solar panels to heat up the water because it is more efficient,

and here are some pictures of how they work:

This is called the "open loop.": This is called the "closed loop.":

Heating,

Underfloor,hydronic water heating because it wouldn't be using electricity and gas so it would prevent global warming.

Uranium

Extraction:

To extract the uranium you would have to use very protective gloves and it is said it is easier to have a open mine pit like the Martha Mine.

Uses:

Uranium can be used for nuclear bombs,nuclear power plants.

Dangers:

Uranium is fill of this stuff called uraninite which is very radioactive and can burn your skin off instantly, it can give you lung cancer,

Nuclear power:

Nuclear power is any nuclear technology made to take out usable energy atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions.

http://www.wikipedia.com/

Sustainability

For humans to live sustainably the resources must be used at a rate so they can be remade or replenished. However there is clear evidence that the human race is overusing their resources and if something isnt done soon the future isnt going to look good.

http://www.wikipedia.com/

A sucessful learner.

fairfield intermediate school logo under this writing.Fairfield school is known for its knowledge such as Multiple Intelligences and Habits of mind. An example of one of the habits of minds is Persistence.
In class we are making posters for traits of a sucessful learner.

Most sucessful learners will listen, be quiet, not interupt the class, never be of task and finish assignments on time this demistrates good self managment.