Aquatic Ecosystems

I would describe the aquatic ecosystem as in danger. These articles both describe ways that fund raising, advertising and research are helping better understand the state of our oceans and both are trying to raise the public's awareness on the issue at hand. Right now in these ecosystems species and communities are being threatened by things like, overfishing, and destruction of coral reefs. As far as my personal connection goes I hope to be a marine biologist when I'm older and the decreasing of these fish and coral reefs means that when I'm older I will have little to study and will most likely be working on projects more geared toward conservation efforts in the ocean. Humans play a very large part in the biosphere. They effect EVERY ecosystem including aquatic ones. We pollute the air, the land,and the water, which gets rid of nutrients that are essential  to the food web.The limitation of important resources,whether it be the loss of  detrivores, decomposers or producers can substantially effect the ecological pyramid. When this happens the habitat or even the ecosystem as a whole is greatly effected  and species can eventually become extinct. We chop down forests, we drive our boats  through coral reefs,we release toxic greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we introduce foreign species that are predators and establish non-natural  predator prey relationships! We do more hurt than help to all ecosystems. I think that we are just now starting to realize the impacts that humans have on everything,unfortunately for some ecosystems there is no  return and we have done irreversible damage to the biosphere.

Mr. Whipp,
After watching both of the videos given and doing some of my own research I have come to the conclusion that the Power Balance might actually work. I am obviously not a professional on the matter but I do believe that they possess some potential good qualities. The overall idea that a small band with two tiny holograms on them could possess such amazing powers is just strange to most people including me. It seems downright silly that anyone would possibly believe that a hologram coming in contact with the body could result in such a miraculous difference in strength, balance, and flexibility. I think that this idea is very silly but it does seem that with the tests they do it could very well be possible.
 My official hypothesis is that the brain is controlling the body’s effectiveness in this experiment. I would test this by placing monitors on the brain while the test are being conducted to see if anything new or unusual occurs.
It is very necessary to look at all sides of the argument before making a hypothesis because if you only look at one side naturally you would side with that view without even giving other views a chance. When you look at both sides of the argument before making a hypothesis you have a clear view of what other people think and why they think it. This can help you create a well-rounded experiment that may prove points that weren’t proven before.

Re: Mr. Whipp's post

I have to say that the thing I enjoyed most over the summer was getting together with two of my friends and going to camp Kern with one of thier church's.I really enjoyed all the fun activities we did and even though I have a terrible fear of hight I was able to conqure it for a short while.

The think I like most about comming back to school has to be getting to see all my friends. Even though I spent time with alot of them over the summer I really missed getting to see them every day.

I have to say that after the first three days not much has changed yet. I really like all of my teachers and I can't wait to have more classes with them.