Trails

Yesterday we walk through the park and it was a 30 minute walk. on the way to our destination,there was no benches to sit on & no water fountains to drink from. I no people that walk through the park on a daily basic be tired ant thirsty because i was very much of both.

Yesterdays Trail

Yesterday we went on the trail and walked a mile i think. It was very hot but it was good exercise. We had to draw some building. I think they need more wheelchair lanes and water fountains, bathrooms and then the park would be fun.



I got this picture from google.com

The Trails by Shakeelah .

The walk was very tiring yesterday. The walk was alright for us but some people that is trying to get around different ways might have some difficulties. There were a lot of steep hills and sharp turns. Some other problems were that there weren't really a lot of places to sit and take a break at, there weren't many places to go to the bathroom, and there were no trashcans. There are a lot of improvements that can be done to the park to make it a lot better and more enjoyable.

Research Blog- Erosion

The removal of dirt or vegetation by wind, water, or ice is called erosion. The problem with erosion is that the topsoil is lost, which has all the nutrients for the plants (wikipedia). Most of the agricultural land that is used for farming has this problem because of the constant working of the soil. "Approximately 40% of the world's agricultural land is seriously degraded." We saw how the water eroded the vegetation. (wikipedia) "When large number of hikers use trails or extensive off road vehicle use occurs, erosive effects often follow, arising from vegetation removal and furrowing of foot traffic and off road vehicle tires." (wikipedia) .When I went to the park I learned that erosion starts from hills also from rain,rock and mud slides.

Fairmount Park

The first time we went to the park we saw the locator markers that were there just in case you got lost, the numbers were in the police's system so they can track you down. When we walked along Lincoln Trailway we saw and learned about erosion. While we were at Kelly Drive I saw ducks.
We walked up 100 steps and we walked 3 miles in the wet soggy park. We also saw East Falls Bridge that showed a good view of the ways into the city from the outlying suburbs. Also we learned how they made the East Falls Bridge. I think it was fun walking in the park. There were some construction workers there taking out some of the poison ivy, there are a lot of others ways that could help improve the park. They need to create a wheelchair lane because there were a lot of steep ramps. We also need to add benches because there weren't many places to take breaks.

Learning to use Google Earth and Sketch up!

We explored the features of Google Earth. The video talked about the places you could visit on the moon and under water without actually going there! We also created our own buildings using Google SketchUp.

Sketch up

karaun
house

amber
abandoned store.

james
a building

Donte
House

Shadiya
Pool
Matt
Factory
Binta
House

Our Trip to City Hall

I learned that city hall was made the way it is for certain reasons. We saw a lot of different statues that were dedicated to people and/or events. My favorite statue was the one that was made for the holocaust. We stopped and observed the Civil War Memorial. Another statue that we saw was the William Shakespeare memorial, it was directly across the street from the library. The colored soldiers memorial were looking up at lady Liberty as a symbol of hope.The dog Saddie came with us on the trip. Love Park is nationally and internationally known for skateboards. We also learned about how public places like Logan and East Squares were used as execution sites and public punishment venues. When we went to Logan Square we saw the Swan Fountain, there were three people in the middle of the fountain that represented the Schuylkill River, Wissahickon River, and the Delaware River. Overall the trip was interesting but the walk was too long.
^^Shakespeare Memorial




^^Holocaust Memorial


^^ Fountain

After visitig the historical markers!

Universal Negro Improvement Association is a "social, friendly, humanitarian, charitable, educational, institutional, constructive and expansive society," (wikipedia)

On our way to the Church of the Advocate we used the landmarks to find our way there because we knew the neighborhood already. We looked it up on Google.com just in case we got lost.

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Visiting Local Historical Markers

Today we are going to the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America. This organization has 43 affiliates and operates through a national network. They help people to help the selves. We are also visiting The Church of the Advocate, this was the first Episcopal Church that accepted woman. We looked up directions on Google maps to the places we're going today.

Our Day

Today we had to find our way back to "OUR SPACE".
We used ideas to find our way back.
When we first arrived we had fun playing "Hodgy-Podgy".
We had to update our blog.
We got to know the campus better.


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The program so far....

The scavenger hunt helped us get around the campus.
We got to find important landmarks on Temple's Campus.
We had fun making toys.
I learned how to do team work.
we learn a lot in this program, like team work. i like when we went on google map.
on the first day our group ahd to invent a product and give a reason why people should purchase it.