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= A bout Me= I have two dogs, two cats three fish and one ferret. I'm a song writer and i love to play the guitar when i have the chance. I have 10 sisters three live with me here in Punxsy, I have 4 sisters that live in Arizona. And 3 of them live in Curwensville. And all together there are 8 of us in our family.



=Use's Of The Alleganie's Forest.= The Allwgheny National Forest is in the North Western part in Pennsylvania and it covers 500,000 acers of land. The kinzua Dam creates the Allegheny Reserciovior.. The forest supplies oil and a gas region only 40 miles from the site of the first oil well in the world. Only 17% of the states total of oil production came from mineral rights owned by private individuals in the forset boundaries. Here are some of the activities for the Alleghaney National Forest. They are hunting, fishing, camping , boating , beaches , picnics, hiking , and also overlooks.

=The Top Three activities for Nature Based Land.= Mountian Biking, Visit a Wilderness or primitive area, and Day Hiking. The ages are 16- 34 and the precentages are from 34 - 40.

=Viewing and Learning Activities.= The Three Majors are Sightseeing, Visit Natural Centers, and View / Photograph Natural Scenery. Age Percentages are mostly from 57.8 - 66.7 %.

=Developed Land Setting Activities.= The Most Major Activities for here is Walk for Pleasure, Family Gathering, Picnicking, Driving for Pleasure and Byclicling. And the age percentages are mostly from 40.8 - 87.2.

=Water Based Activities,= The Three Most common avtivities for the waters are, Water Skiiing , Canoeing , and Swimming in lakes , Steams Ect, and the age percentges for all the ages are from 28.6- 50.0.

=Snow and Ice Activities.= The Three Major snow and ice sports are Snowmobliling, Downhill Skiing, and snow and ice acivitoes any type. The age percentages are from 8.0 to 38.0 %.

=Sheila Graham's Individual Project.= media type="custom" key="5425163" width="180" height="180" =Oil is more than Energy.=
 * 1 How are production/ distributions as well as politic and economic issue related? U.S. trade deficit found that raising oil imports widened our deficit-increasing gap between our imports and exports.**


 * 2. View this recourse to see where we get our oil democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Syria.**


 * 3. Write 5 statements that are Concerns expressed in this article?**
 * 1. The United States imported 435 million barrels of oil from them in 2008.**
 * 2. Global warming induced natural disasters will create emergencies that demanded military aid such as Hurricane Katrina at home and in 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami ahead.**
 * 3. The worlds poor will be put in most risk, as richer countries are more able to adapt climate change.**
 * 4.oil companies are the main source of funding for API’s front group.**
 * 5. The United States has an opportunity right now to reduce its dependence on foreign oil by adapting clean energy.**

=Ammonia=





=3 Essay Topics.= 1. We could go to school for only 4 days a week. 2. Recycle any plastic water bottles that could be recycled = = 3. We could use either florecent lights or we could use sensored lights.

=Links= Here are some links that could help with lower fuel cost and it could also help with the schools budget. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-22/news/ct-met-four-day-school-week-20100322_1_4-day-school-week-school-districts-shorter-summer-vacations http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.aspx?storyid=121669 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2439039120080724 http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/jan/Many-US-Schools-Consider-Four-Day-School-Week.html www.principalpartnership.com/fourdayschoolweek www.joannejacob.com

=Essay=

 **One of the problems that are involved at the school is that the lights are being left on in empty classrooms that teachers or students are not in. One if the things that we can do to reduce this problem is to have the teachers to turn off the lights when they are leaving the room.** Not only that but you wouldn't have to clean the building cause the lights would not be on. ** ** So I think that this would be a really good idea for our school district to give it a try, Cause other schools that has moved on to a 4 day school week saved alot of money, and it would be another good thing for our enviroment. **
 * I think what we could do to have a back up is to use the computer carts and the lights when needed, especially in the Cafeteria. Cause we counted 120 lights in the cafeteria, and in the kitchen area we could get them fluorescent lights to help save the energy and it would help, Another thing that we could do for the cooking area is to use only certain cooking stoves that are most needed. For an example they could put the French fries and tatter tots on the same cart as the hamburgers and other heated sandwiches.**
 * One of the school districts in another state that has tried this problem was Illonois was that they were short on there budget. And they decided to go to a four day school week was to help save money for bus fuel, and the utility cost for the buildings. These are my reason for this essay.** **I have also found out that if we would go to a 4 day school week, we would have shorter summer vacation and longer school hours.Illonois saved 2,000 dollars a year for just one day short.That mean one less day running busses, the heat would not be on, the lights would not be on,

= Rhode Island = Rhode Island

1. **What is the name of your region**? Northeast 2. **What are the top commodities of the state you are researching**? Greenhouse/Nursery, Dairy Products, sweet corn, Aquaculture, Apples 3. **What landforms is part of the state**? From the tooth-edge coastline and coastal, Rhode Island’s land rises gently into rolling hills, central and north. 4. **Describe the climate, population, largest cities and other factors that affect that live or visit there?** Cold winters and short summers. Largest city Providence. Population, 1,069,725, other factors -
 * 5.** **What are the top commodities in your region? Are they’re any of these Nationalities?** Greenhouse/Nursery, Dairy Products, sweet corn, Aquaculture, Apples
 * 6.** **What unique commodities are found in your region? Why are they Unique?** Government made payments directly to farmers in cash or payment, Net farm income, a value of production measure is the farm operators share of the national economy from production activities within a calendar year.

=National Questions= 1. Look at the U.S map. Why do you think that the states are arranged into these 10 major farm production regions? It all depends on where they are farming because it would have to depend on the climate. Why it would depend on the climate is because some of the animal does much better producing stuff in warmer climate, for for an ex, Dairy Farms.

2. How do the commodities in your region compare with the commodities in other regions? Because of the weather and the climate. We have inconsistent weather since our climate is humid continental we can only grow regular food. We can’t grow and tropical food, because our climate is humid and not tropical.

3.What are some of the similarities among the states in your region? What are the differences? Well some of the similarities are the food; other similar states that grow __apples__ are Michigan, __Sweet corn__, Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana__. Dairy Farms__- California, Wisconsin, New York and Pennsylvania.

4.What patterns do you see among the commodities across the country? Manufactureing,

5. Which commodities are seen least often? Why do you think that is? What are the specific limiting factors? PINE APPLES, HOGS, TOBACCO, CRANBERRIES, HORSES/MULES, BROILERS WHY ARE THEY THE LEAST, IS BECAUSE THEY ARE KIND OF NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO SOME CERTAIN FARMS, AND WHEN THEY ARE THEY ARE USED THE LEAST. 6. Which state grows oranges? Florida

7. Which states grows cotton? Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Some cotton is also produced in Florida, Kansas and Virginia.

8. Which state grows corn? Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Minnesota.

9. Which state has lots of cattle? Missouri

10.Which states have green house affect as their number one commodity? Alabama

11. Why would Alaska produce the least amount of Agricultural products? Because they’re Culture has a very cold climate in the winter and part of the spring. They can only grow potatoes, cabbages, beets, turnips, carrots, parsnips, and products are grown

12.Alaska produces the least amount of agricultural products. Do you think that this would remain so in the future? The reason why they produce less is because there weather is so cold over they’re in Alaska, and they get very little warmth. 13.What surprises you the most about what is grown in Alaska? That it is very cold but yet they can grow more than any other cold state can grow.

14.What surprises you most about what is grown in Louisiana? That they can basically plant what ever we can plant. Except for turf because our climate is a little cooler comparing it to Louisiana, 15. What surprises you the most about what is grown in other states? What surprises’ me about what grow in other states is tropical fruit. Like in some other state besides Florida they can plant Oranges but we can’t because our climate is cooler.

16. Identify the top 5 commodities nationally. Count the number of states produces each of these commodities. Dairy Farms, Corn, Green House / Nursery, Cotton, Cattle.

17.What are the top 5 states (top cash receipts)? In what ways are these states similar of different? Forecast for farming to be is $63.billion in 2010 up to $6.7 billion (11.8%) from 2009. Why they are different is because they keep increasing and decreasing. The similar is that they are all happening in 2009-2010

18.What are the bottom 5 states (lowest cash receipts)? In what ways are these states similar or different? Tennessee, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota,

19. What factors would cause certain crops to be a leading commodity in one area and not another? Corn, Soybeans, and Broilers.

20. What commodities do you predict will become less important in the future? Why? Because the economy right now is getting worse every single day, the commodities are corn, grain, Ethanol industries,

=Plants for medecine=

1. How many U.S. prescription medicines come from plants? 25% to 50% of the medicine in the U.S comes from plants. 2. What diseases did the sailors suffer from? Scurvy 3. What did the cedar bark that contained and saved the sailors? Tea 4. How long have people been using plants for medical purposes? 5,000 years ago. 5. How many species and plants are endangered? Half of 2,700 species are being endangered. 6. What is causing the plants to become endangered? Destroying forests and wiped out thousand of potential medicines. 7. Summarize the reasons why biodiversity is important? The reason why Biodiversity is important is because it provides the food and plants that we need enable to get medicines from the plants. If the Biodiversity didn’t happen of if there was no such thing as biodiversity we would be lost. Because we wouldn’t be able to get the medicine and food we would need. Those to are the biggest ones that we need in our planet today. If we didn’t have these thing people would die from diseases and there would not be a good population of people on earth. Because people would die from cancer, heart problems and we would be suffering from others.

Sheila Graham, Science for living, Mrs. Maine pd.2

=Land Stand and Survey.=

1. How many U.S. prescription medicines come from plants? 25% to 50% of the medicine in the U.S comes from plants. 2. What diseases did the sailors suffer from? Scurvy 3. What did the cedar bark that contained and saved the sailors? Tea 4. How long have people been using plants for medical purposes? 5,000 years ago. 5. How many species and plants are endangered? Half of 2,700 species are being endangered. 6. What is causing the plants to become endangered? Destroying forests and wiped out thousand of potential medicines. 7. Summarize the reasons why biodiversity is important? The reason why Biodiversity is important is because it provides the food and plants that we need enable to get medicines from the plants. If the Biodiversity didn’t happen of if there was no such thing as biodiversity we would be lost. Because we wouldn’t be able to get the medicine and food we would need. Those to are the biggest ones that we need in our planet today. If we didn’t have these thing people would die from diseases and there would not be a good population of people on earth. Because people would die from cancer, heart problems and we would be suffering from others.

Sheila Graham, Science for living, Mrs. Maine pd.2

=Blood root Questions=

Blood Root. 1.Where the plant grows? It Grows in Rich woodlands of North America, Nova Scotia, Florida and West Alabama. 2.Is it endangered? Yes they were nearly destroyed by workers trying t give the park a more manufactured beauty. 3.What medical does the plant have? It contains chemicals that help fight bacteria, inflammation and plaque. It also produces morphine. 4. What part of the plant is used? The root itself. 5.Who would benefit from the products from this plant? Dentist. Would benefit/

=Hunger Power Point=

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=Madagascar Graham=

media type="file" key="Madagascar Graham.mov" width="300" height="300" =World Hunger Comparasion=

Country || Area || Population || Literacy Rate || Per capita income || Cause of hunger || Democratic Republic of Congo || 342,500 SQ KM || 66,514,511 || 83.6% || $4,000 || The food production is to low and prices is too high. || Burundi || 27,880 km || 8,988,091 || || $ 680 || War, deforestation || Eritrea || 118,000 Km Sq || 5.5 million || 58.6% || $700 || Crop failure, long droughts that hurts the crop production. || Mozambique || 801,590 || 22,894,000 or 21,397,000 || || $3,800,270,000.00 || || Zambia || 753,618 km sq || 12,935,000 || 78.2% || $ 1,541 || Shortage on food || Sierra Leone || 71,740 Km2 || 6.4 million || || $118.20 || War torn country, || Haiti || 27,750 sq km || 9,035,536 || 52.9% || $1,338 || Earthquakes, || Central African Republic || || 4,511,488 || || || || Ethiopia || 1,104,300 sq km || 80,713,434 || || $46 billion || || Cambodia || 181,040 sq Km || 14,562,008 || || $723 || They are not making enough crops, and the rice prices have doubled. And also their price of meat and fish has risen from 30% - 50%. || Nepal || 147,181 km 2 || 29,331,000 || || $1,100 || Low government propriety on agriculture, makes food unsafe and dangerous, floods,droughts, hailstorms and other disasters. || Rwanda || 26,338 sq km || 10,180,000 || || $370 || They depend on foreign significate aid, || Uganda || 236,040 sq km || 32,369,558 || || $1,200 || Malnutrition, || Tanzania || 945,087km sq || 38,329,000 || 67.8% || $1,400 || Poor soil to grow crops || Yemen || 530,000km2 || 23 million || 54% || $2,500 || droughts || Somalia || 637,661km2 || 9133,000 || 38% || $795 || || Laos || || || || || || Madagascar || 587,000sq km || 17 million || || $232.47 || || Sudan || 2,505,813km2 || 42,727,000 || || $1,360 || ||