Sunday, April 26, 2015
Is blogging an effective learning tool?
Throughout this class that is half a semester long we have done blogs every week to learn more about what has been being lectured in class. Sometimes, the blogs have been on topics that haven't been lectured much on, as well. So the question is, if blogging has been an effective learning tool this semester. I would say yes, blogging has definitely been an effective learning tool. How can blogging be effective to help you learn? Well, blogging has helped me learn things because I am doing the research myself. Each blog had to be at least 300 words long and have two sources used to find information about the subject. The fact that I am the one researching the topic, I find myself more engaged in the topic than I would be had I been sitting in a class being lectured on things and having to take a lot of notes. Blogging instead of having to take quizzes or exams is definitely better because you are learning about things not just for the quiz or test, but for your own knowledge about things. A lot of classes teach you for the test, and you easily forget the things you spent all semester studying and learning because of the way you learned the material. Looking the information up yourself makes you become in control of how you learn things, thus making you remember and learn more of the things you research. After we blog about something, usually the next class we would discuss what we have blogged about. You find yourself remembering a lot of the things you researched and are able to have a very good discussion about the topic, whereas in other classes you might not remember what you did last class necessarily and may need a refresher of the last lecture. I definitely think blogging is a great and effective way to make you learn more about things, because you are in control of what you learn and how you do it. You can research anything, what videos, etc. and because you are the one doing it and not being lectured about it, you learn more. That is how blogging is an effective learning tool.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Ohio EPA Nonhazardous Waste
Have you ever wanted to know something about materials and waste management, but have not a single clue as to how you go about finding information about it besides just using Google? Well, there is a very helpful website called http://www.epa.state.oh.us/ . This blog will provide helpful information about how to navigate through this site and find the information you're searching for about materials and waste management. First of all, go to the web site above. Then, you are going to see a lot of tabs on the screen. Go to the tab titled "divisions and offices" and in that tab you will want to click on "materials and waste management". On he bottom of the page there will be more tabs, go to the tab "programs" and click on nonhazardous waste. This will bring down a menu of topics that can be researched on this site. Lets just choose recycling for an example. When you click on recycling, you are brought to a new page all about recycling. You can easily browse through information about recycling on his page such as the basics of recycling, where to recycle, and quick facts about recycling. There is also information here about what types of products you can buy that can be recycled and where you can buy these certain things. There is also a tab about how to generate the least amount of waste possible because that is the best thing you can do for the environment. There is also a lot of information about the most frequent things you should recycle, including aluminum cans, and lass bottles and jars. Along the side of this page is list after list of other tabs about recycling, like litter prevention and battery recyclers. This page has so much information, and its only about recycling! the list of things you can research is pretty lengthy so there is a lot of information in this site and it is easy to use! So I hope this blog was helpful in providing some useful information about how to navigate this site when wanting to research materials and waste management.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Air Contamination information
Have you ever been curious about the air contamination in your area? Well, lucky for you there is a very good resource that you can use to find out a lot of things about the health hazards or environmental hazards in your area when you go on the EPA website. This is the Environmental Protection Agency website and they usually have pages that can narrow your search down to the state in which you are from and look at specialized studies for things like air pollution in that state. So for example, if we waned to look up the air contamination in Ohio, I would type in EPA Ohio and Ohio has its very own EPA website full of information about the environment in Ohio. Next, you will go to the top of the screen and see a tab that says divisions and offices. Under this tab, there are many links, but we want the one titled air pollution control. Once here a new screen will appear. There will be a small screen with a lot of different data and studies scrolling across. Click on any one of these links and you will be brought to a new page with a lot of detailed information. Lets use for example the one titled air quality data. When you click this, a picture of Ohio will come up with an interactive page where you can click any area in Ohio and it will tell you the quality of air in that area. It is very simple and easy to use and is a great way to get information you want, fast and easy! The website is called http://www.epa.state.oh.us/ . This website is a very good resource for getting information that you want. I hope this blog was helpful in giving you some information about how to learn a little bit more by using this very helpful and easy website.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Safe Food Temperatures
It may seem like something small and meaningless, but knowing how to properly cook your food at the correct temperatures, or keeping your food refrigerated at the correct temperatures, is so important to know. Failure to understand the correct temperatures to cook your food, and to refrigerate your food can lead to very serious health problems. What are some of these health problems you might ask? Well, according to the site http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/signs-symptoms-eating-undercooked-chicken-5300.html , consuming undercooked or raw chicken increases your risk of getting salmonella, a bacteria, which may cause headaches, diarrhea, chills, vomiting, fatigue, to name a few symptoms. Another food born illness you may get is E. Coli bacteria. E. Coli are already inside us, but there are different strains of E. Coli. The bad kind are the kind you get from undercooking food. So, you know that there are some serious health concerns if you do not cook your food at the proper temperatures. But what are these temperatures? Well, according to the site http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/mintemp.html , you can get all of your food temperatures you need. Also on this site, which many people may not know about, is the resting time for your food after you cook it. What is this resting time exactly? well, food continues to warm or "cook" after you take it off the grill or out of the oven. This site gives the resting time needed for foods as well. Some examples of the cooking temps and resting times on this site are: for fish? - 145 degrees F with no resting time. For beef? - 160 degrees F with no waiting time, but for steaks and chops it is 145 degrees F with a resting time of 3 minutes. For pork and ham? - 145 degrees F with a resting time of 3 minutes. I hope this blog was helpful in providing why it is important to know the correct temperatures to cook food at and also in giving the temps for specific foods.
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