Independent Component 2

(a) “I, Andrea Rosales, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component. 
      Stever Groner
(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log -->

(d) Explain what you completed. 
      I participated at an earth day event which helps me answer my first answer which is my best answer and it helps me come up with an activity for my final presentation 

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

It helped my answer my EQ because it made me even further understand what public education can do. Seeing all the 5th graders learn about the environment was refreshing because it shows the they do care and want to make a difference with is why public education is my best answer.
      

March Extra Post

During the month of March I helped my mentor in his office a lot and talked to a guy he knows Steve Groner. He is the owner of Groner Associates and is a consultant for public education in municipal cities. I didn't do too much this month but I got a lot of good information from Steve. He helped me come up with my third answer to my essential question.

Fourth Interview Questions

How does local government build up the community?

What can everyone do as a community to implement Stormwater requirements?

Do City Councils’ need to be more proactive in getting the community involved? Why?

How do manuals and handbooks help the industrial/commercial businesses?

How is this different then the manuals developed for municipalities?

Does social media help or hinder community participation?

What agency or nonprofit organization enforces the stormwater regulations more effectively?

 And why do you think that is the case?

How do elected officials continue community support?

Why are most businesses reluctant to implement storm water regulations?

Do you think the public supports the stormwater regulations?

What is Stormwater management?

What are some different ways that we can get everyone together to help the environment and build the community?

What do these Manuals and Handbooks for the Industrial, commercial and municipal facilities consist of?

Why are these handbooks and manuals so important?

What is the best way to implement Stormwater regulations as it relates to the clean water act?

Can we be hurting the environment at the same time while we are trying to help it? Why?

How do we get our own government to care more about stormwater and the environment?

What are the cities weakest links when implementing the Stormwater program?  

Does the community ACTUALLY support their local Stormwater Program?

Is public education actually working?

Blog 17: Third Answer

• What is the best technique to implement stormwater regulations as it relates to the Clean Water Act?
• The third best technique to implement stormwter regulations is by building the community.
• If a person sees a friend doing something then that will encourage them to do the some thing. So peer pressure isn't all that bad when it is for something good. I have also seen it personally, I saw a brother and sister walking then the brother picked up a piece of trash then the little sister did the same.
•  http://sbcountystormwater.org/?s=community&submit=Search      This link talks about going on a hike and that is a great way to getting the community together and help the environment.
• It is good to try to be a good influence on others especially the younger generation. This is a great way to build the community. 

Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
What is the best technique to implement stormwater regulations as it relates to the Clean Water Act?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
One of the best way to implement stormwater regulations is by public education.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Another one of the best techniques to implement stormwater regulations is building the community.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
For the first answer when I go to events with my mentor and do activities with people, you can tell they are thinking and actually trying to learn. When we tell someone how to help they say they will do it and that shows that they were listening and hopefully they will do what they say. I have seen people tell their friends and family what to do and what not to do.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
Burton, Aaron. "Advancing Stormwater Reuse." Stormwater Management Nov. 2014: 16-19. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.

6. What other source supports your answer?
http://sbcountystormwater.org/

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
Community is a really big part in helping prevent stormwater polliution because when everyone is helping out the problem is being solved easier and quicker.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
I will be talking to organizations that study peoples behavior, I will be conducting my own experiments to collect statistical data peoples behavior

 2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
I will take lots of pictures when I do experiments and I will have other classmates helping me so they can also vouch for me that I actually did what I did. 

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
A lot of the experiments that I will be doing will be based on a highly possible second answer. So doing these experiments will help me confirm to either keep or change my possible second answer.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.
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Independent Componant 1

LITERAL
“I, Andrea Rosales, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 34 hours of work.”

 Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
My mentor Joseph Rosales was one of my best sources because he really knows so much about my topic and can explain everything really well and helped me out a lot.

(c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
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Explain what you completed.
I did a 45 min presentation to the West house sophomores and i have been going with my mentor to inspect businesses which take up most of the morning.

 INTERPRETIVE 
Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work. 

Doing the presentation really helped my understand my answer better and going to do inspections with my mentor really helped me understand my topic better because I actually got to see myself how the inspections work and how the different businesses don't follow regulations.

  -this is a picture I took when my mentor and I were out in Rialto doing inspections.

• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 

This component really helped me understand my topic better because this gave me the opportunity to go out in the field and see what goes on and how stormwater regulations are implemented. it is also interesting to see the very few people who care about our planet and actually try to help out and cooperate.