Museum of American History

Justin Henderson
Museum Blog



On the trip to the museum of American National History, me, La’Relle, and Richelle we discovered a lot of new information about the environment and global warming. Global warming is a major problem that can effect our environment and our lives if we do not act in time to prevent it. Here is some of the information that my partners and I have retrieved from the museum.

Ozone: A stratosphere story
At the earth’s surface, ozone is a pollutant, but its presence in the stratosphere is critical in protecting life. Formed by a complex chain of reactions, ozone absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun, preventing it from reaching the earth’s surface. Stratospheric ozne is increasingly being destroyed by man-made pollutants.

Carbon dioxide and Global Warming

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is related to global temperature: as the earth warms, CO2 increases & vice versa. Measuring CO2 in ice cores provides a record of atmospheric CO2 variation over thousands of years-from one glacial period to another. By tracking the natural variability of CO2, scientists have discovered that the recent rise in atmospheric CO2 has been caused by human activities

My Personal Items

Well I am human just like you so of course I use personal items on a daily bases.. But lets just see how Many of these items are recycable. Well I have to Brush my teeth so I use a toothbrush.. But I don' think that its recycable. I brush my hair daily however I hope that it isn't recycable because who wants to share a hair brush eww. I also use metrocards for the trains. Now metrocards are definalty recycable and can be reused often. Well clothes are an item. But I can't say that I had the chance to recycle my old clothing, but I will devintaly get a chance to. It eat and food is an item and I always recycle my soda cans and bean cans.

Assignment 3

The environment is a very important factor in or lives considering the fact that we live in it. I have recenlty researched the problems that we have on the environment and how we can recycle to help fight environmental pollution. A person named Garth Turner a member of the parliment for Halton, Canada wrote a book called The Citizens Guide to a Better Environment.... Here is his opening Paragraph

Why I wrote this Guide

All of us care about the environment-we have to. The future of our children, our country and our planet depend very much on the decisions made today.
Government has a role in this, and so does business-from huge oil companies sending tankers down the coastline to the corner drycleaners with cans of solvents. But so do you and I, our families and the communities we live in.
I strongly believe we all have a role to play. I know that in our everyday lives there are things we can do. At the time, they may seem to be tiny, but if we all did them, the results could be amazing.
This booklet is my small contribution to the cause. In writing it I wanted to show how our everyday lives can be structured to be positive, not polluting.
I wrote the first version of this booklet back in 1991, when global warming was just an unproven theory and before we witnessed steamy summers, polar ice cap melting or the frightening prospect of electricity brownouts due to airconditioning overload. After being an MP then, I went on to join the national board of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, a group dedicated to upholding and improving laws protecting our environment.
Today I am an MP again, working to do what I can to help this world and all the creatures we share it with. Distributing this information is a part of that – since if we all did a little, we would accomplish a staggering amount. Let’s start now. Our Canada, and our planet, are worth it.
Garth Turner, Member of Parliament for Halton, Canada

assignment 2

Justin Henderson
Blog #2




My Impact on the environment

I come from a place where people take life for granted. A place where success is something that people do not tend to achieve. Were I come from, the only way to survive is to hustle or steal. Kids at the age of 13 are starting to drop out of junior high. But this isn’t me. I’m the person trying to make it out of this place. I’m the person striving for success and trying to be something in life. Everyday I get up in the morning and get ready for school, and when I walk out the door to the bus stop, I can see all the children, and teenagers looking at me. At first they thought that it was a joke that I was going to school, being the only idiot pass 18 to be in college. They thought that I was a fool for trying to make it out of here. Some even envy me because they thought that I was better than them. But as time grew by, they started to see something different. They started to see that I wasn’t born so that I can grow up and waist time. As to came alone people started to respect me and what I was doing. They all showed me the respect that I am a college student and that I want to get out of this place. And as time grew by, people wanted to go back to school as well. Because of my leadership, 6 of my friends decided to go back to high school and get their diploma. And others want to apply for the same college I go to… That is the impact I made on my environment..