Axel+Fermin

=media type="custom" key="16611918" By:Axel Fermin=

__ T21 Proposal __

> As a student i will reduce my Ecological Footprint by recycling, reducing, and reusing plastic bottles and aluminum cans and more! This will help the environment and I will stop littering, as much as the people who care are doing right now at this moment. I will be recycling water bottle caps and other kinds of caps to make a spinning top. I think i will make a tiny little fracture of what a good world is suppose to be but if everyone starts to notice this project we do every year will go countrywise and than global. I will do some research on bottle caps and find out what they do with them when the company recycles them.

1.Who- I will be doing this project bymyself with alittle help from my parents in materials 2.What- People are littering and when they do litter it can be certain litter like cigarettes and the process continues to polution around the world 3.Where- People are littering all around while some people are dieng because of this effect in water polutio 4.Why- To help the environment and help the people in Ghana where they have to walk miles to get just one bucket of freshh water, if they do hav water close by it is polluted. 5.When- No one in the world knows when littering had started, But it has really affected the Earth little by little. Littering consists of waste products that have been disposed of improperly, without consent, in an inappropriate location. Did you also know that Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world, with 4.5 trillion discarded annually? Which is also polluting the air the process continues and makes the world a worse place instead of making the world a better place.
 * =media type="custom" key="18589290" This is my animoto video on littering and recycling.....: ) =


 * = These are my T21 for other classes =
 * This is my Math Talent 21: [[file:Talent 21,Axel Fermin;Math.docx]]
 * This is my Social Studies Talent 21: [[file:Social Studies Talent 21, Fermin.pptx]]
 * This is my Health Talent 21; [[file:T21-Health.pptx]]
 * This is my science Talent 21: [[file:Talent 21-Miss Lilly's Class.pptx]]
 * This is my art T21 :[[image:talent212012/120529-071225.jpg width="473" height="382"]]

• __ How to make a Bottle cap/Spinning top __
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 * • You'll Need:** • plastic bottle caps: either from regular soda bottles, wide mouthed juice bottles, or bottles like vinegar bottles   • toothpicks or wooden skewers   • a thick needle or sharp item, such as a hat pin or those metal things you use to hold poultry together for roasting (employed by an adult only)   • colorful electrical tape (optional)   • quick drying glue (optional   • How To:   • Make a hole exactly in the middle of the bottle cap. Some caps have a small bump there, if not eyeball it. A hole not in the center will result in a imbalanced top.   • Enlarge hole if necessary by moving needle around while still in the hole.   • Insert tooth pick or skewer through hole, trim second side of toothpick (dangerous) or shorten skewer.   • Secure toothpick with a few dabs of glue, though usually not necessary, and decorate with small pieces of electric tape.   • Have fun!

> __ Research/Middle __ Litter traps can be used to capture litter as it exits stormwater drains into waterways. However, litter traps are only effective for large or floating items of litter and must be maintained.
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• Some countries and local authorities have introduced legislation to address the problem. • Actions resulting in fines can include on-the-spot fines for individuals administered by authorised officers in public or on public transport or littering from a vehicle, in which the vehicle owner is fined - reported by either responsible officer or third party, sometimes online. • Specific legislation exists in the following countries: • United States - punishable with a fine as set out by statutes in many places. • United Kingdom - Leaving litter is an offence under the Environmental Protection act 1990. This was extended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 under section 18. It carries a maximum penalty of £2500 upon conviction. However, many local authorities issue fixed penalty notices under section 88 of the Environmental Protection 1990. Often incorrectly known as "on the spot fines", they do not have to be issued on the spot. Nor are they a fine. If an alleged offender does not want to pay a fixed penalty notice, he can have the case heard in the Magistrates Court. • Australia - no national legislation, although state based environmental protection authorities have laws and fines to discourage littering. • The Netherlands - Dutch police and local supervisors (known as buitengewoonopsporingsambtenaar, or BOA) fine citizens for throwing away cans, bottles or wrappers onto the street. __ Project Outcome __

So first I made a hole right threw the middle of the Plastic bottle cap. Next I cut my skewer sticks in different sizes to make the project a little more interesting and see the differences with different styles of spinning tops. This was a fun project for me because I got to have a little fun but at the same time recycle and help the world and make it a better place! : )

Long skewer stick(Pointy):

Short skewer stick(Pointy):

Long skewer stick(Flat):

Short skewer stick(Flat):

The spinning tops came out pretty good and I will try to bring them in on the day the T21 project is due!! media type="youtube" key="ogyXRlaT5hU?version=3" height="360" width="640" The websites I used to help me: Google.com Animoto.com Textspace.com • T h e E n d!!: )