Mia Mendieta- Environmental Science

1. Point of View           The Frame of Reference of the Burning River is to acknowledge the damage and realize how poor disposal of oil and other harmful chemicals can to do hurt the environment, specifically different bodies of water. Bob Wysenski, a retired Ohio EPA, said that he was hired by the EPA to help clean the river after oil spills. He said that attempting to clean the river was almost hopeless and that there were days during the attempt to clean the river when they wondered if they were making any progress at all. 2. Purpose The purpose of this video was to bring awareness to the harmful consequences of factories and other industrial buildings that were near open water. The Ohio EPA wanted to educate people on the mishaps of oil spills and create a force to protect the environment from oil and chemical spills into the water.  3. Questions at Issue   One question or issue that I noticed in the video was how to clean oil in wat...

What I most look forward to in this class. I look forward to many things in this class. One of the most exciting things to me will be learning about how the environment can change the way we humans live on a day to day basis. Why our planet is the way it is geographically and how it affects us physically. I'm excited to discuss other more interesting things in this class and hope to learn something, (or a few things) new after the semester is over.  What I think this class will be about. I think this class with be about the earth and the soil, which is sort of self explanatory. But going more into depth I think this class will include learning about the different factors of our environment such as animal life, human life, plant life, and other major factors that make up our environment and ecosystem. This class will give me a better understanding of the world around us and how we thrive and co-exist with other organisms.