How To Preserve Our Earth

Emmanuel Adjogah

Saving our earth is very important. This is our home that we live in and we should do everything in our power to save it. Our earth is basically dying. We have a lot of extra greenhouse that is being caused by us humans. Some things that have been increased are methane gasses released by farm animals like cows. It is normal for them to produce these gasses but with excessive bleeding too much of this gas can warm up our earth increasing the global warming process. Global warming is extremely bad and it is destroying the habitats of animals like polar bears. Polar bears live in very cold places and their bodies have adapted to this, and with global warming these animals' homes are being melted.

There are many different types of gasses and we need to understand how they are created and how we can decrease them. One of the gasses is carbon dioxide. This gas is created by burning fossil fuels and is also created by every living thing. Carbon dioxide is a gas created by animals by the process of cellular respiration. This process transforms oxygen into carbon dioxide. The main problem with carbon dioxide is all in the factories. We need to get rid of waste on our earth or else it will become very messy and very dirty. So we decided to use incinerators to burn this. But with this there comes carbon dioxide that gets released. But we have decided to continue using this process and it is destroying our earth. And one other thing we need to learn is how this is even destroying our earth. The sun brings down sunlight upon our earth and it gives us light and also allows plants to grow using photosynthesis.  And when this sunlight comes down it ends up basically bouncing off of the crust on our earth and goes back out of our atmosphere. When it goes out of the atmosphere the heat and energy is released from our earth. This is where the problem occurs. When the sunlight tries to escape greenhouse gasses like methane and carbon dioxide prevent the energy from bouncing back into the atmosphere and it ends up bouncing back into our earth. This is a very big problem because with this our earth is constantly heating up and it is stealing animals' homes and is destroying our environment.

Some ways we can help decrease the amount of these gasses is by breaking our bad habits. We need to stop incinerators and find a new way to get rid of the trash on our earth. As long as this process does not include the production of carbon our earth will begin to heal. We are preventing the recovery of our earth by constantly burning glasses. If we leave the production of carbon to animals and humans to produce them our earth will be much better. We can also decrease carbon dioxide by instead of burning fossil fuels we can use things like windmills of hydroelectricity to make energy.

So for the sake of our earth I think we should save our earth by doing a number of things and if we do this we might be able to make a historical comeback.

The Lockdown 2020

Owen Ables and Keont'e McKenzie

The virus was discovered in Wuhan, China, in 2019 and spread rapidly around the globe. It was named a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Coronavirus's name comes from the viruses' distinctive spikes, which look like a crown. 

Types of symptoms that are caused by covid-19 are fever or chills, coughing, shortness of breath, diarrhea and nausea or vomiting etc. 

Keont’es experience with covid 19 was not too bad because i learned some stuff and mostly played video games but it was so stupid my recess was 5 hours and my gym was 1 hour and my work time was 30 minutes but my least favorite memory was my 1st day of online school my aunt had a belt next to me so i wouldn’t go on my xbox. My favorite experience was me and my brother (same age as me) were not doing our work so we just watched spiderman music videos and ironman just having fun. We also had split weeks and me and my brother were on the same days so we got in trouble alot. Those days were the good ole days. The covid summer was the best summer ever.  

Owens experience with covid-19. My sleep schedule was really bad until I started home learning. Pros: I got to play lots of video games and go biking and play outside. I got my xbox about 9 months until I got my xbox so before i got my xbox i did a lot of biking with friends cause we were not touching and we were distanced. My best memory was christmas cause i got my xbox and i got to see a little part of my family.

How lockdown of covid-19 affected mental health and normal health of the people with and without covid-19. Anxiety and stress was caused by isolation and panic disorders which cause suicide. How it affected your normal health. It affected you in many ways but one of the ways like your physical activity and health. Another way is people were getting eating disorders which made them unhealthy and very ill. 

Some people had good experiences with covid like me and owen because we had friends with us, others had less pleasing experiences like people who died and people who had separation anxiety and panic disorders. But we all have 1 thing in common: we all will remember the lockdown. 

The Wildfires.

By Keont'e McKenzie and Owen Ables

The Los Angeles wildfires started with a perfect storm of climate change induced conditions and powerful winds but the invasive species in the area only added fuel to the fires.

Before we tell you what wildfires can do we need to tell you what they are. Wildfires are raging fires that swallow everything in their path and can spread up to 1,000-50,000 acres. Perfect wildfire conditions are in dry hot places like summer in california. To be prepared for wildfires you need to learn your escape routes, stay away from smoke and opening doors.

Humans cause nearly 90% of wildfires in the United states. discarded cigarettes, unattended campfires, burning debris, or through equipment malfunctions. Although less common, wildfires can also occur through non-human stuff, such as lightning strikes and volcanic eruptions. 

The wildfires are even affecting buildings, houses and farms all around LA. More than 10,000 people's houses have been destroyed from the wildfires,and at least 16,000 structures. The wildfires are affecting the farms by affecting crop yields due to smoke reaching plants, damaging soil quality and disrupting global supply chains. Also the majority of homes that burn in wildfires burn when embers land on vulnerable areas of the house and landscape and start small fires.

The wildfires impact the soil making it hydrophobic and even after a while it is not kind to taking in water. Premature deaths can occur and it can leave people with lung, heart, brain, skin, gut, kidney, eyes, nose, and liver diseases. The pollution and smoke in the air were hurting people and giving them disease. Types of symptoms are chest pain, coughing, throat irritation and congestion, the lung diseases they develop asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.

Koalas

By Aurora Graw

Koalas are wild animals that live in forests and open lands in Australia, usually in the southern and eastern parts of the country. Their habitat is a tropical to cool temperate climate. They like to climb tall eucalypt trees. Koalas are herbivores,so they only eat plants. Adult koalas eat 200 to 500 mg of leaves a day. The main leaves they eat are Eucalyptus leaves also known as gum leaves. Every once in a while they will eat leaves from other Australian trees but not that often. They barely drink water.This is because they get the water from the Eucalyptus leaves. They are known to look cute and snuggly. They have grey-brown colored fur and sometimes some white. They have no fur on their paws and nose. But they do in fact have fingerprints. Koalas live for around 20 years. They hold onto the tree when sleeping and will sleep up to 20 hours a day. Their top predators are Goannas Dingoes, powerful Owls, Wedge-tail Eagles, and Pythons. As of 2024 the population is estimated between 95,000 and 238,000. Koalas have an amazing sense of smell. Their amazing sense of smell helps them with eating the best leaves. It also helps them find other koalas and be able to tell if a koala has been marked on a tree or not. As you can tell Koalas are interesting and fun wild animals.

Christmas

By: Ivan Cruitt

Christmas is a good holiday and is celebrated worldwide by lots of people. Those people liked to do many things. Let me tell you about it, From the food they eat at home or at a party to the celebrations such as games and party favorites and to the presents and the decorations like Christmas trees, houses and even clothing. Starting with the food.

Food

Some famous Christmas foods include cookies, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted potatoes, eggnog, and cranberry sauce. Christmas cookies are so good because they can be decorated in any way and made with many things. Mashed potatoes are a classic American Christmas food. Many people make different kinds, such as cheesy potatoes, bacon potatoes, buttermilk potatoes, and smashed potatoes.

Traditions

Some Christmas traditions are hanging decorations, making gingerbread houses, hanging mistletoe, going to church, exchanging gifts, wearing ugly Christmas sweaters, and sending Santa a letter describing what you want for Christmas. Some people even go to visit Santa at many malls or stores and take a picture. Also playing in the snow is a fun thing to do if you have snow, like snowball fights, sledding, building igloos and many more things.

EASY FOOD HACKS

Owen Ables and Keont'e McKenzie

If you are looking for easy food hacks, this article is for you. First, we will cover breakfast, then lunch, dinner, and finally dessert

Breakfast Hack: Air Fryer Pancakes

The supplies you will need are an air fryer, air fryer bowl attachment, and basic pancake mix.

Step 1: Make your pancake batter out of your pancake mix. 

Step 2: Preheat your air fryer to 400 F for 5 min.

Step 3: Pour a bit of the batter into the air fryer enough for a mini pancake.

Step 4: Air fry it for 6 min at 340 F and flip it over at 3 min.

Step 5: Enjoy.    

Lunch Hack: Grilled PB and J 

Step 1: Get your materials peanut butter jelly and your bread of choice.

Step 2: Spread your peanut butter on one side of the bread then take your other piece of bread and put your jelly on that piece.

Step 3: Place your pieces of bread peanut and jelly side on top of each other then grab your pan and spray your pour cooking oil butter works to.

Step 4: Place your PB and J on the pan and start frying the bread until golden brown and masterpiece.

Dinner Hack: Mini Pizza 

English muffins, pepperoni, tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella, parmesan, oregano, and an oven are needed for this hack.  

Step 1: Rip the English muffin open.

Step 2: Spread the tomato sauce on the muffins.

Step 3: Add the shredded mozzarella over the sauce.

Step 4: Add pepperoni, parmesan, and oregano. 

Step 5: Put it in the oven at 375 F for 10 min.

Step 6: Enjoy your yummy pizza.

Dessert Hack: Air Fryer S’mores Dip

Marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, parchment paper.

Step 1: Place your piece of parchment paper in the bottom of your airfryer.

Step 2: Place however many marshmallows you want in your air fryer preferably what the most fits in your air fryer.

Bonus Hack: Cinnamon Tortillas

Ingredients: tortillas, cinnamon, oil or butter, sugar, frying pan,  stove, and spatula.  

Step 1: Rub the tortilla with oil.

Step 2: Put it on the pan for 1.5 min then flip it.

Step 3: Take it off the pan and apply the butter, sugar, and cinnamon.

Step 4: Enjoy.