Water Project Money Jar-Week 2

This is a picture of me holding my "Water Project 2012" jar. I am storing all of my money that I have collected from the read-a-thon. I can't wait to see how high the money will fill the jar by the end of the project.

Water Project Money and Sponsers-Week 2

I have just received money from my family in the US. My dad was away at Boston, and he pick up the money from my family. I wanted to say thank you to grandma and papa, Chrissy and Paul, Barbra, Uncle Collie, Aunt Joanne, Aunt Mary, Aunt Karen, Aunt Mame, Uncle Dave, Kelly, Sean, and a very, very big thank you to my Great Grandmother. My Great Grandmother, Nana, passed away in October, but my grandmother wrote a note about how much she thought Nana would be proud of me.
"Dear Hana,
This is a very special donation to your worthy project.
I am making a gift in loving memory of Nana.
I think she would be very proud.
Love,
Grandma."
So far I have gotten $400 us, or $505 sg. I still have more money to collect.
I have reached my goal already. I wanted to raise at least $500 sg. I'm so happy that people have given money.
Thanks!

Water Project Book- Week 2

I have collected water facts for the book that I am writing for the water project. The book is going to be about a older sister and she is teaching her brother about water scarcity and water facts. She is taking him around the house giving facts and telling him how to save water in different ways.
These are the facts:

1. More people have a mobile phone than a toilet.
2. An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a developing country slum uses in a whole day.
3. The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
4. Women spend 200 million hours collecting water in a day. That is equivalent to building 28 empire state buildings each day.
5. Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water related disease
6. 3.575 people die each year from a water related disease, that is equal to the entire city of Los Angeles.
7. The majority of illnesses is caused by fecal matter. Only 10% of waste gets treated, the rest goes into our lakes, rivers, and oceans.
8. Three things most of the world can't do: 1. Take a hot shower . 2. Get clean water from the tap. 3. flush away yesterdays dinner.
9. More than 3x more people lack water than live in the US.  

     

Hunger Games- Week 1

I have just finished my first book for this water project! I read the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was a fantastic book and I couldn't stop reading it. There was sad parts, happy parts, funny parts, and some very surprising parts. I couldn't believe half of what I was reading. I recommend this book to every on because it has a little bit of almost every genera. Next, I will be reading Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. I have read it before, but I didn't have a good understanding. I excited to read the book again.

Water Project Readathon- Week 1

This week is science we started our water project. The goal of the water project is to raise awareness for water scarcity. I am writing a children's book on water scarcity and how to save water. I am also doing a read-a-thon to raise money. The money will go to Ms. Carter's Fiji foundation. I just sent an email to all friends and family asking for their support. This is my reading list for the read-a-thon.

1. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
3. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
4. Meet the Austins by Madelenie L'Engle
5. A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
6. Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay
7. So B. It by Sarah Weeks

I received a very dear email reply from one of my friends. It was very thoughtful and one of the kindest emails I have ever gotten. It said, "It would be a real honor to support this noble cause and such a wonderful project."

It you have any more book suggestions, please comment.

~Hana

Water Scarcity Solutions

This week in science we have been learning about water scarcity. We got into groups and tried to come up with reasonable solutions. My group said that we should use salt water in toilets instead of clean water, because the clean water is going to waste and we have plenty of salt water. We are running out of clean, fresh water. Here are some solutions that scientists have come up with. Our idea is original so no one has come up with that solution but here are a few solutions that scientists have come up with
One of them is play pump. So what happens with Play Pump is that there is a merry-go-round and when kids play on it it will pump water out of a tap. It sounds very cool and a very easy to do.

Global Water Crisis

This week in science we have been learning about safe drinking water, what places don't have safe drinking water, and what are the causes. I think that these facts are pretty cool.

• 1.1billion people don't have safe drinking water.
• There is no such thing as new water.