Invention Convention Topics

Students are beginning to get ideas for their projects. Problems that are being looked into include:

• People cut down lots of trees at the mountain area, and when it rains the rocks will start moving down very fast through the slope of the mountain. The rocks will destroy many things when erosion happens. (Kyoko & Brenda)
• Many people around the world do not have enough clean water to drink, so they drink "dirty" water. The people who drink dirty water might get sick and die. (Jaysen & Alex)
• People all over the world are wasting batteries that can be re-used and causes more trash to the world. Batteries that are thrown away are dangerous because they might destroy farmlands, destroy crops and might increase the mutation rate.(Henry & Irene)
• There is too much trash on Earth. Anywhere you put it is still taking up space. Incinerators cause pollution and often trash gets dumped in the most inconvenient locations. It is a growing problem. (Andrew, Richard & Roy)
• In Taiwan, typhoons arrive in the summer when fruits are starting to ripen. Strong winds and rain causes the fruit to fall off the tree and rot, making profits low for farmers. (Jan & Andy)
• 75% of Earth is covered by water but only 2% of fresh water can be used. So if people keep wasting soon there will be no fresh water so we have to save water. (Teresa, Grace Anne & Athena)
• Mosquito bites are a great issue for our school and the whole world. Some mosquitoes even carry lethal diseases. (Raymond, James & Brian)
• Batteries are used as power sources everywhere around the world, especially alkaline batteries. But such batteries waste energy when they lie unused. (Cliff, Shoki & Fabien)
• Humans dump trash in the ocean. This normally results in sea animals being hurt, killed or even poisoned by the plastic in the trash. (Leah & Lisa)
• In cities, private transportation is causing pollution and wasted resources. First of all, private vehicles gives us a great need for fuel and in the making of fuel we pollute the world. (Vincent, Jadon & Tim)
• Pollution is one of the world's main issue, which came from the modern society we have right now that are made by human beings. Pollution from large factories, smoke from the vehicles, chimneys and burning of woods are all examples of pollution that are made by us. Our group is focusing on the smoke that the vehicles are making. (Cassandra, Jewelry & Sarah)
• Pesticides used to kill buys and animals are mostly not environmental. Instead of preventing bugs from entering your territory pesticides kill the bugs. Our group will be focusing on how to prevent bugs from entering your territory in a more eco-friendly way and not killing the bugs. (Kelly, Rose & Vickey)