Please post a thank you for today's guest speaker. Remember to write in complete sentences, and include at least two things that you learned.
Ariana
4/7/2014 03:08:38 am
Thank you very much Mrs.Carter, for teaching us about how UVa uses boilers. You taught us how you use a combination of fuels to heat the building by using the boilers. I thought it was really neat learning about the Air Pollution Control System. I learned that using the "Cyclone" can make ash drop to the bottom of it because of the force of the heat spinning! I also liked learning about Green Filter and Gray Funnel. I learned about how with Green Filter it is filtering pollution as the rainwater sinks into the ground! I also learned about how with Gray Funnels, rain water pushes litter into waterways, which is very bad for the environment. Thank you again, for teaching us about Real World Science.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:23:28 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation and learned something new!
Makale Thacker
4/7/2014 03:09:35 am
One thing I learned that in UVA is that they use boilers I also learned that they use natural gas thank u for coming to our classroom I enjoyed watching ur presentation
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:24:18 pm
You are welcome!
April
4/7/2014 03:10:58 am
Today I learned multiple things thanks to Mrs.Carter. First, U.V.A. has a pond that filters out sediments and cleans the water. Second, U.V.A. uses boilers to heat buildings.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:24:57 pm
Well said.
Kirk
4/7/2014 03:12:54 am
Thank you so much for teaching us this stuff. I learned a lot from this and i'm very interested in this work you do. I think its awesome how people work so hard not pollute the worlds air, also not trying to lose all of are fossil fuels like coal and stuff like that. Once again I thank you for telling us this awesome stuff that you do!
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:26:06 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation and hope you continue to learn about how you can make a positive impact on our environment.
Jailyn Ramos
4/7/2014 03:14:45 am
Thank you Mrs.Carter for coming this afternoon
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:27:59 pm
I enjoyed presenting to your class and hope that you will help keep litter out of our waterways by putting trash in its place (trash cans).
Sasha
4/7/2014 03:14:50 am
THANK YOU!!! Mrs.Carter I thought that this lesson was interesting two things I learned was that at U.V.A that they burned wood chips which is biomass.The second thing I learned was that at U.V.A they have a storm water management which transport storm water.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:30:28 pm
You're welcome! So far, we just tried burning wood pellets for a few days to learn how our existing systems would handle it. Hopefully we can use it more in the future as a way to use less coal.
Erin Mathews
4/7/2014 03:15:11 am
Dear Mrs. Carter,
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:32:37 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation. The air pollution control system is pretty cool and is good for Mother Earth.
Madeleine
4/7/2014 03:15:22 am
Thank you Mrs. Carter! I would not have thought that UVA has put all this effort into keeping our streams and rivers clean from contaminents. The idea of utilizing steam and hot water to heat the UVA campus is a truly amazing thought. Once again thank you for coming into our class and giving that wondeful presentation!
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:33:47 pm
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation. UVA prides itself on being a leader when it comes to storm water management.
Maddie
4/7/2014 03:16:26 am
Dear, Miss.Carter
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:36:03 pm
You are correct that we use multiple fuel sources, primarily fossil fuels, which are not renewable. Hopefully we can do more with biomass, geothermal or solar energy sources in the future.
Justin Murkey
4/7/2014 03:16:40 am
Dear Mrs.Carter thank you for helping us learn about Energy.one thing that I learned was the air pollution control system I learned that using cyclone can make ash drop to the lower end of it I also enjoyed the gray filter and the green filter.All of the trash on the streets get pushed by water into sewers and can only go one place to Rivers.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:38:02 pm
I enjoyed presenting to your class and hope that you will help keep litter out of our local creeks and rivers by putting trash in its place (trash cans).
Ricardo Canas
4/7/2014 03:17:30 am
Thank you Kristin Carter for teaching us some things about science, it was actually fun and interesting. One thing that I had learned is that green filters that are trees and other plants cleans the water, but the grey tunnel allows contaminants such as toxic stuff into the water which is not safe. Another thing that I learned is that with the picture of the pipe was not fuels but water vapor coming out called steam which doesn't hurt the Earth and I thought that was cool because I never knew that. I want to thank you again for coming to our class and I learned a lot from you.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:40:47 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation. It is a common misconception that the white plume that comes out of stacks is just polluted air, but can really just be water vapor.
Luke C.
4/7/2014 03:17:35 am
Thank you Mrs. Carter for coming here and teaching us about using science in the real world. I learned that when you use coal it's not completely bad because you can filter out the polluted air. Also I learned that it's not always bad when you see something coming out of a building because it can just be vapor. One more thing I learned is that when I see water going down the road it is actually the storm water runoff. Thanks again for being brave enough to teach us about science in the real world.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:45:09 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation! I was pretty shocked when I first learned that UVA burned coal for heating the hospital and most of the university, but felt better about it knowing that we have (probably) the best combination of controls for treating the associated air pollution.
Molly
4/7/2014 03:18:00 am
Thank you again Mrs. Carter, you taught me a lot today and most likely everyone else in the room with me! I like how you talked us through your everyday life and using the things we already know to help us understand what real world science is really like. The thing you all use through your powerplants to conduct heat really surprised me, especially the wood pellets that are biomass, I can tell you put cost and the environment into consideration think what was good for everyone. I am still shocked that only a third of your class were women. Thank you again for taking part of your time to be here and teach us!
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:49:08 pm
i'm glad you learned something new from the presentation. We can use more girls and women who are interested in making the world better and solving problems thru science and engineering professions!
Jonathan
4/7/2014 03:18:54 am
Thank you for coming and doing that nice presentation. I learned how the water gets clean. I also learned how the gray funnel worked. I think it's cool how the stack on the machine blows out steam instead of smoke!
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 12:59:54 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed the presentation. There are a variety of ways to treated polluted storm water but methods that simulate Mother Nature work the best.
TJ
4/7/2014 03:19:10 am
Thank you, I learned how the cycle of cleaning air. The air drops the most of the air particles in a "cyclone". Then the air moves to another place. Then it gets scrubbed with lime stuff and makes particles fall out. Then the last step is simple. The air moves through a filter. The filter is thread and the air can fit through and the particles can't go through and falls. Another thing that I learned about was storm-water management. Storm-water stays on a higher level and slowly runs into the other side. Before the water enters the other side the pollution sinks to the bottom.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:05:13 pm
The air pollution control system is pretty involved but does a great job cleaning the boiler exhaust.
Gage Thompson
4/7/2014 03:19:50 am
Thank you Mrs.Carter for telling us about what you do and how it all works. One thing that I learned was that if you make a small pool of water and put a bigger pool of water beside that the water in the smaller pool of water will slowly go into the bigger pool of water but it will be more clear and with less pollutants in the water. Another thing that I learned was that not all of the steam that we see coming out of the tall pipes are pollution. Thanks you again for coming to our class and teaching us about what you do and how it happens.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:07:37 pm
I'm glad you learned some new things from the presentation. It is a common misconception that the white plume that comes out of stacks is just polluted air, but can really just be water vapor.
Niky Letic
4/7/2014 03:19:55 am
Thank You! Ms.Carter ,for teaching us about what you do with science for your job. I thought that the air pollution control system (air bag) I thought that was really interesting of how it cleans polluted air. I also thought that the types of energy you use at your work, for example you use natural gas, coal, wood pellets, and distillate oil. I really thought it was cool that you use wood pellets for a type of energy . I would also love to learn how you use wood pellets in your work. Thank you again for the lesson today it was really helpful to learn what science is used in other things today.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:11:25 pm
You're welcome! So far, we just tried burning wood pellets for a few days to learn how our existing systems would handle it. Hopefully we can use it more in the future as a way to use less coal. During the test, we fed a mixture of coal and wood pellets to the boiler, with the goal of reducing our use of coal and lowering our air pollutant emissions.
April
4/7/2014 03:20:25 am
Today I learned multiple things about U.V.A. thanks to Mrs.Carter. First, U.V.A. has a pond that filters out sediments and cleans the water. Second, U.V.A. uses four different resources to heat the buildings: boilers, gas, coal, and wood pellets. Overall, I learned that U.V.A. is helping our environment in many different ways.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:14:28 pm
You are correct that UVA is committed to being a good steward of our environment.
Tia Hawkins
4/7/2014 03:20:56 am
Thank you Mrs. Cater for coming in today.I learned a lot to but the main thing that stuck out to me is the river picture. The river picture because how one side of the river was cleaner then they other half. You said that the brick wall was cleaning the water by taking out the dirt. Another thing that stuck out to me is the way you guys clean the coal. I remember it goes into this spinning object that takes out the big particles that pollute the air. Then it goes into a a big object that puts water in the coal then it put it into large bags. The it makes water vapor. So most times them tall building you see you think smoke is coming out it's water vapor. So thank you so much Mrs. Cater for taking time out of your day to talk to us about the science you use at your work.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:16:49 pm
I'm glad you learned something new from the presentation. The air pollution control system is complex but does a great job cleaning pollutants out of the boiler exhaust.
Shymia Washington
4/7/2014 03:21:04 am
Thank you Mrs.Carter for coming to tell us about the things you do at U.V.A. I learned that energy fuels air and then turns into evaporating water and pollutes into the air, I also learned how the cycle works to pollute into the air. The storm water management was very cool,I didn't know that when muddy water fell into a pond that some of the particals that were bad for the pond fell through.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:19:22 pm
Yes, ponds like the one I showed pictures of are very effective at slowing the water down and allowing sediment and other pollutants to settle out, letting clean water flow out of the pond.
kariman
4/7/2014 03:21:31 am
Thank you Ms.Carter for coming to our class. I learned how UVa uses boilers. I learned that using the cyclone could make ash drop to the bottom of it because of the force of heat spinning. I liked learning about green filter and gray funnel. I like watching your presentation!
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:20:18 pm
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Jada R
4/7/2014 03:21:50 am
Thank you Mrs.Carter for coming to speak to our classroom today, and for taking your time to teach us. I learned a lot about how the buildings get heat. I learned how the boilers worked. I also learned how one of the ponds at U.V.A. has this dirty muddy water, then it goes through the filter and cleans out the water. I enjoyed how you explained how the boilers work, and how the machines worked. Again thank you for coming today Mrs.Carter.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:22:39 pm
I'm glad you learned something new from the presentation. UVA works hard to clean the air and water to be good to Mother Earth.
Heaven
4/7/2014 03:22:15 am
Thank you, Mrs. Carter, teaching us more about pollution. Two of my favorite intresting things about pollutions is, how you have to clean the air out with an machine that kind of looks like an vacume. .And the last part that was interesting about how pollution is made with different things.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:24:37 pm
Cleaning pollutants from the boiler exhaust is important so we all have clean air to breathe.
Orion Whelchel
4/7/2014 03:23:02 am
Thank you for coming to Miss Jones Lewis's classroom to teach us about environmental science. It was very Interesting. I learned the way that environmental scientists clean stuff so that it doesn't make a lot of by-products. I also learned that they make special ponds to get pollutant out of dirty water.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:26:02 pm
You are welcome. UVA is committed to being a good steward of our environmental resources.
Kyra Lilley
4/7/2014 03:25:23 am
I know that we all appreciated Mrs.Carter taking time out of her schedule to come and present to us. I had no idea that our homes are heated by the warming of water, and then turning the steam into heat. I had always thought that it was the fuel itself that was heated and made to heat our homes and buildings It was very interesting that the filtered pond was split into two parts, one which held the dirty water, and one which was much cleaner. The way that the sediment fell to the bottom of the pond, making clean water again, was very interesting. In summary, it was a very interesting presentation and I learned a lot!
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:30:08 pm
I'm glad you learned something new from the presentation. There are miles of pipe carrying hot water and steam from our Main Heat Plant to many buildings at UVA to heat them.
Amya
4/7/2014 03:27:12 am
Thank you Mrs.Carter for coming in , I learned a lot of stuff i didn't know like how y'all used biomass (wood pellets) for your machines . Also when you use coal it's not that bad cause you can filter the air out .Lastly at U.V.A they have a storm water management which transport storm water. But thank you again for coming in and showing us your job and how to use science in the real world
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:31:59 pm
You're welcome. The air pollution control system does a good job removing pollutants from the boiler exhaust when we fire coal.
Grayson Bush
4/7/2014 03:57:36 am
Dear Mrs. Carter,
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:34:30 pm
Hopefully one day UVA will use more alternative energy sources (solar, geothermal) like you learned about with the power plant project and rely less on non-renewable fossil fuels.
Keenan Brock
4/7/2014 11:59:01 pm
Thank you for teaching me about Green Filter and Gray Funnel.
Kristin Carter
4/8/2014 01:36:25 pm
There are many ways to treated polluted storm water but methods that simulate Mother Nature work the best. Comments are closed.
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