Irwin @ Pap - West

  What is Carbon? Carbon is a vital element that makes up our planet. Scientists have found Carbon in every living and non-living source. Atoms form with carbon to make new forms, such as Carbon Dioxide, coal and diamonds. It is one of the 118 elements that form our planet Carbon can be a solid, a liquid, and a gas. What does Carbon do? Co2 found in the atmosphere is comparable to a blanket wrapped around the earth. Not enough Carbon, would mean the earth would be freezing cold, and too much Carbon would overheat the planet. How does Carbon get in our atmosphere? Motorized vehicles are one part of carbon getting up in the air. A Lot of people’s carbon footprint is about ten times bigger than their regular footprint. Burning Petroleum has been the easy source of transport ever since the Industrial Revolution, and the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is increasing by thousands and thousands each year. Scientists predict that at the rate we’re going, we’d be lucky to make it into the 5

The boy who gets stuck… My planning... Beginning: We are revising questions for our upcoming test that will count to 75 percent of our grade in science. Midway through, our teacher Mrs. Moritz gets called up to the office for a special reason. She tells us to keep the noise down and be sensible students. We go berserk, and my best friend Mark challenges me to a game of I dare you. He chooses scissors and I pick paper, and then he dares me to put my head in the small hole in our chairs and… I get stuck. Middle: All eyes are glued on me, and someone wonders aloud how I came to be in this intelligent school, with my moron decisions. A lot of people start sniggering, and one or two start laughing aloud. I face complete humiliation as I see my crush, Amelia is one of them sniggering. Mrs. Moritz comes back, and at first, doesn’t notice me. But then I give myself away with a sneeze and then she says, “Someone go get Janitor Allen!”, and then starts mumbling to herself. End: The janitor comes