Sunday, febuary 7th 2010

Today I worked on my research paper. I completely rewrote my introduction, and made it two separate paragraphs. The first is about what topic i am studying and it's importance (like ms. Weissman said to do). The next one goes into specifics, and a lot of it is my old introduction. This is my new first paragraph:

The topic that is wished to be studied is the affect of air pollution on insects. It is a very important issue that needs to be addressed. If air pollution haves an affect on insects and their development, then it could affect humans, and also the entire global ecosystem! This could happen very simply in one way. Though insects do not seem important right now, they are the base of the food chain, and play a very important role in the ecosystem. This is because in an environment everything affects everything. If air pollution affects insect development, then animals that eat insects (such as frogs) could lose their food, and start to die out. Then animals that eat frogs (such snakes, lizards, birds, and small animals like hedge hogs) could lose food and start to die out, and so on. Everything affects everything in the food chain. A small problem could work it’s way up and wreck an entire ecosystem. If air pollution is causing a major problem with insects, then there could end up being a major problem with humans and the worldwide environment. That is why it is so important that the affect of air pollution on insects be studied.