The group collected old clothes from classrooms and offices around the school to donate to a women's shelter as part of an Earth Week awareness campaign. They found that classrooms donated significantly more clothes than offices, with the highest donations coming from classrooms where teachers actively encouraged participation. The data showed that encouraging others and having teachers who believe in environmental causes is important to get people involved and make a difference.
3. Our first proposal : Litter Free
At first we planned to make the campus cleaner. However,
due to the data we received from the interviews in this
enclosed video, we changed our proposal to a celebration of
Earth Week.
4. New Proposal
We decided to try a different cause.
We chose to raise awareness in the environment by
promoting Earth Week.
We collected clothes from individuals and classrooms by
placing boxes in buildings. We wanted to see if students and
teachers would participate.
The clothes received help the women's shelter in Long
Beach. The data will give us information about how aware
Cabrillo inhabitants are in regards to the environment and
people in the community.
6. What We Did
We talked to people with high authority at the campus.
We talked to the Green Group and Ms. Lisa Harris,
Environmental Specialist for the city of Long Beach, who
gave us the boxes for the old clothes we will donate to the
women’s shelter.
We made posters and placed the boxes in offices and other
classrooms to collect data on the amount of clothes collected
in each box.
Surprisingly, classrooms donated more than offices.
Therefore, we can conclude that students are more
cooperative.
7. Data
Classrooms had 70% more clothes than the boxes placed in
the office before the announcements were made.
We looked at each box to determine how full or empty they
were.
The data received was stunning due to the expectations that
the staff would support us more than the classrooms.
8. Data Continued
Accordingly, the number of clothes within the boxes can also
determine the teacher’s interest, as some did not attempt to
announce it and received 0% of clothes.
We placed the boxes in classrooms with teachers who have
different personalities in order to see how they participated
in donations.
9. Locations of Boxes and Final Data
Ms. Montooth 20%
Ms. Pope 15%
Mr. Zeeman 0%
Ms. Danger 15%
Ms. Doten 50%
1000 Building 5%
100 Building 10%
500 Building 1%
10. Why does this matter?
The data received helped us to determine how well students and
teachers participated in our cause and how much they actually
cared. Similarly, Mr. Brown pointed out that the issue is
philosophical; it is in the interest of the individual that affects
participation in safeguarding one’s environment.
Accordingly, the number of clothes within the box also
determined the teacher’s interest, as some did not attempt to
announce it and received 0% of clothes.
11. Conclusion
In conclusion, we raised awareness and concluded that in
order to get people to care, they must be encouraged by
others to do so.
One of the major factors of our success was the teachers who
asked students to donate.
In order to make a difference, everyone (including adults)
must believe in the cause and support it hand in hand.
