Oh how time flies! This is week four and we are almost finished the program. Everyday I come to work, I am fortunate enough to learn something new and exciting. Last week we took a trip to the Wissahickon Park and there we did a walk. While walking we made observations and answered questions on how we could improve the quality of the park. Some suggestions that I made were to post signs near the Regional Rail Station directing visitors to the entrance of the park, because if you are not familiar with the area then it can be difficult to find out where to enter the park. Another suggestion that I would make is for the park to put some benches and water fountains along the trail, because it is hard for senior citizens and people with disabilities to visit the park because there is no place for them to rest. Last week we also visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We walked down the Schuylkill Banks River to get to the museum. Once we arrived at the museum we looked at exhibits such as the European and American just to name a few. Our most recent lesson dealt with the issue of natural gas drilling. Today we watched a video about “fracking,” and this basically involves the government believing that there is oil in Eastern PA oil companies are paying citizens huge amounts of money to drill near their homes but ,the downside to this is the process that is being used to extract the oil from the ground is affecting the water and people are becoming sick and suffering because of it. The chemicals found in the water are so dangerous that people can set the water from their kitchen sink on fire. The standing debate is over whether or not the money offered for discovered worth healthy neighbors?
- Jessica Dixon
In the past 4 weeks I have learned a lot, also we have went on many of trips. Some of the trips we went to was the Wissahickon Park. We also went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. First thing I learned being here was so many paintings where put into the Museum of Art most of the paintings are very very old. Some where made in the 1900’s. Now the next thing I learned by going on the Wissahickon trip was a lot of things. Its many wildlife like spiders, ducks, butterflies, and many of things. Also if you listen carefully while in the park you can hear many things like water, birds, people, people talking, also cars. You can hear cars because the park is right next to a highway. There is no easy way to find the Park so i think people should put up more signs. Next we have watched a couple videos about the issue of the natural gas drilling, called fracking. People are drilling holes in the ground to get natural gas. It’s putting waste in the drinking water and people and pets are getting very sick. It’s not good cause gases are backing up into peoples drinking and bath water, and it is not good.
- Zymair Cue
So, this is week four of Bits. As the journey continues it is sad to say we are almost finished. However, I can say that I have had too much fun. Since I last wrote a blog we have visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Wissahickon Park, and learned about the natural gas drilling issue known as (fracking). At the art museum we visited the European, Modern and Contemporary, and Arms and Armor exhibits. We saw the weapons and armor used by the people of the middle ages in Arms and Armor. In the European exhibit we saw how the interior decoration of homes of Kings and Queens appeared. On our trip to Wissahickon we rode the R6 train to Manayunk. Then we walked to the park, where we had to travel down 100 steps to finally get on the path. We traveled up the path and explored our surroundings and took notes of it. We walked up another path to visit a cave however because of an unfortunate incident we were unable to finish our trip. Today we learned about the issue of fracking. Fracking is when oil companies invade on land that believe contains natural gas and the begin drilling. This is becoming a very common issue around the U.S., however it is mostly found in rural areas. This idea has both pro’s and con’s and continues to be an on going argument. Overall I am learning lots at the BITS Program and over the next few weeks i want to learn lots more.
- Imani Ferguson
We have visited two new places and discussed one new topic since the last time I have wrote a blog. At the Wissahickon Park many things interested me. When we first got off of the train we walked down the 100 steps. It did not actually seem like 100, although it was. The 1st thing that caught my attention was the nasty aroma that was in the air and the dirty river. As we walked and took notes I saw that some trees were knocked down maybe from termites because we saw a lot of little holes in the trees. I also noticed that there were fish in that nasty dirty water which was disgusting. We also visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We walked down the Schuylkill Banks River to get there, it was such a long walk, but I never knew it was used for so many things. People actually lay on the grass down there to get a tan and to watch the fireworks around the time of the 4th of July. When we entered the Museum my favorite exhibit was the European exhibit because everything was fancy and colorful. We discussed earlier the topic of “fracking, “ which is the issue of natural gas drilling. I believe that even though we would be saving and making more money it is not worth our water supply going bad. We have been learning new things every week and I can not wait to visit Pennslanding and the Water Works this week.
- LaBria Farrell
Some of the stuff I learned last week when I went to the art museum is that the Philadelphia Art Museum is one of the largest museums in the United States. Another thing I learned is the museum was founded in 1876. Some other stuff I learned is that the museum had the Arms Armor collection from Japan centuries ago. Also, I did not know how to get to the Philadelphia Art Museum until our mentor showed me how by catching the sub and the L.
- Tykeim Fisher
Over the last three weeks we have visited multiple places such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Benjamin Franklin parkway, and the Wissahickon park. While at the Philadelphia Museum of art we saw the Arms and Armor exhibit. While in the Arms and Armor exhibit I found out that they were making armor for not only men but even the small children. While we were at Benjamin Franklin parkway I learned that there was a museum on the park that I never knew about called the Rodin Museum. I also learned that the water at Wissahickon Park is believed to be 90% sewage release water.
- Devin Edwards
During the three weeks that I have been here we have visited places like the Philadelphia Museum of art, Wissahickon park and the Ben Franklin parkway. During our time at the Art Museum we was able to view numerous amounts of art which had their own special meaning based on past history. During the time we spent at the Wissahickon Park I learned a few things about it. I learned that the water their is very dirty and polluted. I also learned that you can go there and see different aspects of nature. I was able to see spiders,fish,ducks and etc. If I had not taken the walk along the parkway I would have never learned about the statues and the Rodin Museum which is located on the parkway.
- Dishaun Crawford
When I went to the Wissahickon Park I learned that the water was very dirty. Also, how people that live around the park help clean it. What interested me was how clean the park was and how it was a nice to come and visit and how green it was there,it looked like all the plants and trees were healty. And the Museum had some thing there that i would have never imagine. Like old chair and swords and armor for the horses and soldiers from back in the day and that really fascinated, that something that old was rite in front of me. And what I think about the Fracking, I think if they are going to do it if it is around where people live they souldnt do it at all.
- Michael Dorsey
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