Notes on the Movie: Dirt

1. 1. Dirt might be more alive than we are.

   2. Life began in water.

   3. Dirt transformed the earth.

   4. Dirt helps up live and stay alive.

   5. Dirt its self is not living, but all of the organisms in it are living.

   6. Dirt is made up of bare rock + all of the organisms in it.

   7. Horse manure and dirt is better insulator and is better than cement.

   8. Nearly 200,000 farmers killed themselves by drinking the pest asides because they had nothing else left in their lives that brought them joy.

   9. 100,000,000 trees were cut down to make 200,000 mail catalogues.

   10.They made cookies out of white dry dirt.

   11. In Maine they use fish for compost.

   Message:

   Everyone should help. Dirt is dying and the world is polluting. It shows how much dirt is important.

   3 supporting details:

   1. Dirt is the main material for farming and agriculture.

   2. If people continue to cut down trees, everyone will die because there will be less and less oxygen.

   3. We should stop shipping paint or ship it more carefully so it doesn't spill and pollute the marine life but not jelly fish. Also the toxins go in the dirt.

   Summary:

   Today in science class, we watched a movie about dirt. That movie, changed my perspective about dirt. Before I watched this video I thought of dirt as one of the things that is nothing special or important to survive. But now that I know that people who don’t have food, or people that are in need of help and food, make cookies out of white dry dirt to survive because dir has nutrients. Dirt is also the main material for farming and agriculture, if it is not usable, then farmers can’t grow their crops. Nearly 200,000 farmers killed themselves by drinking the pesticides because they had nothing else left in their lives that brought them joy. Imagine how much dirt was left behind when cement is put over the top to build cities. All of the tiny organisms die in the dirt and the nutrients can’t be used. So many people don’t care and never will think about dirt and what it does for them, they just forget.

   A lot of people are trying to make a change. People are coming out trying to rebuild what we have destroyed. I think that we should make a change as well. Organize something with your school, with your family, with your naborhood to help rebuild what we have destroyed. Take action in what you believe in. Make a change in the world.