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Graduation Project Proposal
Project I am going to make an online book about how the marine life will be affected by the oil spill in the Gulf, and its surrounding areas. I will then post it up on my wiki so the public will be able to view it. I will have to do a lot of research about how they are affected by this horrible event. In order to complete this project, I will learn how to use the online resource Issue in order to make the book. I will also use the assistance of of mentor, and I will also explore online databases that specialize in current events. My research will focus on the oil effects on wildlife. I will be looking for the effects on birds, fish, marine life, and other wildlife. I choose this topic because I have always been interested in the ocean, its wildlife, and what we can do to help it. My essential question is what are the short and long term effects of wildlife that is effected by oil spills. I have not had any past experience in this topic, but I do love to fish, and I do work at a fish market. The beneficiaries of this project will be, young kids because they will be informed of the effects oil can have on wildlife, and hopefully the wildlife will benefit from this too. I will research how animals have been affected by oil from previous spills, such as the Exxon Valdez spill.

Online Book: •[|http://issuu.com/dan.ellis6/docs/] [|deepwater]
Powerpoint: Interesting! I can't wait to see what you develop!

Outline for online book Dan Ellis **First page** Background on oil spill, where, how, when Picture of Deepwater horizon on fire **Second page** Examples of wildlife that live in and around the Gulf Pictures of those animals **Third page** Short and long term effects of sea birds in the area of the spill Picture of bird covered in oil **Fourth page** Short and long term effects on marine mammals and fish Pictures of fish and dolphin **Fifth page** Short and long term effects on fish and microscopic organisms Picture of dead fish that were affected by oil