Clark Expo

           Every year, Clark Magnet High school holds an expo displaying the works of the different classes and clubs that the school offers. This year, the Enviros of the Environmental GIS class displayed their project in the form of story maps that documented their field trips.  The objective of their projects was to educate the parents and students about the global issue of marine debris. The high concentration of marine debris in the Pacific Ocean proves to be devastating to the ecosystem and animals that live there. To demonstrate how marine debris damages the marine environment, the Enviros, along with a student from the Marine Biology class, created a poster using ArcGIS to map the flight paths of Albatross, a species of birds that mistakenly consumes man-made trash in search of food. Using ArcGIS mapping software, the Enviros were able to pinpoint the Albatross flight paths across the Pacific Ocean. The documentation of the dissecting seminar worked alongside the Albatross Flight path poster and demonstrated the great impacts marine debris has on ecosystems. The Albatross dilemma, along with a previous project on Long Beach with the Rozalia project, were presented at the expo. The Enviros were able to deliver their mission statement by demonstrating through story maps and posters how marine debris impacts ecosystems on a global scale.