The Effects of LEAD

Martha Aguilera
Adriana Alfaro
Morena Aviles
Amber Delgadillo
Lead Overview
What is lead?

● Natural element
● Can have beneficial uses
● Found in commercial products
● Emitted by factories
Lead Side Effects
How can lead affect our bodies?

● Brain damage
● Affects the blood, kidney, and liver
● Reproductive system failure
● Interfere with a child's development
Interdisciplinary Project
What is IDP helpful for?

● Presentation skills
● Communication skills
● Learn how to collaborate
● Spread awareness
● Broadens the community’s knowledge
 Project
Overview Purpose: Understand the effects and
issues surrounding lead in our community
and how it affects growth

Hypothesis: If one plant is given spring

water and another water with lead, then
the lead plant will grow less and die first
Water lab
How did the project work?

● One plant was given spring water

● 2nd plant was given local tap water
● Tap water grew faster, but had abnormalities
● Tap died first
Lead Strip Results

● Lead tests can be done at home

● Strip tests

● Small amounts of lead found (not major)

 Scatterplot growth of 2 cilantro plants with
spring water and tap water
● Lead Plant ● Spring Plant
Growth(cm)

Days
 ● Tap water plant died
first
● Tap water grew with
Hypothesis abnormalities
analysis ● Spring water plant grew
at a consistent rate
● Strip test identified lead
in water
Issues in our community

● Uninformed on environmental issues

● Water and soil are contaminated
● Pollution from nearby factories
● Nearby freeways pollute the air
Call to action

● Designed a presentation for Walnut Park Middle School

● Informed them on the research about contaminated water
● The purpose was to inform student on the issue and how to approach it
● Using facts of our own research to convince of the issue that can harm
their health
Surveys

Pre-Survey Post survey

Call to action cont… pics
Importance

● Expedite/expand testing
● Shut down factories
● Help clean up the community
● 300+ neighborhoods in LA are affected
● Nothing is currently being done
● Affects low income communities and POC
 HPIAM SLOs

ACTIVE CITIZEN: We utilized the talents and resources around us to lead efforts
to improve our community by addressing social problems in our community to
middle schoolers.

CRITICAL THINKER: We synthesized relevant information from reliable sources

to solve our community’s problem of lack of information.
 HPIAM SLOs

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS: We articulated our ideas in a manner that 7th

grade middle schoolers would understand so that they can be informed

WILLING COLLABORATOR: We all contributed to the group by holding people

accountable, taking initiative, and including all members equally.
Bibliography
“Learn about Lead.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 26 May
2017, www.epa.gov/lead/learn-about-lead .

“CDC Features.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23 Oct. 2017,
www.cdc.gov/features/leadpoisoning/index.html.

“Whole Effluent Toxicity Methods.” EPA, Environmental Protection

Agency, 10 Aug. 2017, www.epa.gov/cwa-methods/whole-effluent-
toxicity-methods .
Thank you