Hey everyone! In science class this year we made our own “Talons talks” using a sort-of “TED talk” template. Feel free to check mine out and leave a comment below.
-Justin C.
Use the link provided below to watch my talk, I hope you enjoy!
https://sd43bcca-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/125-jcomeau_sd43_bc_ca/EQxOLdPeiAVIirKDY38SnVIB1vRIQITgDDb0ueQ9W0USVw?e=HdMyry
Hi Justin, I really liked your TALONSTalk! I thought you did a really good job making your talk interesting to listen to. For my question, I was wondering if you think humans could switch to this new plastic fast enough? Has there been too much harm to the ocean already for this plastic to help?
Hey Clara,
Thanks for the feedback! I hope you enjoyed my TALONS Talk. To answer your question; although there are a lot of plastics already in the ocean, yes it would be possible to eventually (in the future) have much fewer if not any plastics in our oceans. On the contrary, if we do keep going down the path we are on as a society, then it wouldn’t be possible to reverse.
Thanks for the comment, Justin C.
Hi Justin, great choice of topic and presented in a really professional way. One question, cellulose plastic has been discovered for a long time already, but regular plastic is still being used in the vast majority. Is there something important that’s delaying us from launching this product and replacing regular plastic?
Hey Henry,
Thanks for the feedback! I hope you enjoyed my TALONS Talk. I tried to put more minimalistic visuals on my slides to try to make it look “professional”. To answer your question, yes cellulose has been discovered for a while but there are complications, although cellulose plastics give a biodegradable aspect, there is a trade-off between the water-resistance and true integrity of the plastic and the true biodegradability in the natural environment. Meaning that the plastic is still relatively “unstable” and could end up breaking down when we don’t want it too even in some cases without salt-water (e.g. in a water bottle)
Thank you for the comment, I hope I answered your question! -Justin C.
Great job Justin! You researched your topic very well and brought it together to make a very educational talk. I had never even heard of cellulose before this. While watching this I thought of a few questions. How did you first learn about cellulose? Also, does cellulose still biodegrade when it is not in salt water? Thanks for the great video, I look forward to seeing your experiment next year!
Hey Lucas,
Thanks for the feedback! I hope you enjoyed my TALONS Talk. I hope you learned a lot! To answer your questions, I first learned about cellulose this year when I started to research a safer and better alternative for plastics, which led me to my TALONS Talk. Yes cellulose plastics can still biodegrade outside of seawater. How long does it take? I’m not sure, but stay tuned for my experiment next year as I will go over that and be able to answer your question.
Thanks for the comment! -Justin C.
I’m looking forward to the experiment
Hey Justin C.! The thing I especially loved about your talk is that the slides were really clean and they all matched up to form a really uniform presentation. I also loved the simple answers that you put on each slide to quickly answer each question. A very nice and straightforward presentation. A wish I have is to include a bit more pictures and visual aid to help any viewers that learn better with images understand the material a bit better. Other than that, it’s a pretty solid talk I must say. A question that I have for you is, what was delaying the creation of cellulose plastics earlier in time? Thanks, Justin Q.
Hey Justin Q.,
I’m so sorry I didn’t address this sooner. I was long asleep at 4:30 am and didn’t realize to check for more comments. Thank you for the feedback. I tried to put more minimalistic visuals on my slides to try to make it look clean uniform. Next time around I will try to put more pictures and visual aid to help any viewers that learn better with images to understand the material a bit better. To answer your question, cellulose has been discovered for a while but there are complications that cause a delay in the process, although cellulose plastics give a biodegradable aspect, there is a trade-off between the water-resistance and true integrity of the plastic and the true biodegradability in the natural environment. Meaning that the plastic is still relatively “unstable” and could end up breaking down when we don’t want it too even in some cases without salt-water (e.g. in a water bottle). Scientists have yet to further research cellulose to balance the different aspects.
Thank you for the comment, I hope I was able to answer your question! -Justin C.