The topic my hexagon encompasses is nature conservation.  Conserving nature is important because we depend on it in our lives.  If we don’t help to protect it, it will vanish and so will us.  My hexagon portrayed three major problems that are occurring all over the world: water pollution, deforestation, and landfills.  All three of these issues are ruining nature’s serenity and beauty.  I used different types of paper, colored pencils, markers, and a computer image to make my hexagon. In the center is the Earth and a big recycling symbol behind it to show one way we could solve this problem. Nature conservation is important to me because I love the outdoors, and I don’t want it to become a big trash bin.  We all have to live here and generations to come must also, so let’s keep it the way we found it: beautiful and innocent.

By: Karina P.

      Global Warming is a HUGE problem nowadays. Different organizations like Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Spring Alliance have a lot of campaigns going on to try and end the problem of global warming. Some things that you can do to stop global warming is use less hot water, turn off unneeded lights, recycle, avoid packaging, and only run a full dishwasher, or washing machine. We have to cherish our planet because we have ONE Earth, and one Earth only.

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I chose the issue of terrorism because it impacts people and places all around the world and needs to be stopped. The Middle East is a main location that is affected by terrorism. However, the U.S was attacked on September 11th, 2001. The Twin towers got hit by terrorists in airplanes. This tragic day will never be forgotten. I decorated my hexagon to show not the negative but the positive side. In the background I used red glitter and sliver tin foil for the American flag covering the back. I chose these because I knew it would stand out. Then I added the date of the twin tower destruction, 9/11/01. To show positivity in my project I added the words, HOPE, STRENGTH, DREAM, and COURAGE.  These words are powerful and meaningful to the affects of 9/11 and the issue. 

There are many organizations to stop terrorism. Since terrorism is such big issue and takes over most of the globe it’s hard to stop completely. It is important to me that terrorism is stopped because it puts many people in danger. 9/11 created death situation around the world.
The subject of my hexagon is September 11th 2001. So on my hexagon I put the date and an American flag in the background.

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_Global Warming Payton C.

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         My issue, global warming, is significant because it is impacting nature all around the world. It occurs in the oceans and on land. I put polar bears and penguins on ice on my hexagon because the ice is melting and they have nowhere to go. I put an image of an animal drinking from a very small stream because drought is soaking up the water. I also have a tree stump with a bunch of cracks in the ground because of the drought. Lastly there is ice melting so it all is falling in my final picture.

         This is important to me because I love animals and our earth. Global warming is significant to the world because we only have one earth. We can’t destroy earth. We have to preserve it.

Amy Kruse
I used colored pencils and sharpies.

Air pollution is a terrible problem that keeps getting worse. There are many things people can do to not create so much air pollution. Most people though, don’t do the easy things to stop air pollution. Not only does air pollution affect the environment but, it affects our lungs. This issue is important to me because every time I go to Chicago I notice the foggy smoky air. I have been to New York too and the problem is even worse there. Most people don’t even know that this issue is speeding up global warming and killing our earth. I wanted to give some awareness to an issue that people could easily help fix. The smoke stacks in my artwork represent the buildings of the Chicago skyline. And I used darker colors because it is a dark, sad issue. 

Anna D.


The world-wide significance of rain forests being destroyed is that it is ruining the environment. The more trees we cut down, the more species we are killing. There are thousands of plants and animals that we never discovered because they became extinct. If we hadn’t destroyed their habitat we could have not only discovered them, but learned so much about them.


This is important to me because I really enjoy being outside, but much of it is being destroyed. Also, I really like animals, but their homes and habitats are disappearing. One thing being done to stop the destruction of rainforests is that forest preserves are being established. In these areas the trees and other species are protected.


The media I used to create my hexagon was markers, pencils, colored pencils, and tissue paper. I used marker for the letters and tree trunk. I used red, orange, and yellow marker for the flames of the trees being burnt down. I used the pencil to make it look like there was smoke coming off of my hexagon. The colored pencils were used for the trees being cut down in the background. For the one tree that was still alive in my picture, I crumpled green tissue paper and glued it on to the tree to make it look leafy and bright.  To symbolize the issue I drew many trees being burned and cut down with only one left standing. This represented that the majority of rainforests are being destroyed.