Friday, August 28, 2009
What did your group have to work on?
We have to complete the model, presentation board and prepare a speech to present.
What progress did your group make?
We did some painting for the model and paste some informations on the presentation board.
What did your group learn or find out about?
Rinny learnt that Shenli can be very irritating and like to say vulgarities. We still have to co-operate to make this project a success and also to work on our communicating skills.
What does your group need to do for the following week?
We are going to meet up to continue on our model and presentation board.
Finished @ 7:09 AM
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
We have done the artefact halfway and have done the survey but have not printed it out. We are currently gluing our presentation to a bulletin board and also thinking of a speech to present.
Finished @ 7:45 PM
Do you litter in the sea? Yes/No
Do you think littering is a damage to the environment? Yes/No
Do you feel that littering in the sea is a good thing? Yes/No
What do you think littering in the sea cause?
________________________________________
Does the effects are bad or good? Good/Bad
In what ways can we reduce littering in the sea?
________________________________________
Shaojie.
Finished @ 7:39 PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
I found a model about water pollution and please upload our model asap=D
shenli{{{(>_<)}}}
Finished @ 6:16 AM
Sunday, August 16, 2009
OK FISHIES OF THE WORLD!!
I've just changed our blogskin hope you like it!!hehehe
Ok,these pass few days i've been doing the model for our presentation thinggy.I've not painted it yet because it is still drying..
Im sorry but i cant up load the pics of the model. Dont know why..Maybe lappy got prob.
ok thats bout it.
Remember people...
SAVE THE FISHIES,SAVE YOUR TUMMY!!
RiNNy
Finished @ 3:24 AM
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Hey, we are the riots!
This is our reflection for week 7!
What did your group have to work on?
Our group have to work on our product and presentation. We also had to publish our survey and calculate the survey results.
What progress did your group make?
My group had thought of the survey questions and had done our individual reflections and group reflection. We are still thinking what materials we need for our product.
What did your group learn or find out about?
My group had find out the alternative ways of reducing water pollution.
What does your group need to do for the following week?
We have to make some progress with the artefact and the presentation.
Finished @ 8:18 PM
There is a website that conduct a water pollution survey last time. I think we can learn something from them on how to caculate the results and the way they had done their survey.
http://www.epa.gov/nps/toolbox/surveys/leagueofwomenvoters.pdf
shenli
O(∩_∩)O~
Finished @ 6:46 AM
I thought some questions for survey that might help
1) What have you heard about water pollution in our creeks and streams?
2) What kinds of laws do you know about regarding water pollution?
3) Did you know water pollution damages riparian habitats and wildlife population?
4) What is your personal opinion about water pollution?
Shenli↖(^ω^)↗
Finished @ 6:42 AM
I also found some cartoon pictures about water pollution. Hope u guys like them.shenli =D
i think i will be posting this saturday..
Finished @ 6:11 AM
Hey guys, i've got something to add in about the key questions.
1) What are the causes of water pollution?
Pollutants being emitted directly into a water body results in a "point source", such as a pipe from an industrial facility leaking toxics directly into the water. Pollutants being indirectly transported to the water such as run off from fertilizers flowing in to a larger body of water by rain results in a type of polution called "nonpoint source". Another cause of water pollution happens when oil, gasoline and additives gets spilled due to a leak in a major oil tanker. This usually gets a lot of coverage and press due to it's effects on marine animals, local fisherman and coastal businesses. Oils can also seep into the waterways through the groundwater as a result of a leak or small spill.
For additional the causes of water pollution are:
• Chemical and industrial processes that produce waste that is injected into deep groundwater sources
• Sediment build up as a result of clear cutting
• Personal care products and household cleaning products such as bleach, fabric softener, lotion, perfume and hair dye
• Sewage
• Heat from power plants that causes water pollution by killing fish and marine organisms.
• Carbon Dioxide which causes acidification in oceans
shenli=D
Finished @ 5:32 AM
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Finished @ 9:27 PM
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Key Questions
1) What are the causes of water pollution?
Improper discharge of wastewater from households and industries such as people littering. Oil spills from ships also cause water pollution.
2) What can the government do?
To solve the problem of chemicals and litters being dumped, local governments need to strictly regulate and enforce laws against it. The health of future generations, the living creatures, and air and waste need to be protected.
3) What are the consequences if this continues?
It can endanger plants and the lives of animals, negative effect on human health and will also have economic loss. People can make to save the planet. If we don't, life on Earth could cease to exist!
4) How can people prevent this from happening?
Oil spills could mainly be prevented if ship captains were a little bit more aware of their surroundings and avoided big objects. People can stop littering and find rubbish bins instead, to throw their litter in. They should also dispose toxic chemicals properly. These problems can be solved by people being more careful, but unfortunately many people don't care about the earth or future generations.
5) What must people learn from this situation?
People should learn and realise that the Earth should be kept clean for health reasons, as well as to help the living things on the Earth, and to avoid water pollution.
6) How much waste is thrown in the seas per year?
80% of plastic waste in the sea originated on land, rather than being thrown overboard from boats. It's too many to count.
7) What are the items usually found in the seas?
Plastic bottles, sweet wrappers, cans and many other unwanted waste are found in the seas. These cause extinction of many species of living things and spoiling their habitat.
8) What can industries do?
Industries can find better ways to dispose their waste off rather than dumping it in our water sources. They can recycle, filter and treat it.
Finished @ 7:31 AM
Our Project Proposal Form
Hi, Veron here. I'm updating the blog on our project proposal form. (:
Title of our Project: Water pollution
Our Project Focus: Educate the people to reduce littering and toxic waste that causes water pollution in seas in Singapore.
Our reasons for choosing this project: We think that water is important to our daily life and should not be polluted. Water pollution are also from bad to worst.
This project is linked to:
Topic:
-Water Conservation
-Littering
-Statistics
Subject:
-Geography
-Geography
-Mathematics
Key Questions:
1. What are the causes of water pollution?
2. What can the government do?
3. What are the consequences if this continues?
4. How can people prevent this from happening?
5. What must people learn from this situation?
6. How much waste is thrown in the seas per year?
7. What are the items usually found in the seas?
8. What can industries do?
Suggested Resources:
-Interviews
-Internet
-Survey
-Newspaper
-Radio
-Articles
Finished @ 6:20 AM
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Survey
I've thought of some here. But we have to think of some more.
1. Do you think Singapore waters are clean? If not, why?
2. Do you take any actions preventing water pollution yourself? If yes, what are they?
3. Do you believe that water pollution is one of the major issues in Singapore?
4. If people didn't help the environment, what do you think will happen?
5. What personal experience do you have with the issue of ocean water pollution?
-Veron
ty (:
Finished @ 8:23 PM
Taking Stock: Individual Reflection - Mid Term - Week 6
Class: S2-05
Name Of Project: Water pollution
Date Of Reflection: 5 Aug 09
What contributions have i made to this project?
Shen Li: I've doing the survey and find the sources of water pollution from internet. I post the survey questions and some sources and post some cartoon pictures.
Shaojie: I've been contributing ideas for the project, researching ways of reducing water pollution.
Rinny: I've been helping with the survey question and the model for the presentation.
Veronica: I create the blog and update it. I've came up some survey questions and also think of the key questions.
What more can I do to make this project a success?
Shen Li: I think i can post more information and sources about water pollution.
Shaojie:I think i can find other ways and forms of water pollution.
Rinny:I think i can change the blogskin and continue doing the model.
Veronica: I still need to put in more effort and contribute more ideas. And also to search for more useful research.
What I have learnt from doing this project so far?
Shen Li: I learnt how to make use of time and use different knowledges to find the answers.
Shaojie: I learnt how to make use of the time given for the IPW and increase my knowledge in water pollution.
Rinny: I learnt that my team mates are sometimes not co-operative during IPW lessons in class and we will always make it work in the end.
Veronica: I had learnt more about water pollution. I also learnt that if we have good teamwork, we can progress faster and finish our project work on time.
Finished @ 8:12 PM
Group Reflection - Mid Term Week 6
Group Leader: Rinny
Members: ShaoJie, Veronica, Shenli
Class: 205
Name Of Project: Water Pollution.
Date Of Reflection: 5 Aug 09
What have we done well for this project?
We managed to answer the key questions and create blog for our reflections.
What have we not done well for this project?
We did not spend much time doing this project and we do not have enough posts on our progress. Survey questions are not fully finished.
What can we do to make this project a success?
We have to update our blog with more posts and finish up our survey. We have to also find more information about our project focus and put more effort to make this project a success!
Finished @ 7:53 PM
