WIS Ecosystem Observation

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Water Pollution

"Pollution" means hazardous wastes and other pollutants. Including sludge or residue from it that was dumped from the pollution source. Or existing in the natural environment. Which caused a negative impact on the environment and harm the health of the people. Including radiation, heat, sound, light, vibration, odor  that has occurred or is released from the pollution source.

"Pollution" means the environmental conditions change or contaminated by pollution. This makes the quality of environmental degraded, such as water pollution, air pollution. And soil pollution

"Waste" means waste that is in a state of flux. Including mixed pollutant Or contamination is
the liquid

Types of water pollution 

1. Nutrients Pollution
Some wastewater, fertilizers and sewage contain high levels of nutrients. If they end up in water bodies, they encourage algae and weed growth in the water. This will make the water undrinkable, and even clog filters. Too much algae will also use up all the oxygen in the water, and other water organisms in the water will die out of oxygen starvation.

2. Surface water pollution
Surface water includes natural water found on the earth's surface, like rivers, lakes, lagoons and oceans. Hazardous substances coming into contact with this surface water, dissolving or mixing physically with the water can be called surface water pollution.

3. Oxygen Depleting
Water bodies have micro-organisms. These include aerobic and anaerobic organisms. When to much biodegradable matter (things that easily decay) end up in water, it encourages more microorganism growth, and they use up more oxygen in the water. If oxygen is depleted, aerobic organisms die, and anaerobic organism grow more to produce harmful toxins such as ammonia and sulfides.

4. Ground water pollution
When humans apply pesticides and chemicals to soils, they are washed deep into the ground by rain water. This gets to underground water, causing pollution underground.

5. Microbiological
In many communities in the world, people drink untreated water (straight from a river or stream). Sometimes there is natural pollution caused by micro-organisms like viruses, bacteria and protozoa. This natural pollution can cause fishes and other water life to die. They can also cause serious illness to humans who drink from such waters.

6. Suspended Matter
Some pollutants (substances, particles and chemicals) do not easily dissolve in water. This kind of material is called particulate matter. Some suspended pollutants later settle under the water body. This can harm and even kill aquatic life that live at the floor of water bodies.

7. Chemical Water Pollution
Many industries and farmers work with chemicals that end up in water. This is common with Point-source Pollution. These include chemicals that are used to control weeds, insects and pests. Metals and solvents from industries can pollute water bodies. These are poisonous to many forms of aquatic life and may slow their development, make them infertile and kill them.

8. Oil Spillage

Oil spills usually have only a localized effect on wildlife but can spread for miles. The oil can cause the death to many fish and get stuck to the feathers of seabirds causing them to lose their ability to fly.

Water Pollution

The Ciliwung River is 119km long and passes through the Bogor Province, Depok District and the city of Jakarta in Indonesia. It is renowned for being one of the most heavily polluted rivers in the world. Many Indonesian citizens are forced to live by the river because it is all they can afford. Of the ten million people in Jakarta, half live on less than US$2 per day, and a large percentage of those people live along the Ciliwung. People that live along the Ciliwung use it for everything from washing themselves to cleaning clothes and dishes, to swimming. Contamination from human waste is the biggest cause of pollution in the Ciliwung. There is no organised rubbish collection for this area, so waste ends up in the river. Because they cannot afford clean drinking water, many of the residents are forced to boil and drink the water from the river, causing a raft of health problems. In 2009, a group of residents from Bogor with growing concerns about the river formed the Community Care for Ciliwung group ('Komunitas Peduli Ciliwung, or KPC). The group focuses its acitivities on picking up trash from the river every Saturday morning, and also facillitates other community activities such as tree planting days

Reflection: Global Citizen Workshop

Global Citizen definition - Citizens of the world have similar and different aspects, such as place of residence, language, religion, belief, culture, language, life and living. People who think about solutions helping mankind to through problems.

Personal Helps and Harms - 

Help

1. Never buy water .
2. Reduce the amount of meats eating per day .
3. Buy recycled things .

Harms 

1. Leave the electronics turned on.
2. Drink soda .
3. Buy something that last long.

How can we connect class contents/discussions/skills/concepts with yesterday's workshop?

Global Citizen Workshop supports us to help the world ,by that we can relates it to sustainability .

Using less harmful stuffs and use recycled things or something that last longer.

What are some teaspoons of changes that you wish to implement?

I walk to school everyday instead of taking motorbike taxi in order to save money to do something else. 

I want to bring my own bottle for water to school everyday to save money buying new water ,and we don't really have to worry about cleanness of our own bottle.

Biomes

Biome is Biological or any ecosystem. They are composed of physical factors such as temperature, humidity, and biological factors, such as plants and animals are similar spread in different geographical regions.

A biome is a collection of ecosystems sharing similar climatic conditions.

Biome can separate into 2 different kinds 

1:Biome on land 

2:Biome under the water 

Biome on land divided into 7 categories.

             1 Biome Tropical Rain Forest

             2 Biome in the tropical deciduous forest

             3 Biome Forest

             4 Biome the temperate grasslands.

             5 Biome Savannah

             6 Biome of the sea

             7 Biome Tundra

Biome in water divided into 3 types.

             1 Biome freshwater

             2 Biome sea

             3 Biome brackish water

Tri Cellular Model of Atmospheric circulation

the tri cellular model helps explain the differences of in pressure belts, temperature, and precipitation that exists

Can be divided into three major cells 

• Hadley -> Control weather over the tropics, where the air is warm and unstable
•  Ferrel 
• Polar

Tropical rainforest

• Rain forests have a very high diversity of animals and plants where they may have up to 480 species of trees
• It has constant high temperature and high rainfall throughout the year
• Estimated to produce 40 per cent of NPP of terrestrial ecosystems.

Tundra

• Most of the world’s tundra is found in the north polar region, aka arctic tundra.
• Rates of photosynthesis and productivity are low.
• The amount of water are also limited because the formation of ice

Dessert

• They cover 20-30 percent of land surface.
• Limits rates of photosynthesis and so rates of NPP are very low.
• Species in there are adapted, showing many xeophytic adaptations (adaptation to reduce water loss in dry conditions)

Temperature Forest

• Forest might contain only deciduous trees, only evergreens, or a mixture of both.
• Diversity is lower than in rainforest and the structure of temperate forest is simpler.
• Seasonal (has summer and winter) so there are two different tree types: evergreen (warm) and deciduous (cold)

Grassland

• Develop where there is not enough precipitation to support forests, but enough to prevent desert forming
• They are found in areas where the polar and Ferrel cells meet (mix the cold and warm air)
• Grasses grow beneath the surface and during cold periods, it can remain dormant until the ground warms.

Savanna Far's Biome

What is it ?
-Another name is Savanna
-Made up of grasses and trees
-Is a grassland that have shrubs and trees that are isolated
-They are found between troipical rainforest and desert

Climate
-Tropical wet and dry climates
-Because tropical rainforest is wet and desert biome is dry
-Rain during summer and dry during winter
-In the dry season about four inches of rain will fall

Soil
-Porous,Sandy and dusty
-Has thin layer of humus

Location
-Located near the equator
-Between tropical rainforest and desert biome
-Africa, large areas of Australia ,South America and India

Animal Adaptations
-Small animal such as insects ,jack rabbit ,snakes prairie dogs etc
-Hide in the tall grass for protection against predator
-Large animal such as lion elephant and rhino
-Camoflage and speed facilitate
-Forming group

Zebra
-Live in herds
-Protected from natural predators -Because striped pattern makes it difficult to pick out a single target

Cheetah
-Have a spotted pattern to help hide them while they're stalking the sprey
-Can run up to 65mph
-Can stalk prey from long distance

Paper/Plastic Vivian's presentation

Plastic Bag 
Plastic bag are made from non-renewable natural resources such as crude oil (petroleum) gas and coal. 

Paper bags are made from trees 

Advantages Paper bags 
-They can hold more things than plastic bags 
-They are renewable resources 
-They are biodegradable 

Disadvantages :Paper bags 
-Production of papers bags requires a great amount of energy 
-Paper production causes air pollution and deforestation 
-The production of paper bags uses three times the amount of water it takes to make plastic bags 

Advantages :Plastic Bags 
-It requires 20-40% less energy to make 2 plastic bags 
-They are cheap and light 

Disadvantages :Plastic Bags 
-Birds and other animals often mistake plastic bag as food 
-Most plastic end up in landfill sometimes floating around in the air 
-It takes hundred of years to decompose plastic bag 


Paper takes lesser time to breakdown(biodegradable)

What is the issue ?
-Plasticc bags float around the oceans -one of the masses is about twice the size of texas located in North Pacific between America and Japan

-Over 100000 marine animals ,such as sea turtles ,whales and dolphins ,die every year because of plastic bags 

-Plastic basg take from 400 to 1000 years to decompose
-Trees must be cut down to make paper bags ,which is one of the cause of deforestation 

Solution 
-Use cotton bags or jute bags 
-Reuse plastic bags and paper bags 
-Plastic bags acan be used as bin liners 
-Start charging for plastic and 

There is no perfect solution for this issue.

Estuaries Angel's Biome

What is Estuary ?

-A tidal mouth of a large river where the river meets the ocean
-Mixture of fresh water and slatwater
-Climate
-Changes through out season
-Soils
-High nutrients
-Location
-Hudson Bay estuary

Animals
-Fiddler Crabs
-American Shad
-Barnacles
-Osprey
-Blue Crab

Plants
-Sea grass
-Mangrove
-Cork grass
-Cattails
-Splatter Docks

Threats
-Pollution
-Dams
-But people are working to save there areas

Water Resources

There are only 2.5% of fresh water all around the world that is directly accessible by humans populations.

The sustainability of freshwater resource usage 

Humans require a lot water in daily life for drinking ,cooking or else without sustainable use ,human s will face many problems like some countries that are living without clean water to drink. And there are campaigns going on that support people to reuse the supplies such as bath water .

Quotes

1:No water ,no life .No blue ,no green -Sylvia Earle 

2:I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a stone across the waters my ripples -Mother Teressa 

Paper/Plastic Vivian Presentation

Plastic Bag
Plastic bag are made from non-renewable natural resources such as crude oil (petroleum) gas and coal.

Paper bags are made from trees

Advantages Paper bags
-They can hold more things than plastic bags
-They are renewable resources
-They are biodegradable

Disadvantages :Paper bags
-Production of papers bags requires a great amount of energy
-Paper production causes air pollution and deforestation
-The production of paper bags uses three times the amount of water it takes to make plastic bags

Advantages :Plastic Bags
-It requires 20-40% less energy to make 2 plastic bags
-They are cheap and light

Disadvantages :Plastic Bags
-Birds and other animals often mistake plastic bag as food
-Most plastic end up in landfill sometimes floating around in the air
-It takes hundred of years to decompose plastic bag


Paper takes lesser time to breakdown(biodegradable)

What is the issue ?
-Plasticc bags float around the oceans -one of the masses is about twice the size of texas located in North Pacific between America and Japan

-Over 100000 marine animals ,such as sea turtles ,whales and dolphins ,die every year because of plastic bags

-Plastic basg take from 400 to 1000 years to decompose
-Trees must be cut down to make paper bags ,which is one of the cause of deforestation

Solution
-Use cotton bags or jute bags
-Reuse plastic bags and paper bags
-Plastic bags acan be used as bin liners
-Start charging for plastic and per bags

Mugi's presentation .Deforestation ,Climate and Floods

Deforestation is the removal and cutting down of trees

6 causes

1:Agri-business
Its a business in order to raise cattle or grow cash crops like palm and soy which can be used in many producteds

2:Logging
-Building materials
-Comsumer products

3:Mining
It needs considereable amount of forest and land

4:Urbanizatiojn
Construction of road and housing because we have more people

5:Desertification
Because many industries in petrochemicals release their waste into the rivers which results in soil erosion and make it unfit to grow plants

6:Fire
-Extreme warm summers
-Milder winters


The ways to prevent deforestation
-Recycle
-Reforestation
-Farming Practice
-Limit the comsumption
-Use coal
-Support organization

Transpiration

It is a process by which the water is absorbed and released to the atmosphere

it occurs in order to carry the nutrients into plants from soil

Before the deforestation
1:Rain falls
2:Plant absorbs and transpires water
3:Water is released into the air
4:It forms clouds
5:It causes rain again
6:Rain falls

After the deforestation
Climate has changed
1:No tree can absorb and transpire the rainfall
2:Rain runs off the soil
3:Become a cause of floods and soil erosion


Actual Case 1
Yangtze River in China (1998)
-85% of forests in the Yangtze River basin were cut down
-Water flooded into areas where 400 million people lived in monsoon season
-More than 2000 people died
-At least 13 million people left their home

Actual Case 2
Ganges River in Bangladesh
-Deforestation in Himalaya mountain
-Few trees cannot prevent water and it directly flowed into the river

James Biome Polar

Climate soil and location

Climate -every months the polar area is about less than 10 degree Celsius

Soil :Ice and Snow

Location Antarctica

Animal in polar

Emperor penguin adaptations
-larger body to keep heat
-Short stiff tail to help balance on land
-Powerful claws on the feet
Behavioral adaptations
-They huddle together in the winter to conserve heat
-They bread during the winter so the baby will be independent in the summer
-The parents sit on the eggs to keep them warm

Weddell Seal

Adaptations
-The hind limbs have developed into flipper to swimming better
-Smooth shape to pass esaily through water
-Larger eyes to find foods
-Whiskers to help them feel in the dark

Behavioral Adaptations
-They have breath hole on the ice
-Can swim long distance

Polar Bear
Adaptations
-Long, stiff hair to keep them warm, and also help them swim in cold water
-Small and rounded ears so the cold water doesn't go in
-They become good at swimming
-They have thick layer of fat also to keep them warm

Artic Fox
Adaptation
-White fur to make the predator hard to see them
-Thick coat of fur to keep it warm
-Hair on the pads to help them walk on the snow

Walruses
Adaptations
-Good swimmer
-Body fat to keep them warm
-Bottoms of the flippers are bumpy to grip on ice

Polar plants
-Small
-Grow in a group or close together
-Grow low on the ground
-Some are black colour to absorb more light
-Some grow facing the sunlight

Threat
Climate changing :the ce are melting because its getting warmer



Pleng's presentation The Ocean

Facts: Marine Habitats
-More than 70% of the earth surface is covered by oceans
-The marine ecosystems can support many different living things in the ocean (such as habitats)
-It is also a major influence

Location
Ocean is divided in to 50 major oceans
-Atlantic Ocean
-Pacific Ocean
-Indian Ocean
-Southern Ocean
-Arctic Ocean
Ocean can also be divided into three vertical zones
-Euphotic zone =light can penetrate
-Disphotic zone = too deep for light to reach
-Aphotic zone = deepest part of the ocean (dark)

Weather
Marine biome influence the Earth by providing us
-rain = grow crops through evaporation
-Wind = help circulate the air
-Affects coastal/beachfront temperatures
Average temperature 4 C/ 39 F

Animal adaptation
-Jellyfish
=An umbrella shaped creatures
=Invertebrate
=They defend themselves by using their tentacles to protect
-Dolphin
=They migrate due to seasonal changes
=They prefer tropical climates but they do swim in cold water
=From a group called "pods"
-Blue Whale
=Fat tissue to make them warm
=Streamline shaped for swimming
=They eat krill (very small shrimp-like)
=Ventral grooves may expand
-Green Turtle
=Swim long distance
=They are herbivores (eat only plants)
{Depend on each species ,whether they are herbivores ,carnivores ,omnivores -based on their jaw structures
=Can be found in tropical and subtropical
-Grey Reef Shark
=Known as the Bronze Whaler Shark and Short Nose Blactail
=Found in warm and shallow waters near the coral reef

Plants Adaptations
-Algae is very important to the ocean
=it provides shelter and food for sea creatures
=We human also used in products like toothpaste and ice cream
-Marine plants algae provide supply and produce Oxygen

-Algae
=Known as seaweeds
=Many shapes and sizes
=Have cell wal structure and they can do photosynthetic like plants on land
-Green Algae (Chlorophyta)
=More than 4000 species
=Found

Thailand's Population challenges

-Thailand is now 61.5 million
68% of the population livwa is rural area
-Migration to bangkok had led to shortage of water land and an increase in pollution
-Stabilized population rate
-Fertility rate has gone down

Since the number of elders have increased due to less fertility rate
-The government provides social welfate assistance of 300 baht per month to older peeople having an annual income of less than 10000 baht
-Adults who take cate of their parents have been given entitlement to rax exemptions based on their income

Aging population

Population is stabilized
-People from the age of 65 and over is 10% at present and is expected to reach 22 in the next 10 years

The greatest callenge is providing long-term care for serverely disable people

Elderly Care
-Assistance can be claimed from the Thai Government if it is needed
-Accomodation and meals are provided at not cost to the resident but only for Thai citizens

-Total of 20 residential homes for the elderly and there are homes owned by private organizations in 7 provinces
-Bangkok
-Prathumthani
-Samutprakarn
-Sakolnakorn
-Saraburi
-Chonburi
-Arngthorng

Urbanization
-People are migrating from rural placing  towards Bangkok to work during the dry season (mostly teenagers_
-Bigger paycheck

-Farmers that relied on traditional farming turned to machinge leabing the elderies with fewer jobs opportunites
-Some elders stay at villages because they don't want to the burden for their children

Solution
-Continue providing financial aids for elders
-Provide a system where couples get financial support if they have babies
-But these are problems that we are currently facing today

Compass Analysis

Should there be nuclear power plant

Nature 
Yes, we can have it because it does not affect on the global worming or climate change (no air pollution)

No, if it is destroyed the nature environment would change and harm the lives (deforestation for building )

Economy 
Yes, while construction it, people can get employed even after the construction .Cheap electricity bill. Low fuel cost -requires very little uranium
.continuous supply

No, need a lot of money to dispose off -needs long time of building .20 - 30 yers building it.

Society
Yes ,easy transportation .Reduces transport costs

No, unknown risks/accidents . Threat of destroying the power plant

Well-Being 

Yes ,conserve energy for the future .Healthy for people


No, if accident happen, people might get sick because release of radioactivity


Should abortion be legal? 

Nature 

Yes, because less people use less resources


Should foreigners go to koh tao after the incident ?

Nature 
Yes, because people will destroy the environment

Economy 
No, because if people stop going to Koh Tao workers in there will lose their job .

Well-Being 
Yes, because the situation like that can happen again

No, its a beautiful island and people can have fun with their friends

Should factory farming be legal ?

Nature 
No, because wastes are turned in to pollution ,human are naturally forces animals to reproduce ,Ammonia is released from the waste that effects living organisms

Society 
No,because it is unethical to torture animals and put them into harsh conditions
waste of resources to force feeding them with grains when we can use it for people who are in need
Harsh working condition

Well-Being 
No, because they have been using anti-biotic to increase the rate of growth in animals
Less chance of having cancer and diseases
Factory farm animals carry on the diseases

Economy 
Yes, because the largest providing income comes from factory farming in developing countries Philipines
Business wants to meet the needs
Not possible to produces as much meat when we consume
Time = money
people can get employed

Thailand's population challenges

-Thailand is now 61.5 million
68% of the population livwa is rural area
-Migration to bangkok had led to shortage of water land and an increase in pollution
-Stabilized population rate
-Fertility rate has gone down

Since the number of elders have increased due to less fertility rate
-The government provides social welfate assistance of 300 baht per month to older peeople having an annual income of less than 10000 baht
-Adults who take cate of their parents have been given entitlement to rax exemptions based on their income

Aging population

Population is stabilized
-People from the age of 65 and over is 10% at present and is expected to reach 22 in the next 10 years

The greatest callenge is providing long-term care for serverely disable people

Elderly Care
-Assistance can be claimed from the Thai Government if it is needed
-Accomodation and meals are provided at not cost to the resident but only for Thai citizens

-Total of 20 residential homes for the elderly and there are homes owned by private organizations in 7 provinces
-Bangkok
-Prathumthani
-Samutprakarn
-Sakolnakorn
-Saraburi
-Chonburi
-Arngthorng

Urbanization
-People are migrating from rural placing  towards Bangkok to work during the dry season (mostly teenagers_
-Bigger paycheck

-Farmers that relied on traditional farming turned to machinge leabing the elderies with fewer jobs opportunites
-Some elders stay at villages because they don't want to the burden for their children

Solution
-Continue providing financial aids for elders
-Provide a system where couples get financial support if they have babies
-But these are problems that we are currently facing today

Making Sustainable Decisions

After briefly discussing and analyzing the difficult question of "Should Bangkok be protected during the flood of 2011?",search for another difficult decision to make in the real world. 

Should we throw the trashes in the oceans ? 

If we do, it will cause the oceans will become dirty and toxic .

But if we don't ,the trashes in our world will become overwhelming .

My Oct Break & ESS

My October break I was just staying at home for most of the time trying not to go outside too much because I don't want to use my mom's moneys (Economy). But I went out with my friends hanging around because they asked me to go out (Society) . And I just had Volleyball tournament game at ISE in Chonburi and we got 2nd place which is a really good exercise (well-being)

Hormones Disruption from plastic products

Endocrine System
-Produces hormones
-Polutants
-Hormones mimic
-Hormones disrupter

-Hormone Mimic

Hormones mimics
-Fish in europe
-Animals living in water source
-Egg-yolk proteins in male
-Male fish is able to reproduce


Hormones Disrupters

Interfere with sex hormones
-Increases chance of female hormones

BPA (Bisphenol-A)
Found in plastic bottles beverage cans

Effects breast cancer for woman
reproductive system problems ,heart diseas

Avoid it eating less can foods

Dioxin (When leave a bottle in the car for too long ,it will produce dioxin)
Where does it come from?
-Heating
Health Effects
- Disrupt sex hormones
Eating less fish
Meat
Daily products

Styrene Ms.Cindy is beautiful

Found in
-Foam coffee cup ,bike helmet
-Food cookies ,cake ,coughnut
-Cigarettes ,phototcopter
Health concerns
-loss of vision, hearing
-Leukemia and Lymphoma
Stop smoking
Stay away from pre-packed food

Phthalates
Found in
Cometics
-Perfumes ,hair spray
-Nail polish
Plactic food /beverage
Health concerns
Less masculine behavior
Avoid by
Plastic food containers
Heating food in plastic
Less make up


When the mother put alot of make up during pregnancy the child inside will contain alot of chemicals

Avoid chewing gum because rubbers in the gums contain plastic

Physical effect of chemical
it releases estrogen so men can develop of having breasts

What chemical causes endocrine disruptions
Fish and other seafoods

Organization that raise the awareness of plastic
1:Servewritter

How many chemicals we put in our body everyday?
Chocolate

Air Pollution

Effect of air pollution
Acidification
Harm building and trees
Acid rain
Eutrophication
Ground-level ozone
Particulate matter
Level of effect depends on the length of time of exposure
Short-term effects
Irritation to the eyes
Nose & Throat
Upper respiratory infections
Long-term infection

Chronic Respiratory Disease

This disease can affects multiple  systems in our body, from the eyes to the lungs to the brain
-Characterize
The buildup of immune system cells in organs that form small cluster

What happen in Poland ?

Poland is known as the most polluted nation on Earth
In southwestern part of Poland (known as Upper Silessia) there is a town "Katowice" ,there are smoke from smokestacks found along the steets.
-Children in the area have show high levels of lead in their blood
-Human life
-Infant /mortality

What will the workers make a living ,if they have no job?

"I'd rather have a sick, short life with a job than a longer, healthier life without work."

Things getting better
-When Communist Gov. fell in 1989
a free-market economy begun to develop Artificial price controls kept down the costs of coal, gasoline, and electricity

Making Environmental Decisions + Class Policy Reflection

• Why isn't "Making Environmental Decisions" the way to keep a healthy relationship with our environment? Isn't it supposed to be the focus? How can it be detrimental at the same time?

According to what we were talking about in the class ,the sentence "Making Environment Decisions" will not really help our world that much because it's just focusing on only Environment .In order for us to make the world a better place we must think about the world the whole system not only the Environment .For example like you want to save the Climate Change issue by picking up a trash but you don't know where to put them ,so it might just end up the same amount of trashes are still at the same place.

• How can "Making Environmental Decisions" people communicate with other stakeholders of the society (people who simply do NOT care about the environment)?

The very first way is to educate the children who are still in learning progress ,show them what are really happening to our world . And make a campaign make them stakeholders realize about the problems happening on the earth, its not easy to change people's mind but we can show them the reasons why they should care more about environment.

• What is a better approach then just "Making Environmental Decisions"? 

Maybe we can change the word Environmental to something else that cover the system on our world such as Global  ,Balance or even stability. Think about everything ,other people views or the phrase "Put yourself in my shoes" to make the thing that we do working effectively.

• Reflect on what happened in class today. Review class policy. We will re-address mutual respect in the classroom. 

We made too much noises in class and it took quite long time settle us down . Ms.Cindy warned us about this so many times but we still couldn't do it so she got really mad at us .

Connection Circle

UN Millennium Development Goals Reflection Entry

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J3tZbxYZIdhmmsH-DMFMtVmpclLL9knwRmnwEOyCZ_I/pub

Reading note

Plagioclimax

• An interruption of ecosystem from reaching its full climatic climax by humans 
• Most of the trees are burnt down cause a lot of carbon dioxide to go back to atmosphere which is the main reason of Global warming right now.
• In every year there will be a lot of deforestation happen all around the world.

Darwin's Finches Jinny

Darwin's Finches

Introduction

Charles Darwin
=Naturalist
-Father of evolutionalist theory
-Survival of fittest

What is Darwin's Finches
-Group made up of 13 species of passerine birds
-They were no known as Darwin's Finches until 1936 ,popularized by ornithologist

What is Darwin's Finches
-Darwin's finches is group made up of 13 species of passerine birds

History
-All of Darwin's Finches evolved from one ancestral species
-The ancestral species arrived South American mainland around 2 or 3 million years ago

In late December of 1831
-Darwin and his HMS Bragle went on voyage around South America
-His aim was to observer and collect samples of loval flora and fauna

=At the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador was where his finding began

Variety
-There were variations of the finches from island to island
-Their beaks amde ot difficult to differentiate them

-Ground finch
-Woodpecker finch has evolved a bust brak to drill holes in tree and eat beetle larvaes
-Cactus finch has longer sharp pointed beaks to feed on cactuses
Tree finches

They mostly feed on insects
Warbler finch has a very fine needle-like beak to picking off insects

Causation
-This phenomenon is called the character displacement
-Animals experience evolutionary change to minimize competition with the food
-The path of a weather system "El Nino" affected the islands
-Sometimes extreamely hot and dry and sometimes rainy for the whole month
-This caused the shortage of seeds on the island -> increase in competition
-The small beaked birds becamse weak to survive -> by the end of the drought period, their beak depth was increased by 1 mm
-Then the finches began to spread around in new habitats and specialise on different ways of feeding

The Lorax's note 16/09/14

The Lorax

-genre

Children Literature (Book)

Cartoon Animation ,Comedy ,Short Film

-Director /author

Directors = Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud

Author = Dr.Seuss

-Story background

This film is based on the book "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss.

In the town of Thneedville, everything is plastic and manufactured... and the people like it that way. But when Ted's friend Audrey says she'd like to see a real tree one day, Ted goes on a quest to find one in order to win her love.

Ted ventures outside the walls of Thneedville in search of The Once-ler, supposedly the only individual who knows how to find a tree. Ted finds the old hermit who reluctantly tells the tale of how he was responsible for all of the trees being cut down. The Once-ler also tells Ted about how the magical representative of the trees named The Lorax tried to stop him to no avail.

But while Ted hears the story of the trees, the evil head of the O'Hare Company conspires to keep him from bringing them back.

-Purpose/Movement

If you can get past the whole political thing, "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" is a fun movie for both kids and adults. Grown-ups will like seeing their beloved childhood book brought to the big screen in 3D while kids will enjoy the antics of the Lorax and the bears. Plus it's a good message about conserving natural resources and taking care of the environment. To support and time materialism

-Recognition

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2013

Won ASCAP Award

Top Box Office Films John Powell Cinco Paul

Annie Awards 2013

Nominated Annie	Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Yarrow Cheney Eric Guillon Colin Stimpson
	Music in an Animated Feature Production John Powell Cinco Paul

Cinema Audio Society, USA 2013

Nominated C.A.S. Award

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Animated Randy Thom (re-recording mixer) Gary Rizzo (re-recording mixer) Shawn Murphy (scoring mixer) Frank Rinella (foley mixer)

Kids' Choice Awards, USA 2013

Nominated Blimp Award

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie Taylor Swift As "Audrey".

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2013

Nominated Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in an Animation Feature Film Dennis Leonard (supervising sound editor) Randy Thom (sound designer) Luke Dunn Gielmuda (supervising foley editor) Daniel Laurie (supervising adr editor) Dennie Thorpe (foley artist) Jana Vance (foley artist) Sean England (foley artist) Jeremy Bowker (sound effects editor) Jonathan Borland (sound effects editor) Leff Lefferts (sound effects editor) Sue Fox (foley editor)

Teen Choice Awards 2012

Won Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Voice Taylor Swift as Audrey
	Choice Movie: Animated
Nominated Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Voice Zac Efron as Ted

Task 1 Systems & Models

• Provide a summary of “The Lorax”

From the beginning there’s a town called Thneed Town .Its a city that has no real trees at all ,only trees that come out from the factory produce lights. And for the clean air will be selling in the form of a tank by O’Hare organization.

Ted the main character in the story has a crush on Audrey a girl who desires to see the real trees coming out on the dirt again ,and she said that if someone could get her one she will marry that man ,which is best inspiration for Ted to seek for an alive tree again. His grandmother gave him a clue that there is a man called Once-ler who knows what happened to all the trees but he lives outside the town cause Ted to go on the adventure to find him. Once-ler said that he’s the cause of the extinction of the trees ,go back to a long time ago . He found a place where there are so many wild animals a forest full of green colour .He planned to cut the trees down to make his product and sell off to people in the city. He started chopping down a tree ,so here comes the guardian of the forest The Lorax. The Lorax resist Oncerler’s plan with his best eventually they made a deal that Onceler is not going to cut down anymore trees and Lorax will let him live in the forest. But his product called thneed became really popular that so many people come to buy it at his house. And then his family visit him and congratulate with success .

Define systems and models

System is when things come together and work together become a relationship. 

Models is the thing that work along with system it visualized the system 

Identify and State different systems you observed in the movie “The Lorax” (in the order of smaller to

larger systems)

Ted’s house is open-system

Thneed town is open-system (cause Ted still could get out)

The once-ler’s house is isolated system

Explain and Describe how each system you mentioned works

• Ted’s house is open-system
• Because people still can get in and out freely
• Thneed town is open-system
• Because the town is affected by the environment outside make people have to buy fresh air. But its not a closed system because Ted which is a matter still could get out of the town and get back in.
• The once-ler’s house is closed system
• No-one can get in or out of his house and he himself doesn't come out ,only things that's in and out of his house all the time is the air ,so its closed system.

Suggest the possibilities of any small systems within bigger systems

Thneed town system within the outside world system

People system within the Thneed town system

Suggest how “The Lorax” represents the concept of systems thinking

In the story in there are so many kinds of system ,small system in a bigger ones .