Our group are not having a product idea because as we've stated, we're just going to show and probably take a video to show the ideas we've found to use dead leaves.

Our progress of research is not really very fast or whatever, because the internet is quite limited. So we're planning on heading to the library one day to get relevant books. We'll also try to ask friends and families if there are any quirky ideas of how dead leaves can be used. Also we would want to know the things stated in our guiding questions. such as "how many people actually recycle dead leaves" etc.

We would plan a one day research at the library and after that spend another day gathering our information and making the presentation video. Hopefully everything will be well.

worksheet 3

worksheet 2

Lesson 3 Clarifications

Questions: Why can dead leaves be so useful

3 things I learned…

Decaying dead leaves make what is called "humus," and this humus is a very important thing to have in the soil as it has mineral salts.
A ton of dry leaves will have the same amount of energy as a ton of wood.
Anything which can be burned can release energy. So burning leaves can release energy to heat water up and cause hte steam to drive turbines which will transform kinetic energy into electrical energy.
But if leaves are used as a seasonal fuel source, would not have an good impact on the generation of electricity. It would release
a lot of carbon and particulate matter into the atmosphere. One of the greatest holding sources of carbon dioxide is decayed vegetative matter. If these sources begin to leech out massive quantities of C02, we will see some serious consequences in climate change very quickly.

Ideas that i agree with: We should always experiment on anything.

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OUR PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM

 

Class: sec2B Group:  Black Buttons Date: 21 jan 2009

 

OUR PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM
Title of our Project: Research on recycling dead leaves.		Our Project Focus: We want to find out how dead leaves can be recycled to become something useful, beneficial and at the same time contributing to recycling and saving the earth by not wasting resources and by making the most out of dead leaves.
Our reasons for choosing this project: We hope to contribute to society by recycling our natural resources and not consuming so much of them, and recycling dead leaves is one of the many good ways. With the earth’s resources depleting rapidly, we cannot afford to keep on using the natural resources at such a rate, if not, earth’s resources will soon be depleted. By doing dead leaves recycling, we can save the earth and there may be lots of uses for dead leaves. Another reason is that we don’t want people to think dead leaves are just any other dead objects lying around. It was once a living thing that provided us with the fresh oxygen so we must not take it for granted.
This project is linked to:	Topic:   ·  Recycling natural resources.			Subject:   ·  Geography
	·      Saving the earth			·      Sciences
	·      Reusing natural resources			·
Guiding Questions:   1.     How many percentages of dead leaves are put to good use after sweeping, sucking them up? 2.    What are the companies reusing and recycling dead leaves and how many are there? 3.    To what extend have we met the criteria of recycling dead leaves. 4.    How have we let people know that dead leaves are not just any other useless objects? 5.    What is the amount of perseverance and hard work needed for the process of recycling dead leaves? 6.    How to sort out different types of dead leaves based on their properties to recycle into different materials? 7.    What are the factors that might affect the research process or the recycling process?			Suggested Resources:   Ø  Internet. Ø  Magazines. Ø  Special reports. Ø  National parks(N parks) website.

  

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OUR PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM
What we plan to produce
q  Oral Presentation: Who is our audience? What is the purpose of our presentation? Our audience are N parks and NEA: Propose our ideas to them so that they can consider it and probably implement recycling of dead leaves to all parks as Singapore has very little natural resources and therefore we must recycle.
q  Product:  Who is our audience? What is the purpose of our product? Our audience is N parks. Our purpose is to let N parks make some arrangement for dead leaves collection and build a dead leaves recycling factory where dead leaves are recycled.   Tick the appropriate box and elaborate:
§  Written submission                      √ §  Artefact*                                     §  Others (to specify):	§  Visual/Graphic Presentation*   §  Performance*
* - these are to be accompanied by an explanatory brief
Name of Recorder Kenneth Teo, Teo Yu Hao, Tong Cai Sheng, Tan Jing Ren.

 

Submitted by

Name Signature

Kenneth Teo

 

 

 

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Project Tasks

FACTS: I have learnt how to recycle dead leaves. I think that by recycling them we can help save our environment and not use so much natural resources. There are many ways in which we can recycle dead leaves. Dead leaves can be made into many interesting and useful things.

IDEAS: I think that it can be made into soil by decomposing it. It can also be used to make the roof of huts to keep the interior cool. Another way is using it as clothing(although nobody uses it now, it's so embarrassing...)as it is cool. Finally it can be used to stuff pillows to make the cooling and soft effect.

LEARNING ISSUES: I want to find out what else it can be useful as. I want to know what i can contribute to stop global warming. I also want to know what other properties it has. I want to know how is the process of decomposing.

ACTION PLAN: I can gather dead leaves and try to invent things out of them. I can study their pigments in the dead leaves. I can gather different specimens of dead leaves and examine them. Lastly i can try to preserve them for future reference.

Project Focus

PROJECT FOCUS:

use dead leaves that are present around us and construct some useful things from them and show at least 4 useful applications of dead leaves.

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Our topic

We are doing "To recycle Dead Leaves".

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Group Formation

Hi. Welcome to the blog of the Black Buttons. We are doing this project. Our group name is 'Black Buttons'

Our group name doesn't mean anything.

My name is Tan Jing Ren. I am a good member of our group because i take care of my group members and ensure they know what to do.

My name is Teo Yuhao. I am a good member of our group because i will work very hard and try to complete the assignments on time.

My name is Kenneth Teo. I am a good member of our group because i do my part to help on the work we are supposed to do.

My name is Tong Cai Sheng. I am a good member of our group because i contribute to my group and encourage them.

Our motto is: Quality and Quantity.

GROUP ROLES:

Tan Jing Ren = Leader

Kenneth = Questioner

Teo Yuhao = Recorder

Tong Cai Sheng = Encourager

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