Shikin---> Photographer, writing of Part A,B and D, Uploading of all post and EDITOR
Sarah---> Photographer and Part E
Rajaa---> Photographer and Part E
Gregory---> Part E
Sunday, 4 August 2013
Part E: conservation efforts at Jurong Lake Park
Our comments
- Authorities or Park Management officials had already placed several number of bins around Jurong Lake Park.
- Singapore had tried to conserve water by treating waste water into NEWater.
- Singapore had tried to organize a few tree-planting campaign.
- Authorities or park management officials stated in a notice board that live baits are not allowed to be used in fishing.
- Feeding of animals in Jurong Lake Park also have been restricted as some animals are sensitive to some foods.
YES, the authorities is doing their part to safeguard the natural environment. Yes, these efforts are effective.
THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT/CONSERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:
- Reduce pollution
- Buy products from recycled materials
- Do not harm or kill any organisms that are found naturally in the wild if they do not harm us
- Learn more about the natural world and its importance
<<<REMEMBER THIS<<<
Part D: Impact of Man on Jurong Lake Park
HUMAN EFFECTS
Some of human effects on the environment are land pollution, water pollution, oil spills, deforestation and etc. These few effects could cause animals to lose habitats, shelter or even food.
The above pictures shows some of the example of water pollution. Humans tend to throw litter anywhere they like even though there are bins nearby. These is because that humans are always lazy to do the extra mile.
Throwing litter on the ground is commonly seen in most of the countries. Many might think that they can litter as there are already litter around. Littering could affect the habitats of some animals and plants.
Oil spills is very dangerous to the sea creatures. Fishes living in the sea, lost the advantage to get oxygen. Fishes which finds food in the sea can frozen when they touch the oil.
THEREFORE, Human impact affect the environment BADLY.
Littering, swimming, fishing or feeding food to the animals are some of the restrictions found in Jurong Lake Park. As shown in the picture, we must conserve, value and enjoy the water.
In conclusion, my group members think that everyone plays a part in conserving nature. Easy steps to conserve nature are throw rubbish in the bin and do the 3R's, Reuse, Reduce and Recycle.
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Part B: Grouping and naming organisms (1)
Hi:) This are some of the information on the pictures we taken during the trail. Hope that you guys would understand more about the species found here.
This is a picture of an hibiscus plant. Its scientific name is Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis. It is usually found red in color and would have five petals. These flowers are from 4-18cm broad. It is also known as the national flower of our neighboring country, Malaysia.
This is the picture of the water snail and its egg. Its scientific name is Ampullariidae and its egg. The egg looks like a pink chewing gum. These eggs grows above the water. The snails is black in color and there are like thousands of them together at a rock under the water.
This is a picture of the banyan tree. Its scientific name is Ficus benghalensis. Its leaf is usually big and broad. This plants depends on other plants to survive. It strangle other plants to make way for its own. The fruit of this plants have unique fruits structure and are dispersed by fruit-eating birds.
Plants & Animal
This is the Ixora plant. Its scientific name is Ixora Coccinea. These plants produce large clusters of tiny flower and a small amount of honey. It possess leathery leaves and it range from 3 to 6 inches in length.
This is the pong pong tree. Its scientific name is Cerbera odollam. Also commonly known suicide tree or othalanga. The fruit of this tree is rounded/oval and is green in color, with a green fibrous shell enclosing an ovoid kernel measuring approximately 2cm * 1.5cm. The seeds are excessively toxic, containing cerberin as the main active cardenolide.
This is the picture of a small flowers with purple petals(which we call it). Its scientific name is Purple Bougainvillea. It have thorny, woody vines growing from 1 to 12 m tall. Its leaves grows from 4–13 cm long and 2–6 cm broad. This plants are relatively pest-free plants. This plant grow on a small hill.
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CREDITS: Pictures are all from Group 9's members.
Part A: Introduction to Jurong Lake Park (3)
Group Reflection
We felt that Jurong Lake Park is a very interesting place to be visited. The scenery that we like is the view from the jetty. We dislike a few human activities that were happening there. For example, littering and fishing. We thought that this can badly affected the habitats in the park. We are really fortunate to have an opportunity to have a group project on the park itself.
Monday, 22 July 2013
Part A: Introduction to Jurong Lake Park (1)
History of Jurong Lake Park
Jurong lake (Chinese: 裕廊湖 ; Tamil
Jurong Lake Park was built around the perimeter of the lake and was completed in January 2006. Also, a 2.8 kilometer water promenade along Jurong Lake Park would allow residents to participate in watersports. Littering, fishing and swimming is currently illegal to be done at Jurong Lake Park but there is some designated spots in Jurong Lake Park that allow fishing where only artificial baits can be used.
Jurong Lake Park not only can be used by residents to participate in watersports, but also can be used by the Jurong Sec students to help in their projects and as running tracks. Jurong Lake Park has currently been used for the annual big event; Jurong Lake Run.
: ஜூரோங் ஏரி) is a 70 hectare freshwater lake and reservoir located in the western region of Singapore formed with the damming of Sungei Jurong further downstream. The lake serves as a reservoir contributing to the water supply of the country. It lies next to the Lakeside MRT station, which obtain its name from this geographical feature. The lake is surrounded by parkland, which serves as a recreational ground for nearby residents in Jurong East and Jurong West, New Towns.
Part A: Future development of Jurong Lake Park (2)
Future Development
In the next ten to fifteen years, area around Jurong Lake will be transformed into a unique lakeside destinations for business and leisure. This master plan was announced on 4 April 2008 by the Urban Redevelopment Authority(URA). A new district will be created, called, Jurong Lake District. It consists of two districts, Jurong Gateway and Lakeside. Jurong Gateway refer to the areas around Jurong East MRT Station. Jurong Lake and the area around it, is known as Lakeside.
This new Jurong Lake District will offer a potential development area of 360 hectares, roughly the size of Marina Bay. The URA said that some 750,000m2 of land will be set aside at Jurong Gateway, expected to attract billions of dollars in development, for offices, hotels, food and beverage and entertainment uses. However, analysts say that the short 10–15 years time frame may be a little tight, due to the amount of projects in progress and a dampened global economic climate.
New developments around Jurong Lake include:
- A public park will be developed next to Lakeside MRT Station
- New Science Centre will be built next to Chinese Garden MRT Station
- Lakeside village
- Enhanced Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden
CREDITS : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurong_Lake [INFO]
http://lakefrontres.webs.com/ [PICTURE]
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