Update on Progress 1/4/09 Amos Ng

We have compiled all our research work and  put it into a powerpoint slide. The powerpoint includes videos too.

Reflections 1/4/09 Amos Ng

Today we were told by our teacher that we would need to create a 3000-5000 word report on what we have done and get a file to put the background, cover-page and the summary and also the report. Also we were told to put the IP address of the website where we got our information.

REflections for 24/3/09

Our group has decided to change our fully open-ended survey to a MCQ one as we have found out that no one was serious about the survey(no one was willing to think properly and write their opinions on it). Amos, our researcher, would be in charge of changing the questions and Ashley, our web administrator will be doing the trail after we have compiled all the information.

Final Product Progress

Final Product Progress:

The Final Product is in progression of about 2/6. The Trail is designed and built up and more research is needed in order for more information to be placed inside the trail to be more detailed. After research are completed, it will be summarized and placed accordingly into the trail in its respective part.

ScreenShots:

Ashley Lim 2D ( Designer and Creator of Trail )

Reflections 24/3/09 Amos Ng

We have decided to change our fully open-ended survey to a MCQ one as we have found out that no one was willing to think properly and write their opinion on the survey. I would be in charge of changing the questions and Ashley, our web administrator will be doing the trail after we have compiled all the information. 

A Short Clip On Tsunamis

This was taken from  a person live.

Reflections for 12/3/09

We were being informed that we were supposed to complete filling our report folder by Week 5-6 of Term 2.We have decided to continue our idea of making a Trial to help educate people about the disasters and if the product is too hard we would change it.

I would also be researching on how Singapore has helped the victims of tsunamis.

Reflection

Today, I would be researching on how Singapore has helped the victims of tsunamis thanks to the good suggestion of an anonymous person which posted on the tag board.

Amos Ng (2)

Reflection 11/03

We were told to do more research and were told that we were supposed to complete filling our report folder by Week 5-6 of Term 2.We have decided to continue our idea of making a Trial to help educate people about the disasters and if the product is too hard we would change it.

By Ashley Lim

Reflection for 25/2/09

Today we did more discussion and a task was assigned to some people to conduct the survey.Since we found out from our teacher that at least 10 Questions is needed for our survey with a mixture of close and open questions.
We are currently planning on the design of our Survey Question Template.
Apollos Lim ( 3 )2D

Reflection 25/02

Today we did more discussion and assigned a task to some people to conduct the survey.

Since we found out from our teacher that we needed at least 10 Questions for our survey with a mixture of close and open questions.

Here is the new edited Survey Questions:

We have chosen Aloysius Lim to conduct our survey for the 20 people which he would find.

We are currently planning on the design of our Survey Question Template.

Ashley Lim ( 4 )

2D

New Survey Questions and Checklist

Here are the new survey questions:

The checklist for our survey:

Dear Teammates,

Please change your research point to find the common locations where Tsunamis and Earthquakes occur. As this is our new hypothesis and this would lower our research to a more specific point.

Ashley Lim ( 4 ) 

2D

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Reflections for week/lesson 8 - 17 Feb 09

- On our powerpoint slides, we might be adding some videos. 

- We would be continuing our research on Earthquakes soon

- We received some new ideas on our end products, such as, Video Clip, Trails.
- We were also told to finish up on our surveys question and checklist by next Ipw Lesson.
- We are still thinking of our hypothesis and the direction we should work towards to.
- We are continuing to do our research on Tsunamis and Earthquakes.

Re-Make For Survey Questions

We have decided to remake our survey questions 

and find our hypothesis for our Topic as we find 

it difficult to come out with a End - Product without a suitable 

hypothesis to guide our Survey questions.

Reflection

-We would be adding some videos on our powerpoint slides.

-We would be finishing our survey question

-We would be continuing our research on Earthquakes soon

Reflection 17 Feb 09

Today,

We received some new ideas on our end products, such as, Video Clip, Trails.
We were also told to finish up on our surveys question and checklist by next Ipw Lesson.
We are still thinking of our hypothesis and the direction we should work towards to.
We are continuing to do our research on Tsunamis and Earthquakes.

reflection

Lesson6

Researched on tsunami (found interesting videos and articles)

 

Lesson 7

Created survey questions

 

Lesson 8

Discussed survey questions

Survey Questions~ For Tsunamis and Earthquakes

Survey Questions

1) Do you know what causes a tsunami?

2) Do you think Tsunamis will hit Singapore in the future?

3) Do you think the government could do more to save more people during a tsunami?

4) When do you think the deadliest tsunami in history?

5) Do you know what happen when a Earthquake occurs.

6) Do you think a tsunami is deadly? (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree )

7) What do you know about Tsunamis/Earthquakes?

8) How do you think the government can help prevent tsunamis or earthquakes?

9) Do you think the government has done enough preparation for the disaster?

10) Do you think that Tsunami is related to Earthquakes?

my reflections on the first few weeks of lessons and discussing.

week 4 reflection

We have currently chosen our main focus on Natural Disaster which are Tsunamis and Earthquakes since they are some how similar in their causes.We have also came out with some important guiding questions like :
1. What is a tsunami or an Earthquake?
2. How are they caused?
3. How often and where do they usually occur?
... and much more.

However we have not decided on how we would present about our project and what suitable resources we should get information from.

We have also found out that

1. A natural disaster is the consequence of a natural hazard which affects human activities
2. Tsunamis and earthquakes has quite a close relationship as most tsunamis (recorded by history) are caused by earthquakes.
3.A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced.
4. Earthquakes that are above or below sea, volcanic eruptions and landslides can lead to potential tsunamis.
5. Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) is a precaution of tsunamis.
6. The objective of the PTWS is to detect, locate and determine the magnitude of potential tsunami earthquakes occurring in the Pacific Basin or its immediate margins.
7. After PTWS confirmed a tsunami
-A tsunami warning is issued to warn of an imminent tsunami hazard
-The warning includes predicted tsunami arrival times at the selected coastal communities and distance the tsunami could travel in a few hours 
-The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio System then provides direct broadcast of tsunami information to the public.
thats all we've covered till now...

Reflections for the first few lessons

Some questions that are still going about my head...

    How are we going to present the product together.        

    Where should we continue our research.

    What is the End Product of our Research.
    How are we going to present our Research.

Things that I have learnt... 
a) Some of the history of tsunamis and earthquakes recorded

b)The number of tunamis and earthquakes are increasing.

c) For the history, we would be adding videos on interviews too

d) That we are going to use Tsunamis and EarthQuakes as our main Research Topics.
e) That some countries use Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) to detect Tsunamis.

Ideas that I agree with

    We should start the project immediately.

Ideas that i agree with:

Reflection

What I know about surveys

- Picks random people

- About people's opinions

- Shows what the people think

- How can things be improved

What I think about surveys

- Needs to get willing people that takes time

- Some times not accurate as some people might anyhow write

- Shows a rough gauge on the situation

- Necessary as it shows what people think

Reflection 11/2/2009 - Surveys.

Facts :
There are many different type of surveys.
-Opinion Questions are those which people give their opinion on the Questions
-Yes or No Questions are those which asks people whether they agree of not.

Ideas:
We are going to ask Questions so we could find out more about what people thing.
Thus,we get more ideas to put into our Research..

Learning Issues:
I found out that we can use surveys to find out many things.

What i can do After the Survey:
We can compile the end product of the survey together and put it into our presentation.
Telling People what other people think about the topic we are doing on.

reflections for 11/2/09

Facts - what i know about surveys? 

Surveys are for gathering information about things and stuff you want to know. Sometimes, How can things be improved.

Ideas - what i think about surveys?

It is very useful for gathering others people's opinion, thoughts and feelings. Thus,we get more ideas to put into our Research..

Learning Issues:
I found out that we can use surveys to find out many things. Such as people's thoughts and feelings. Surveying is also necessary to find out how others think.

Action Plan: What i can do After the Survey?

We can compile the end product of the survey together and put it into our presentation.
Telling People what other people think about the topic we are doing on.

Clarifying What I've Learnt: Amos Ng 2

Some questions that are still going about my head...

1. How are we going to present the product together

2. Where should we continue our research

3 Things that I have learnt 

1. Some of the history of tsunamis and earthquakes recorded.

2. The number of tunamis and earthquakes are increasing.

3. For the history, we would be adding videos on interviews too

Ideas that I agree with

Clarifying What I’ve Learnt :

Some Questions that are still going around my head..:
What is the End Product of our Research.
How are we going to present our Research.
How are we going to continue our Research.

3 Things i have learnt:
That we are going to use Tsunamis and EarthQuakes as our main Research Topics.
That some countries use Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) to detect Tsunamis.
Some History Events Of Tsunamis and EarthQuakes.

Ideas that i agree with:
We should start the project immediately.


Ashley Lim ( 4 )
2D

Reflections On Week 4 Grace

By Amos Ng (2) 2D :

After shortlisting some of the natural disasters, we decided to choose tsunamis and earthquakes as our main focus.

So far we have found out that

1. A natural disaster is the consequence of a natural hazard which affects human activities

2. Tsunamis and earthquakes has quite a close relationship as most tsunamis (recorded by history) are caused by earthquakes.

3.A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced.

4. Earthquakes that are above or below sea, volcanic eruptions and landslides can lead to potential tsunamis.

5. Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS) is a precaution of tsunamis.

6. The objective of the PTWS is to detect, locate and determine the magnitude of potential tsunami earthquakes occurring in the Pacific Basin or its immediate margins.

7. After PTWS confirmed a tsunami

-A tsunami warning is issued to warn of an imminent tsunami hazard

-The warning includes predicted tsunami arrival times at the selected coastal communities and distance the tsunami could travel in a few hours 

-The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio System then provides direct broadcast of tsunami information to the public.

Thats all... So far...

Week 4 Reflection

We have currently chosen our main focus on Natural Disaster which are Tsunamis and Earthquakes since they are some how similar in their causes.We have also came out with some important guiding questions like :
1. What is a tsunami or an EarthQuake?
2. How are they caused?
3. How often and where do they usually occur?
... and much more.

However we have not decided on how we would present about our project and what suitable resources we should get information from.


Ashley Lim ( 4 )
2D

Week 3 :

Here  is the proposal form:

Our Proposal Form

Our Reflection For This Week :

Reflection For Week 2

Facts:

World Weather Disasters can be split into many different types as there are many forms of weather disasters. Weather Disasters is just the main "umbrella" terms for each disaster like EarthQuake , Etc.

Ideas:

We can check on books , resources and old weather disasters reports of the past disasters and about how they occur.

Learning Issues:

I want to find out about the main causes for each of the disasters and pick out the suitable disaster that we want to research on and to talk about it.

Actions Plan:

Find Main Websites which provide daily weather disasters report and some main sources for previous information about disasters.

Ashley Lim 4

2-D

Topic:

Topic : World Weather Disasters

What We Already Know About The Topic: There are many weather disasters happening around the world throughout the year and because of Global Warming, Disasters happens more often.

What Questions We Want to ask about the project:We would want to know the special causes for each disasters(Ex. Tornadoes, Tsunamis, EarthQuakes ) and where do they usually happen.

Where Can We Find information for the project : We Can use Online resources and books and weather reports from the pasts.

What Do We Want to Tell Others About our project : We want to explain and tell them things about the disasters which some people have never heard before.

Ashley Lim 4 

2-D

Topic

We have decided to do the topic on:

World Weather Disasters.

Ashley Lim 2D

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