Archive for July 11, 2010


EARTH IDOL

During recess time, environmental songs like ‘Hijau’ by Zainal Abidin and ‘Earth Song’ by Michael Jackson were played. Furthermore, students were encouraged to compose their own environmental songs. The best composer was crowned with the title ‘Earth Idol’.

ESSAY COMPETITION

Antara syarat yang perlu kami patuhi dalam menyertai BP MyScience Challange ini adalah kami pelu adakan pertandingan Mengarang Essei di kalangan pelajar. Pertandingan ini terdiri daripada 2 kategori iaitu kategori Bahasa Melayu dan juga kategori Bahasa Inggeris. Tajuk Pertandingan essei ini ialah berkenaan dengan Isu Menangani Perubahan Iklim bagi karangan Bahasa Melayu dan Adressing Climate Challenge bagi karangan Bahasa Inggeris . Hadiah yang ditawarkan untuk pertandingan ini agak lumayan iaitu RM100 bagi setiap kategori. Para pelajar bersungguh-sungguh dan menunjukkan komitmen dalam menyertai pertandingan ini.

 

 

They try writing….even though it is REAL TOUGH AND MIND WREEKING!!

The Carbon Challenge session started right after BP MyScience Challenge opening ceremony way launched. The Carbon Challenge sessions started at around 10.00 o’clock in the morning and it was held at SMK Bangsar main hall.

The sessions was conducted by En. Ahmadi( BP Financal Controller/Website/Field Trip Manager).

The session and modules lasted for two hour. The Carbon Challege module was consist of:

−What do you know? – 30 minutes (30 minit)

−5 questions related to carbon footprint, fossil fuels science   elements and Group Learning – 1 hour (1 jam)

−What have you learn? – 15 minutes (15 minit)

−What do you think? – 15 minutes (15 minit)

−TOTAL = 2 HOURS (JUMLAH = 2 jam)

Para pelajar didedahkan dengan isu-isu yang berkaitan dengan  Carbon Dioksida. Sebagai contoh apakah kesan peningkatan Carbon Dioksida pada bumi dan alam sekitar.

The students were exposed to issues related to Carbon dioxide. As an example, students now know the effects of the increase amount of Carbon Dioxide towards earth and the life form on it.
A lot of beneficial information was gain through the Carbon Challenge module which was held for two hours.

It is hoped that BP representative will come again in the near future to give many more information and knowledge regarding our environment.

Thank You BP!!!

Everyday Is Earth Day

En. Ahmadi is explaining about the Carbon Challenge

Students are listening attentively

EARTH TALK

Once in a week, a slot is allocated for speakers from NGOs and even teachers from our school to deliver talk on the importance to preserve our environment. Issues discussed varied from global warming to measures should be taken to protect our environment. Besides that, some speakers even screened videos on environmental issues like ‘ Letter Written in the year of 2070′
During recess, every day, one or more student stands at our Speakers’ corner and talk about environment.



Tiger


Common Name: Tiger (English)
Harimau, Pak Belang or Datuk Harimau (Bahasa Melayu)
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris jacksoni (Malayan Tiger)
Habitat: Lowland dipterocarp forests
Status: IUCN: Critically Endangered
Population: Peninsular Malaysia approx. 490 adult individuals

Rhino

Common Name: Sumatran rhinoceros (Eng)
Badak (Bahasa Malaysia)
Scientific Name: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Peninsular Malaysia subspecies)
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrisoni (Borneon subspecies)
Habitat: Lowlands with small hills and valleys
Status: Critically endangered
Population: [Unknown] estimated to be about 30 in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Elephant

Common Name: Borneo Pygmy elephant (Eng)
Gajah (Bahasa Malaysia)
Nenek/Liman (Orang Sungai language)
Scientific Name: Elephas maximus borneensis
Habitat: Lowlands and valleys
Status: Endangered
Population: [Unknown] estimated to be less than 1,500 mostly in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Turtles

Common Name: Marine turtles (Eng)
Penyu (Bahasa Malaysia)
Scientific Name: Cheloniidae / Dermochelyidae families
Habitat: Open and coastal waters, sandy beaches and islands
Status (IUCN): Endangered – Olive ridley & Green turtles
Critically endangered – Hawksbill & Leatherback turtles
Population:

  • Leatherback turtles – declined by more than 99%
  • Olive ridley turtles – declined by more than 95%
  • Green turtles – Some populations in Malaysia appear to be stable currently. However compared to population numbers prior to 1970, large populations in Terengganu & Sarawak have decreased significantly (more than two folds)
  • Hawksbill turtles – Large populations remain only in Sabah & Malacca. Both populations appear to be stabilising. However it should be noted that historical nesting data in Malacca extended to 1990, which is quite recent and too short term to surmise on population trend.

(Source: Liew, H.C. Proceedings of the Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research & Management Workshop, 2002)

Orang-utan


Common Name: Orang-utan (Eng & Bahasa Melayu)
Kogiu (Orang Sungai language)
Scientific Name: Pongo pygmaeus (Borneon orang-utan)
Habitat: Lowland forests, also found in tropical, swamp and mountain forests
Status: Endangered globally. Vulnerable in Sabah & Sarawak
Population: Estimated to be about 12,300 in Sabah & Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

How You Can Help??

Be part of the solution

Every decision you make, as an individual or as a family, has a direct impact on the health of our planet.

The way we all live our lives – the products we buy, the food we eat, the transport we use – determine what kind of world we leave for our children, and our children’s children.

There are numerous ways that you can make a difference:

Donate

Every bit helps! Saving the Earth can feel like an overwhelming task, but if we all work together, there are still many animals and areas rich with natural resources that we can protect. Your contribution matters, so please donate today, before we lose our rich natural heritage.

Join WWF

Find out how you can volunteer your time and work towards saving a living planet!

Shop and Save

Put a smile on a loved one’s face and help to protect nature by purchasing WWF merchandisers.

Spread the Green Message

Celebrate occasions and keep in touch while spreading the conservation message by sending a free WWF e-card.

At work

Your own company or organisation could work in partnership with WWF-Malaysia – what’s good for business is good for the Earth. Contact our Corporate Relations team at +603 7803 3772 ext 6301 – 6305

At home

How you live your life impacts our planet. Make a positive difference to your own local environment. See how many of these simple things you can do to be more Earth-friendly in your own life.

It’s up to you. Please, for your own sake and for the sake of generations to come, be part of the solution – let’s leave our children a living planet!

Save the Day Campaign

Save the Day Campaign aims to raise funds through the sale of pins as a symbol of support and pledge to protect the endangered species of Malaysia.

Do your bit to Save the Day!

PITCHER PLANTS


A pitcher plant usually consists of a shallow root system and a creeping or climbing stem, often several meters long, and usually 1 cm or less in diameter (may be thicker in a few species, e.g., N. bicalcarata ). From the stem arises leaf-like expanded leaf stalks, similar to certain Citrus species, ending in a tendril, which in some species aids in climbing. The end of the tendril forms the pitcher, considered to be the true leaf. The pitcher starts as a small bud and gradually expands to form a round or tube-shaped trap.

The trap contains a fluid which is secreted by the plant, and may be watery or syrupy, and is used to drown the prey. The lower part of the trap contains glands which absorb the nutrients released from the decaying prey. Along the upper inside part of the trap is a slick waxy coating which makes the escape of its prey nearly impossible. Surrounding the entrance to the trap is a structure called the peristome (or ‘lip’) which is slippery and often quite colourful, attracting the prey but offering an unsure footing. Above the peristome is a lid (the operculum); in many species this keeps rain from diluting the fluid within the pitcher. The pitcher may contain nectar glands which attract the prey.


RAFFLESIA


Facts About Rafflesia

* Rafflesia is the largest individual flower. Titan arum bears the largest inflorescence.


* Rafflesia is a parasite which attaches itself to a host plant, Tetrastigma vine, which grows only in undisturbed rainforests, to obtain water and nutrients.


* The genus Rafflesia is named after adventurer and founder of the British colony of Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles.


* Rafflesia is the official state flower of Sabah in Malaysia, as well as for the Surat Thani Province, Thailand.


* Rafflesia manillana, the smallest species in the genus Rafflesia is also has 20 cm diameter flowers.


* Rafflesia flowers are unisexual.


* Forest mammals and tree shrews feed on Rafflesia fruit which is 15cm in diameter, filled with smooth flesh and thousands of tiny hard coated seeds.


* It is believed that rafflesia is related to poinsettias, violets, passionflowers, and other members of the order Malpighiales.


* The rotten smell of the flower is due to the reddish
tentacle-like, branched ramentae, inside the corolla of petals.


* Rafflesia is an endangered or threatened genus.


* Rafflesia arnoldii does not have chlorophyll, as all the green plants have and so it cannot undergo photosynthesis.

Venus Flytrap

The Venus Flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant’s leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves comes into contact with one or more of the hairs twice in succession, the trap closes. The requirement of redundant triggering in this mechanism serves as a safeguard against the spurious expending of energy toward trapping other, non-living things which may not reward the plant with similar nutrition.

Slipper Orchirds

Paphiopedilum niveum (Slipper orchid) is a terrestrial orchid peculiar to the northern region of Peninsular Malaysia.The greatest variety of wild orchids are in the hills and mountains. Taman Negara and Cameron Highlands in Pahang are two of the better-known localities for observing orchids but real orchid admirers should visit Mount Kinabalu in Sabah. Orchids account for a quarter of all flowering plants on the mountain, totalling a staggering 1,200 species.


To obtain such abundance, orchids are opportunists that grow in high altitudes and high in the forest canopy, along the coastal plain and among rocky ravines, with most either creeping or climbing on sturdy tree trunks and intertwined among long branches. A few even survive on limestone rocks and in the moist shade of the jungle floor.
The greatest variety of wild orchids are in the hills and mountains. Taman Negara and Cameron Highlands in Pahang are two of the better-known localities for observing orchids but real orchid admirers should visit Mount Kinabalu in Sabah. Orchids account for a quarter of all flowering plants on the mountain, totalling a staggering 1,200 species.

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PRE-LAUNCHING BP MYSCIENCE CHALLENGE

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