Sunday, August 2, 2009

Part F- Credits

Cheng Onn Seng- The photographer and write up for E
Brian Tee (36)- Write-up for C and D
Shao Yang (39) Write up for B
Zenneth Lim (40) Write up for A,B and blog design.

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Part E-Conservation Efforts at Jurong Lake Park

There are conservation efforts being made at Jurong Lake Park, with metal placards describing plants and their species to educate the public about the flora and fauna around the area.

The authorites are also doing their part of conserving the environment by placing signs to not litter around the park and not to pluck the flowers around the park. However, while the signs have made some people think twice about plucking flowers, there is apparantly no one acknoledge the "No littering" signs scattered around the park and litter indiscrimanetly. I think that they should orgainse a campaign to encourage the public to care for the environment and not to litter.

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Part D- Impact of Man in Jurong Lake Park

Photos of littering beside the water edge:




We found that even though the park was to conserve the flora and fauna around there, it is inevitable that trees still have to be cut down to improve the park and make way for future projects. Even though steps have been made to conserve the park, people still litter around the park and if this goes on, the park would be dirty in a matter of time and people would not appreciate the flora and fauna around there.

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Part C: The Water Edge Community

When we visited Jurong Lake Park and explored the water community, we found out that the different organisms found at the water edge actually help each other, but also there were some that were parasites and the parasite did not do anything to help the host., like the vines hanging on the trees for support to get water from the lake but not actually helping the tree.

There were also pong-pong trees scattered around the water edge and many fruits on the ground. There weare also many water snail eggs found on the rocky edges of the lake.

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Part B-Grouping and Naming Organisms

Photos we took... we'll name the photos:

Photos:

Kingdom: Eukaryota
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Phaeopyceae
Order: Laminariales
Family: Laminariaceae
Genus: Arthrothamnus
Species: Bifidus


We had difficulty finding the origins of the trees at the water edge.


We also could'nt find the origins of these vines using the trees as for support and getting water from the lake.




Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Tryonia
Species: T.imator

We know tha those were snail eggs due to the fact thay we actually saw them laying the eggs on the rocky surface and that there were shedded snail shells beside the eggs.




Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Angiosperms
Class: Eudicots
Order: Gentiales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Cerbera
Species: C. odollam

The Pong-Pong Tree, or cebera odollam, is commonly found in Singapore's parks and nature reserves


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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Part A: Introduction to Jurong Lake Park

History
Jurong Lake Park is created from the area around Jurong Lake, which is a freshwater lake and reservoir located in the western region of Singapore formed with the damming of Sungei Jurong further upstream. The parkland surrounding the lake is a recreational area to serve for the people in the neighbourhood.
(Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurong_Lake)

Reflection
On the 12 of july, we went to jurong lake park for our biology project.
we were given the assignment to research on water-edge life.
we first started to find creatures along the water-edge near the bridge.
we saw some eggs which we conclude were snail eggs.
later we saw some dragonflies above the water's edge.
We tried to take a few pictures but failed because they were flying too fast.
because of time constraint and failure to take more photos becouse of the flat battery in our camera, we did not take much photos and therefore, our collection of photos is not that big.

We realised there were a lot of people throwing rubbish all around the area, such as chopsticks, plastic bags and the like around the park. This may pose a hazard as animals and accidentaly think that the plastic bags are food and suffocate on them. We think steps can be taken to minimize the litter around the park and we can also make the park a better place for recreation and other stuffs.

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