Lonesome George

Have any of you felt lonely? I bet some of you have. But, don't feel down, just stop and think about George...
Lonesome George is the last know individual of the Pinta Island Tortoise, a subspecies of the Galapagos tortoise.

Lonesome George

George was first seen on the island of Pinta on 1 December 1971 by American Joseph Vagvolgyi. The island's vegetation had been devastated by introduced feral goats, and the population had been reduced to a single individual, George. Relocated for his safety to the Charles Darwin Research Station, George was penned with two females of a different subspecies, but although eggs have been produced, none has hatched.

George is estimated to be 60–90 years of age, and is in good health. A prolonged effort to exterminate goats introduced to Pinta is now complete and the vegetation of the island is starting to return to its former state.
There is a reward of $10,000 for the discovery of a Pinta female.

Isn't it sad to know that only George is left? What will happen if his time is up and nothing can be done to save this species? Will he have to join the Dodo Birds? Or can we do something? Is it too late?

Scientists wait to assess impact

Scientists wait to assess impact

What might happen when the fishes swim through the oil slick?

Green Wave in Action in CZPS!

Check us out on http://greenwave.cbd.int/en/map_2010

5th National Green Competition - Design an Environmental Game

Dear fellow CZ friends,

After you have visited the exhibits on Friday, 21st May 2010 and Monday, 24th May 2010, you can apply what you have learnt by designing an environmental boardgame with 2 friends to win book prizes and a school trophy.

Theme of the competition: Litter-free, Singapore & Biodiversity

Objectives of the competition:
1) To raise environmental awareness among primary pupils
2) To promote creativity in the use of recycled materials

Rules and Regulations:

1) The competition is open to all upper primary pupils.
2) Each team should comprise three members.
3) The game can be of various medium [eg online game, boardgame, cardgame, etc] that educate players the importance of Litter-Free, Singapore & Biodiversity
4) A name should be given for the game.
5) The game must be original, creative and colourful and is suitable for all ages
from 6.
6) Rules and regulations for playing the game [2-4 players] must be clearly typed.
7) Size of board game: A2 minimum
8) All game paraphernalia as far as possible must be made of recyclables.
9) There will be one round of assessment by a panel of judges based on clarity, creativity and teamwork.

Attractive prizes will be given away for the top 5 finalists.
First prize: $300 book voucher and an individual trophy for each member and a school trophy

Second prize: $200 book voucher and an individual trophy for each member and a school trophy

Third prize: $100 book voucher and an individual trophy for each member and a school trophy

Fourth and Fifth prizes: Individual trophy for each member


All entries will need to be submitted to Mdm Tan Mei San latest by 26th May 2010, 3pm.

We have won the third prize in 2007. Would we win a prize again this year?

Our Thoughts About the Video 'Six Degrees Could Change The World'

Let us reflect and share our thoughts and feelings about watching this video 'Six Degrees Could Change The World'.

What can we do now so that we can stop such changes to continue to take place so that we can save not just ourselves but our future generations and most importantly, our precious Mother Earth?

Note: Scroll all the way till the end of our blog to watch the video (Part 1 and Part 2).

Our reflections about the trailer 'An Inconvenient Truth'

What are the questions that we can generate when we are watching this trailer 'An Inconvenient Truth'?

Note: Scroll all the way till the end of our blog to watch the video.

Let our voices to be heard internationally!

Dear everyone (who is still a student),

Let us visit this website: http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?divid=TeamEarth_Student_Challenge to find out how we can let our voices to be heard internationally today!

How do you find our Enviro - Life Science Symposium presentation? :)

Good morning Sir, Madam and friends.

We are the CZSTARZ!

Please comment here on our presentation and our booth :)

Thank you and have a nice day! :)

A letter of sadness from our beloved Mother Earth

Dear Children,
I am weeping my hearts out as I fear that I cannot stand strong for much longer.
We are not too late to stop this illness! All you have to do is support me and play your part, save water, save electricity, save the air, save the animals, save me, save yourself...
Plant more trees, to breathe in fresh air.
Ride a bicycle to school, to live with healthy lungs.
Do not smoke, to heal my heart.
Do not poach, to make me smile over you.
Do not waste, to see the trees living longer.
All I have left to say is good luck in saving my health for the future generations to live peacefully in a fresh and clean world...
Love,
Mother Earth

Look at this heartbreaking picture!
What is happening? What is the cause of this serious problem?

What harmful effects are caused by the melting of all the massive amounts of ice?

As you all can see, the ice is all melting and as a result water is formed.

Lots of water. As we all know, when we pollute the air, all the "waste air" will drift up and block all sunlight from exiting the Ozone layer. As a result, the sunlight has to stay and what happens? The enormous chunks of ice in the North and South Pole melt and water is formed. Thus, floods will occur.

What do all of you think can be done to prevent this serious situation from getting worse?

Best Regards,
The CZSTARZ

Something to reflect on

Hello everyone!
The exams are over and most of you should all be very happy, right?
Well, let us use this time to reflect on the global warming situation...
What do all of you think would happen if this global warming situation worsens?
Will floods occur? Will animals be wiped out? Or will NOTHING happen?
We should not take global warming lightly as it is very serious!
Please, do comment on what might happen!
Best Regards,
CZSTARZ

Improvements

Hey everyone!
I hope your school days have gone well so far. CZSTARZ would like to know what are our areas of improvement for this Global Warming blog. Are there any posts we should delete? Are there some areas we should point out? We hope you can help us by commenting and telling us our areas of improvement.


Best wishes,
The CZSTARZ

Congrats!

Congratulations to our NSWP team! We have received a commendation award for our project. We would like to thank all of you for helping us and supporting us throughout the competition. Thank you to all those helpful readers who have commented on our blog. Thank you to all of Chong Zheng's schoolmates for paying full attention throughout our presentation during assembly and visiting our blog. It means alot to us and we hope all of you will have in mind the importance of preventing global warming. Thank you to all the teachers for supporting us as well. And most of all, thank you Mrs Gill for helping us by posting a heartwarming comment as well as Mdm Tan Mei San, for accompanying the CZSTARZ throughout the competition and motivated us to strive. Thank you everyone!

Air Pollution

I guess that all of you know what is water pollution, acidic rain and so on if you look at the other posts in our blog. But do you know what is Air pollution? Basically, you would think that air pollution is just air that we pollute. But do you know? There is much more than that for Air pollution. Do you know how air pollution is caused? If you have read about Acid rain, you would know a bit about air pollution. But, in detail, how is air pollution caused? What are the effects of air pollution? What must we do to prevent air pollution?
Could you give us some ideas on how air pollution is caused?
Could you also give some ideas on the effects of air pollution?
Last but not least, share with us your solutions to air pollution...
Thank you very much!
The CZSTARZ

Earth Day

Did you know? Earth day actually took place on 22/04/09? If you knew and took part, could you comment and write down a few things you did to support this day to commorate the prevention of global warming? If you do not know what is earth day all about, please do visit this website and find out more about this event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day

All the best, CZSTARZ

Exploring World Quest

Did all of you finish your quest on global warming? If you have not, please do visit exploring world. First go to Science Zone, Quest Log and search for a quest related to global warming. Please do attempt the quest. Thanks for all your support!
The CZSTARZ

Water Pollution

Hey guys!
Thank you alot for supporting our blog and posting your comments.
Anyway, do all of you know what is water pollution? If you do not know, please do read on!
Factories, ships, human beings and many other minor problems cause water pollution.
When factories dump waste into the sea or and water bodies, they are actually polluting the water. When ships spill oil, they are also polluting the water. When WE, human beings litter, we pollute water. How? You may ask, well, when we litter and rain falls, the rain can "sweep" the litter into nearby water bodies. Littering directly into water bodies is worse.

Example, when you throw a plastic bag into the water, you might think, what can a plastic bag do anyway? Like the phrase goes, a gigantic problems start from a tiny choice... What if a dolphin sees the plastic bag, thinks it is a jellyfish. YUM! It gobbles the plastic bag up, the plastic bag can't be swallowed, it gets stuck in the dolphins throat and the dolphin cant't breathe and in a few minutes, it would die. See what I mean?

Could you suggest another way on how we actually pollute water???