Author: natwells

Event: Dodgeball for Nepal

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Team Members: Pleng, Nat, James, and Kim

Team’s responsibilities and Duties: Arranging teams, and set up the rules.

MS Dodgeball 

Team Team 1:

  • Pungie G7B
  • Elle G7
  • Yash G7A
  • Ryan G8B
  • Nikita G5A
  • Anshay G6B
  • Nicky G6A
  • Deret G7A
  • Sujai G7A

Team 2:

  • Dong Hoon G7A
  • Ivy G7
  • Mokshil G7A
  • Kasin G7B
  • Kevin G7B
  • Kanav G7B
  • Aaryan G5A
  • Maya G5A
  • Mark G6B

Team 3:

  • Rasidh G7A
  • Poonnie G6B
  • Akhrin G7A
  • Jeff G7B
  • Mithil G7B
  • David G7B
  • Linda G5A
  • Insee G7B
  • Kanit G7B

 

System Thinking Research Post “Parachuting Cats”

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Background information
  • Early in the 1950’s the Dayak people of Borneo were suffered form an outbreak of disease, malaria. They asked help from The World Health Organization (WHO). Without thinking through all the consequences, WHO sprayed the area with DDT to kill the mosquitoes that caused the disease. The mosquitoes died, and the malaria lessened.
  • However, the DDT also killed the wasps that eat the caterpillar, therefore, the caterpillar population grow and ate the roofs. The roofs collapse.
  • Many insects were poisoned by DDT. The geckoes eat those insects, and the cats eat those geckoes, and therefore, many cats died. This causes the rats population to increase, and more problems as well. The rats eat the grains and spread the typhus and plaques.
  • Dayak people asked WHO to help again, WHO then send 14,000  parachuting cats to Borneo.
How is systems thinking essential and important in researches and decision-making processes?
  • System thinking means interconnected of the whole system; looking at big picture. It’s the process of understanding how one component of a system can influence anything within a system. It’s important in researches and decision-making processes because it helps us to view things from a broad perspective, therefore we could identify or predict the real causes of issues, and so we could fix it. In daily life, we also require systems thinking. Whenever, we making any decision, we need to think as whole, think about the causes that might happen, in order to avoid facing problems later on.
Visual supports
Skydiving cats

Earthquake in Nepal, 2015

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What?
  • An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near KATHMANDU, Nepal.
  • A chuck of rock about 9 miles below the earth’s surface shifted, unleashing a shock wave.
  • The India plates and Eurasia plate are push against each other, friction generates stress and energy that builds until the crust ruptures. In the case of this earthquake, the plate jumped forward about 2 meters, or 6.5 feet.
When?
  • April 26. 2015
Lost
  • 3218 people death
  • 6535 people injured
  • Ancient monument and residents are severely damaged
Effort
  • US will provide $1 million in aid.
  • UK will provide £5 million in aid.
  • United Nations agency is providing food and other aid to survivors.
  • China and India have sent rescue teams to Nepal
Ideas
  • Donate money
  • Proving necessary things (e.g. food, water, clothes, )

Earth Day 2015

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What is it?

  • It’s an annual event, celebrated on April 22.
  • It’s held to demonstrate support for environment protection.
  • It’s celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.

When is it?

  • Wednesday, April 22.

Purpose

  • To raise awareness of the earth’s environment.
  • To make people around the world know the importance of our planet and start do things to protect and save the earth in order for us to have a cleaner and safer environment, and build a better future.

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