I promised to post again. But still, i cri evritiem

Hi!

It's me! Just me though, and just visiting.

It's been a long time since I've we've posted here. It's been a year or so since that last post, and, yeah.
So, hello again and bye again. See you next year.

The End?

So... This is the end ay? Maybe, maybe not.

Today, we are going to discuss about the history of this blog, the future, and stuff to improve.

This blog was actually our CEO or Creative Expansive Output. This was actually to help improve our tech skills (mine are good 'nuff because I'm a computer geek) and to raise awareness of the sea turtles and the potential of the BNPP. But most importantly, it is to help us improve our teamwork skills and our creativity (Yup. I thought of making a recording at first). We need all those skills for... high school.

This blog was made by procrastinators. We always postpone our work, yet we still get to submit on time. Still, the problem is that we don't output well made posts (for those who understand, medyo lang). We never had the time to make the post very nice, yet we still made the post. Period. But it doesn't mean that we can't improve. if we were given the chance, we would do this again not just to improve our posts, communicate more, and fix our mistakes (like me criticizing my friend's blog and me trying to teach my groupmates but i was teaching the wrong thing), but because this was really fun. We were allowed to "talk" to you guys and we had fun doing so. We hope that we meet our very few fans and make them happier by doing better. Sadly, no time to do so. If only the TARDIS was real!

Hope you had fun, Thanks for reading and PEACE!

Sponsored by: McRonald
Special thanks to: The urban gurU ('Cher Rye) for this wonderful CEO!

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
- Isaac Asimov

Our field trip to... (Pt. 4) - Nuclears? I think not...

Last Tuesday, we discussed about the BNPP, next up, choosing to open or not!

Imagine that it's 2043, all of us are 40, while you are 58, and one of us is elected president in a competition between us 4. We'll call him, or her, the chosen one. Sadly, the entire country is suffering from power crisis since global prices of oil plummeted to a level no one can ever imagine. The only solution that can resolve the power crisis is opening the BNPP that had been mothballed already for the past 60 years because of 4,000 defects. First of all, if s/he opens the BNPP, we get more power, yet nuclear meltdowns are possible and could kill not just sea turtles, lots of animals. Yet, if s/he doesn't open it, we have less power. Well, screw that, keep it dormant! For the animals!

If we had an even worse electricity crisis than when the plant was made, the chosen one might have opened the power plant even with its 4,000 defects (probably less since it is being treated), else not, for the reason that opening the power plant will endanger the marine turtles at the 7 kilometer-long Morong Beach. As much as people depend on electricity we think it is more important to take care of these creatures, who are already near extinction. Although many people would complain about the loss, many will also agree that it is better to keep these creatures alive rather than have the plant running and possibly explode and poison and kill these poor animals. Even worse, it can kill off the whole Philippine population of sea turtles, with some Filipinos.

Wait...

THE CHOSEN ONE HAS SPOKEN!!!

The chosen one doesn't want to open the BNPP only until that crisis occurs because of the potential things it can do to everything, human or animal, good or bad. No one wants that. You, try choosing between death or life. You chose life, didn't you? Same with millions of others. No one wants to die. And you too!

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Well, that is it for now (It's even shorter than the former), Hope you enjoyed, Thanks for reading, and PEACE!



Seriously, don't open that link.

External Sources:

Calculator
That's it, honestly!

Our field trip to... (Pt. 3) - NUKE!!!

Last Thursday, we were talking about sea turtles and the beach, now, let's go somewhere else...

While we're thinking of ideas about the next part of our trip, let's talk nuclear. Nuclear Power is the use of nuclear fission, to provide heat and electricity. The advantages is that it doesn't require coal, a non-renewable resource and it doesn't require that much uranium to be powered (1 pellet = 9 drums of oil = 3 tons of coal). Also, well-operated nuclear power plants don't release pollutants into the environment. But... There are setbacks. Nuclear explosions produce radiation and this harms the cells of the body which can make people sick or even kill them. Illness can strike people years after their exposure to nuclear radiation. Even worse, there is something known as a meltdown. In such an accident, the fission reaction goes out of control, leading to a nuclear explosion and the emission of great amounts of radiation. Examples are the Three Mile Island disaster and the Chernobyl disaster. Nuclear reactors also have waste disposal problems. Reactors produce nuclear waste products which emit dangerous radiation and because they could kill people who touch them, they cannot be thrown away like ordinary garbage. Currently, many nuclear wastes are stored in special cooling pools at the nuclear reactors. Also a very major setback is that the reactors usually last for 40-50 years.

Why did we discuss this? Because next, we went to the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant!
During the visit, we expected to learn the importance of nuclear energy and how we can use it to give us enough electricity. We also expected to learn the history and why they did not continue the project, how the energy was made into electricity and what could have happened if the project was to be fixed and polished so that we could have lower electricity bills.
We learned how they turned thermal steam into electricity, why it was never powered (they discovered over 400 faults) and that it is the one and only nuclear power plant in the Philippines. They mentioned that their fuel, a uranium pellet, is equal to 9 drums of oil or 3 tons of coal.
What we found most interesting was the tour of the power plant. It was exciting and most definitely cool. Although it was quite hot inside it was fun and interesting to see how the power plant functions.

Well, that is it for now (it's the shortest we made ,not including the first), Hope you enjoyed, Thanks for reading, and PEACE!

External Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power
http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/nuclear_energy.html

Note: we have no pictures because no one had enough battery to take any. Sorry. Also our opinions were merged because of lack of time and coordination.

Our field trip to... (Pt. 2) - Save Them All!

Last Friday, we discussed about our field trip and where we went. Today we are going to discuss the importance of sea turtles, what's happening to them and what can we, The students, can do!

Sea turtles are important (and created) because they, like all other animals, are part of the ecosystem and food web (It's roles is that it eats jellyfish, sea cucumber, crustaceans, and corals and eats a certain amount of sea grass) and if they just, suddenly disappear, then, the ecosystem will break down because one, then two, then four, then a lot more will become extinct because just one species disappeared. This happens because usually one species is dependent of another (usually for food) and if one is extinct, then the other species has no other way to get food (unless they are omnivores). Yet changing main food source also has a complication, the ecosystem becomes imbalanced, just like when the dinosaurs became extinct, the ecosystem became imbalanced then. More information here: Ecosystem: Anthropogenic threats; Planetary Boundaries: Biodiversity Loss; Balance of Nature



Yet, they are made extinct slowly by us, the humans! This is because we hunt, steal their eggs, litter, etc. just for our benefit (although littering isn't to our benefit). One of why they are dying is Global Warming, the heating of our planet, caused by greenhouse gases (like water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone). These greenhouse gases trap the heat, heating the planet.



But wait, why are they dying of Global Warming? Global Warming heats the ice caps, thus making the sea level rise and submerging the beaches and then, there will be no more nesting ground for the sea turtles. Also, sea turtles are sensitive to heat. Once the heat exceeds a level, they die.

Only 1% of the baby sea turtles get to live because of natural predators. Even a smaller percent get to live if you include humans. As 6th Graders, We can increase the percentage by:

1. Turning off lights near the beach
Baby sea turtles are attracted by any form of light (supposedly only moon light) to get to the ocean. Light bulbs can confuse the baby hatchlings to go there instead of the ocean. Even worse, they get attracted to light from fire and go into the fire and going to a fiery grave.

2. Reducing the amount of garbage we throw and cleaning up trash we see on the beach
Sea turtles can become tangled in plastic and trash both on the shore and in the water. Discarded items such as fishing lines, balloons and plastic bags may also be confused for food and eaten by sea turtles, usually killing them.

3. Being aware of sea turtle nesting areas and avoiding nesting and hatching turtles
Sea turtles are cute, and therefore tempting to touch and observe – but flashlights and people disturb turtles when they are nesting, or trying to nest, on the beach. Make sure to give nesting areas plenty of space, and do not disturb females as they come from the ocean looking for a place to nest. Also be conscious of where nesting areas are so that you can avoid stepping on the hatchlings as they head to the water.

4. Reducing the amount of chemicals you use
The chemicals you use in your home can actually wash into the coastal waters – killing plants and animals. It is extremely important to properly dispose of toxic chemicals and, even better, find products with less or no chemicals such as biodegradable solutions.



5. Lessening waste and pollution emission
Waste and pollution are the sole purpose why there is Global Warming. Using alternatives to the car can lessen the pollution emission and recycling can lessen the waste emission.

6. Not siding the opponent
Products made using sea turtle shells may be beautiful and sea turtle eggs may seem tasty, but this ensures the production of more products similar to these and the extinction of the species. Avoid these at ALL costs.

So, are you the pawikan saver, or the Grim Reaper of sea turtles? That's it for now! Cheers, Hope you had fun, Thank you for reading and PEACE!

External Sources:
http://www.ask.com/question/ecosystem-imbalance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas
http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?%20page=whycareaboutseaturtles
http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/SeaTurtles/Turtle%20Factsheets/you-can-help.htm
http://www.defenders.org/sites/default/files/publications/five-things-you-can-do-to-save-sea-turtles.pdf

Our field trip to... (Pt. 1) - Pawikan?

Recently, the staff had a field trip to... BATAAN! During the field trip, we went to the Pawikan Conservation Center in Nagbalayong, Morong, Bataan and the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in Napot Point, Morong, Bataan.

We had this field trip because . We joined because not only it is required and important *for the species, the ecosystem, and more importantly, the world (no ecosystems, no us)* but this is our last field trip with Teacher Rye and in 6th Grade in TLT. Certainly, no one would want to miss this experience, after all, it is our last field trip. It was truly a memorable experience with all our classmates and T. Rye. We expected the field trip to be absolutely fun, exciting, memorable and educational! No on of us got disappointed because of this field trip. No expectations were missed at all! We were extremely excited even before the field trip even started! And yes, it was the best one ever!


Now, about the field trip. First we went to the Pawikan Conservation Center! The PCC is a conservation center (since 1999) that aims to help sea turtles' population grow and increase awareness of what is happening to them, yet, it is an NGO (Why isn't the Gov't funding this?!?). We expected to learn about how sea turtles (pawikan) live, how they reproduce, and baby sea turtles' behavior. We learned all of the mentioned and that the sea turtles' lives are threatened by humans (our species!) via eating, snatching the eggs, and *cough* littering *cough*. We also learned that, for one piece of plastic thrown in the beach, one baby sea turtle dies. Let us stop this torture of the Lord's creations by stopping the litterers!


We were given one hatchling to release to the sea. The hatchlings we released are olive ridley sea turtles (AKA pacific ridley sea turtles; Lepidochelys olivacea) that are part of the kingdom Animalia, the phylum Chordata, the class Reptilia, the order Testudines,the family Cheloniidae, the genus Lepidochelys, and are the species L. olivacea. Fact: It is named after the color of its shell. Fact: It is male if its tail sticks out of its shell. We chose this because it was the ones we met in detail! Its ecological role is it is a secondary predator or an herbivore. They feed on herbivores or other predators. We got to release an olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)


Well, that summarizes the first part of our journey! Hope you had fun, thank you for reading and PEACE!

External Sources:
http://pawikancenter.org/
https://sites.google.com/a/bataan.gov.ph/tourism/interest/pawikan-conservation-center
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_ridley_sea_turtle
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/olive-ridley-sea-turtle/
http://loggerhead-turtles.weebly.com/food-chain.html

Note: the pictures aren't aligned because I used HTML. Sorry for that.

The Staff!

Disclaimer: No real names have been mentioned

We are the staff: a group that power this blog!
The staff are:

TheErroneousErrorOfErrorness (AKA Four): He is the main coder and a computer whiz that tinkers with his computer. He made the blog an posted this post!

AnimeBYE (AKA Seven): She is the main writer and is the most mature and responsible of the Staff. She's also the head.

Emmet (AKA Nine): He is the main photographer and is the best with CSS and HTML in the Staff. Also great with sports!

TheGirlWhoWaited (AKA Six): She is the main designer and a very huge fan of Doctor Who and Sherlock.

We made this blog to share our thoughts and our ideas about our field trip to Bataan and also *because "The urban gurU" (our teacher) told us to*. This is our Science Project, and we hope you'll enjoy it!

Posted 2/15/14 on 2107
Edited 2/17/14 on 2107