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| First solar boat |
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| Second solar boat |
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| Third solarboat |
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| Testing solar boat on our school's pond |
Friday, 29 July 2011
More About Solar Boat
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Solar Boat Propeller
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Water Treatment
- Any beneficial reduction in water loss, use or waste as well as the preservation of water quality.
- Improved water management practices that reduce or enhance the beneficial use of water. A water conservation measure is an action, behavioral change, device, technology, or improved design or process implemented to reduce water loss, waste, or use. Water efficiency is a tool of water conservation. That results in more efficient water use and thus reduces water demand. The value and cost-effectiveness of a water efficiency measure must be evaluated in relation effects on the use and cost of other natural resources (e.g. energy or chemicals)
Importance of Conserving Water
essential for life. Desalinization is too expensive for most communities. Once
water is washed into a sewer system, it's mixed with chemicals that are
difficult and very expensive to remove. Watering lawns too often will wash
pesticides and herbicides into the sewer system. The water we drink is recylced
from the water we use, so it's important to not pollute it.
Steps to
Conserve Water
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| The winner of the scrapbook Mohd Daniel from 2m |
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| These are some of the chosen scrapbook |
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Learning Trip To Malaysia Institute of Nuclear Technology Research ( MINT )
Date : Tuesday, 19th July 2011
Time : 12.30 p.m - 5.30 p.m
Venue : Malaysia Institute of Nuclear Technology Research ( MINT )
On Tuesday, 19th July 2011. Some of students from SMK Taman Melati went to Malaysia Institute of Nuclear Technology Research ( MINT ) as a learning visit. We learn tissue culture, sinagama and many more!
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Time : 12.30 p.m - 5.30 p.m
Venue : Malaysia Institute of Nuclear Technology Research ( MINT )
On Tuesday, 19th July 2011. Some of students from SMK Taman Melati went to Malaysia Institute of Nuclear Technology Research ( MINT ) as a learning visit. We learn tissue culture, sinagama and many more!
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Going green
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WHEN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak unveiled the New Economic Model several weeks ago, the thrust of it was sustainability. With shareholders screaming for growth year after year, just how green can our corporates be?
Early this year, British Gas gave out a total of 52 million energy-saving light bulbs to replace the filament variety. This means its customers are using less electricity and the company will make less money.
If every customer were to use them, enough energy would be saved to power over 150,000 homes for a year. But wait a minute, if these light bulbs help reduce electricity bills and carbon footprint, will this also not mean that the company will lose 150,000 homes a year?
How does a company balance between being green and going for profits?
Because like it or not, reducing our carbon footprint means reducing consumption and that means reducing a company’s revenue and profit.
British Gas has good reason to give those light bulbs. Other light bulb makers were trying to get customers to switch to their supplies. By giving away light bulbs, British Gas was building loyalty and it has the means and the size to do so.
Like British Gas, companies around the world are forced to come to a compromise between balancing profits and reputation. It is something inevitable as governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) , professional bodies, the media and the public go for green.
Going green covers many facets and perspectives. In the case of British Gas, it was only protecting its interest when it gave away light bulbs. Yes, it will have less revenue in terms of electricity usage but it was gaining loyalty and ensuring a certain amount of market share.
In the case of local information communication and technology (ICT) player HeiTech Padu Bhd, it engaged UER Energy Saving Sdn Bhd to install energy conservation devices to cut electricity cost in its data centre, making it the first locally managed data centre to adopt energy conservation practices.
HeiTech is not giving free ICT services, but it is among some of today’s Malaysian companies incorporating green elements in the group.
HeiTech Managed Services Group chief executive officer (CEO) Abdul Halim Md Lassim is confident of achieving minimal 9% energy savings in the first year, and steadily increasing to 18%-25% within four to five years.
Energy conservation is somewhere at the top of the sustainability (or green) agenda. Other issues include water efficiency, biodiversity, waste management and recycling, and land use.
Being green 20 years ago
The green movement is not new. On the local front, it started with saving trees, turtles and other lesser species some 20 years ago. Globally, over time, it has distilled into the economic realm. Nobody would have thought that greenies from the Northern Hemisphere would have a say in what and how Malaysia and other countries should conduct their trade. The issue between palm oil and soya is still ongoing. Palm oil is the world’s second most consumed edible oil after soya.
Says plantation consultant Mahbob Abdullah: “There are very few businesses which are more green than the plantation sector. If you look at palm trees, it is like a forest. It is not like soya, which is a much smaller plant. It is just that the west has very good scientists to validate all those details in their favour.”
Today, going green has gone beyond environmentalism or altruism. From the United States to China and Brazil, the business of going green is gathering steam.
But what is driving this tidal wave? Economics and in some ways, politics.
The awareness that green is good may not have engulfed Malaysian businesses just yet. With Asia recovering from the economic crisis faster than other continents, that wave will fast filter down.
Already, we are seeing certain sectors of the economy embracing the green card. Maybe it is fashionable just yet, but it will soon stop being just a fashionable byword if Malaysia wants to engage with other parts of the world, as failing which, they will be left behind.
Notwithstanding all the criticisms hurled against China and emerging markets, there are companies there which have gone into the green supply chain and Malaysian companies are buying from them.
Private equity investment company Goldis Bhd tapped into that market when it fitted out their GTower. Singapore, for example, is selling green consultancy services to our developers who want to go in this direction.
Says Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin: “It is not a fad! This world depends on our responsible behaviour. My key peformance index depends on it!”
KPMG executive director (head of risk advisory services) Hew Lee Lam Sang says that so far only the plantation and oil and gas sectors are seeking ways to promote sustainability on a formal basis.
“Malaysia is still at an infancy stage but it is a start,” he says. Many relegate green activities to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) department.
“They are green to be seen. Or because they have to fill something in that page when they make out their annual report,” says Lee.
But thinking and living green is a way of life. To be really effective and to make a difference, it has to go down to the sinews and veins of a company and the individuals that make up that company. Just as there are shareholders in a company, each living being is a shareholder of a very big and important company called Planet Earth.
“The growth after World World II was massive and the huge population growth and demand for power, food have been exponential. But the demands of man and the increasing world’s population have also accelerated the depletion of its resources. It is this that is impacting the planet we inhabit,” says Lee.
As a country industrialises, it is only natural that more fuel is burnt and consumption increases. It is this consumption that adds to the carbon footprint.
There are several catalysts to this wave. The first is the growth momentum in India and China. As China and India move from agriculture to industry and services, this will impact on the environment.
“We cannot blame China and India, because the West have been doing it for hundreds of years. The wealth of the West was built on the wealth from the East,” says Lee.
It is a general rule that the more industrialised a country is, the richer it is. China, Japan and South Korea have constantly consumed about 80% of the primary energy in the East Asian region. Between 1990 and 2007, East Asia’s energy consumption increase 116% from a low range of 18%-29% prior to that period (Regional Political Economy of China Ascendant: Pivotal issues and critical perspectives). As China and India grow, their appetite increase.
The second catalyst is energy, as a commodity. Oil is the fulcrum of the great global conflict. This natural resource is tied up largely in countries that, at best, tolerate the West as trading partners, and at worst think of them as the Great Satan. It is this, among other things, that contributes to the volatility of oil prices.
Probably the biggest driver of awareness is carbon concerns.
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Earth Hour 2012
On 27 March 2010 millions of people around the globe will unite for one hour and switch off their lights to show that they care about our living planet.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
On Earth Hour hundreds of millions of people, organizations, corporations and governments will come together to make a bold statement about their concern for climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour symbolizes that by working together, each of us can have a positive impact in the fight against climate change, protecting our future and that of future generations.
Set Your Clock
On March 27th at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour will cascade around the globe—from time zone to time zone—uniting the planet under a single, source : Internet
How you live your life makes a difference to our environment
Please practise these simple steps every day and help to leave our children a living planet.
In Your Home
- Turn off equipment like televisions, computers and stereos when you're not using them. That little red standby light means they're still using power - and that means a contribution to global warming.
- Save water: turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.
- Recycle your paper, glass, plastics and other waste.
- Send e-greetings instead of paper cards.
- Help reduce the world's rubbish dumps - don't use "throw-away" products like paper plates and napkins, and plastic knives, forks, and cups. Avoid using Styrofoam cups, plates and boxes – take away your food by bringing your own plastic container to food stalls and restaurants.
Out & About
- Take your own bags to the shops to carry home your groceries and shopping.
- Look for products with less packaging.
- Buy the most energy-efficient household appliances you can afford.
- Use recycled paper.
- Choose wisely and help stop illegal wildlife trade!
*Do not buy products made from endangered species, such as
"tortoiseshell jewellery" (Hawksbill turtle shell) or ivory.
*Do not eat dishes that include parts of endangered species, such
as sharks fin soup or turtle eggs.
*Do not buy medicines which claim to contain parts of endangered species, such as pangolin scales, tiger bone or bear bile.
In the Garden
- Collect rainwater to water your flowers.
- Plant local species of trees.
- Never take plants or pick flowers from anywhere in the wild.
source : Internet
Monday, 11 July 2011
3 Acts, 2 Love, 1 Earth
Vase Made of Recycle Paper
Art students made a recycle vase using old news paper.
Update of The Solar Boat
On 10th July 2011, our teacher Pn Marhamah bt Sarmaji, test some of the motor and solar panels. Based on this test, we will choose a better motor and the way to arrange the solar panel to apply to the solar boat.
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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Solar boat arrange in series
Measuring the voltage by using multimeter when it is exposed at the sunlight at 12 noon
Measuring the voltage by using multimeter when it is not expose on the sun.
Different motors
Solar boat arrange in series
Resistance for every motors
Saturday, 2 July 2011
BP myScience Seed Money Account
BP myScience Seed Money Account
As to 30th June 2011
Amount Received | Expenditures | ||||
No | Details | Total (RM) | No | Details | Total (RM) |
1. | Received on 8 March 2011 | 500.00 | 1 2 3 4 | Food and drinks (a) Prize for Mascot (b) Solar Boat(c ) Documentations/Bulletin(d) | 150.00 50.00 38.40 21.60 |
Total (A) | 500.00 | Total (B) | 260.00 | ||
Balance(A-B) | 240.00 | ||||
Total | 500.00 | ||||
NOTES
Food and drinks for students (a)
- Food and drinks RM 150.00
Total RM 150.00
Mascot (b)
1. Hamper RM 50.00
Total RM 50.00
Solar Boat (c)
1. Battery RM 11.90
2. Motor (3 X) RM 26.50
Total RM 38.40
Bulletin Board/Documentations (d)
1. Colour Papers and pins RM 21.60
Total RM 21.60
Prepared by, Verified by,
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Pn.Siti Marhamah bt Mohd Sarmaji Datin Seri Zavirah bt Shaari
Pengetua
SMK Taman Melati Kuala Lumpur
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