Tomorrow 8 april

1. please kindly meet at 11am at E4-03


2. wear full school uniform


3. bring along stationary, especially pencil and eraser - will be doing OTAS


4. bring along handphone

See you!

Ms Mok

Land

1. Shortage of Land

• - Land reclamation projects: oldest, largest, most current


• - Jurong island, Pulau Semakau, Tuas, Changi etc


• - singapore mixed landuse projects; singapore high density housing projects

1. Land pollution

• sources of land pollution?


• sources of land pollution in singapore?


• methods to reduce land pollution?

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Air

1. What are the main components of air?


2. Why is air pollution a challenge? http://www.eoearth.org/article/Impacts_of_air_pollution_on_local_to_global_scale


3. What causes local air pollution? case study: Indonesia, Malaysia, Europe


4. What is the impact of air pollution on health?


5. What is the impact of air pollution on the economy?


6. What is the industrial revolution?


7. What can air pollution lead to?


8. How is acid rain form? What are its impacts? How can be control acid rain?


9. When does haze usually occur in Singapore? How does haze travel to Singapore?


10. How does SIngapore manage its air pollution?

http://law.nus.edu.sg/apcel/publications/pub/kohkhenglian/Singapore_Clean_Air.pdf

http://app.mewr.gov.sg/web/Contents/Contents.aspx?ContId=27

11. How did Singapore cooperate with other countries to achieve clean air?

Questions on Water

1. Need to know distribution of water in the world, how much is fresh water and where it is 2. forms of Water pollution - oil spills: Exxon oil spill, Deepwater horizon oil spill - acid rain: which areas? impact? - eutrophication - dumping of waste by factories 3. local water issues

- 4 national taps --> water from malaysia, reservior, desalination, NEWater

- reserviors --> where and which one is the largest, how many reserviors in singapore, Marina barrage - water from Malaysia, which year contract, what is in the contract - desalination & NEWater, what is it, where are the plants, how many plants? -

Questions on Public Health

1. What is public health? 2. Why is public health important? 3. Name a historical world epidemic that affected people's health? What happened? 4. Some world health issues include spreading of AIDs, SARS, H1N1 etc What are some of the current world health issues that people are concerned about? for each, - briefly describe what is the health issue, - why is it important and - what is currently begin done - assess its effectiveness 5. Some local health issues that people in Singapore are concerned about include HFM, Dengue What are some of the current world health issues that people are concerned about? for each, - briefly describe what is the health issue, - why is it important and - what is currently begin done - assess its effectiveness

Other Useful Websites

National Environmental Agency - http://app2.nea.gov.sg/topics.aspx you might want to focus on the topics for air, water, land and public health

Air

Land

Water

Public Health

What is public health? Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" (1920, C.E.A. Winslow).[1] It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community. The focus of public health intervention is to prevent rather than treat a disease through surveillance of cases and the promotion of healthy behaviors. In addition to these activities, in many cases treating a disease may be vital to preventing it in others, such as during an outbreak of an infectious disease. Hand washing, vaccination programs and distribution of condoms are examples of public health measures. The goal of public health is to improve lives through the prevention and treatment of disease. The United Nations' World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."[2] Source - Simplified from Wikipedia

Why it is important?

Attacks everyone irregardless of wealth, education etc. Prevention better than cure. can impact large population. What are some historical/significant events? Black Death/ Great Plaque What are the current situations/issues?

Globally - SARS

Regionally - H1N1, poor sanitation, healthcare facilties in Asia http://csis.org/publication/public-health-south-asia

Locally - Food poisoning @ hawker centres, Dengue fever (http://www.nea.gov.sg/ar06/04BitesBack.html)

What are the current strategies used to address these situations/issues?

public education

What are the successes & limitations/challenges of these strategies? long term effects? not enough money? increase in globalisation - faster spreading of diseases?

Useful Websites - for Reading

For each of the following, Air, Land, Water and Public Health, at a global, regional and local scale find out the following: Why it is important? What are some historical major events? What are the current situations/issues? What are the current strategies used to address these situations/issues? What are the successes & limitations/challenges of these strategies?

Post useful websites or information for further reading!