Zoe

Zoe

Keep up the good work. ||  ||   || i would feel pretty upset. its what i like to do and makes me me. || 2 || 2 || Car, factories to make everything. || 2 || 2 || I no it has something to do with our life, and saving power and energy. but that is it. || 2 || 2 || :To research one or more ways to live sustainably and implement these ideas into your own personal life, school, community or local business.To learn how to contribute and learn from online collaborative discussions. || its what every person leaves behind. you cant help it, its the way we have been bought up, and the way we live. but some people take the things we have for granted. in 20 years there is going to be more than 8 billion people living on the planet and so far a third of the population are kids. Great answer Zoe. It's important that we follow through with what we believe in and share it with as many people as possible. What can you do right now to help ease the pressure the earth? - KH we could be more careful the way we use things, and try get the message across to everyone. we have to use more solar and wind power energy, instead of coal which is eating away our ozone layer. || 5 || 5 || Fair enough. Would it help if there was a reward system. For example for every gram of carbon you reduced by using recycled material you got X amount of free electricity? Can you think of other reward programs that may work? - KH that suggestion could really work, and also get a X % off your power or water bill a month, or your house could be fitted with energy saving lightbulbs and water saving showerheads. || 5 || 5 || You still have two more questions to answer here before you get your 5 points :) ? - KH The water could be recycled, and for heating and cooling they would use solar panels and for surage it could be pumped under the ground and diluted and made into fertilizer. || 5 || 5 ||
 * Your name: Zoe Tarbolton Overall mark B Well done Zoe. I liked it when you were able to demonstrate different types of thinking while wearing your different coloured hats. It is easy for us to comment wearing a black hat but this type of thinking is what slows down or restricts innovative ideas. Is thinking while wearing a variety of coloured hats a style you could adopt outside of class? You had some simple suggestions for reducing our schools carbon footprint. By assigning someone to ensure all lights in classrooms are turned off at the end of day.
 * Introduction || Points || Progressive score ||
 * 1. Name all the things you like to do? I like to do athletics. i like to be with friends and have a good time, shopping beach and partys. i go to school which i hate. i also play state cricket for the western waves. || 2 || 2 ||
 * 2. How would you feel if you could not do these things?
 * 2. How would you feel if you could not do these things?
 * 3. How many of things require energy such as fuel to use it, fuel to get there, machines to make what you use?
 * 4. Record all the things you know about being sustainable?
 * 5. What questions do you have about being sustainable living? what is it? how does it work? what can we do to help it? Good questionsTip: Do get the most out of answers always remember to give three answers - KH || 2 || 2 ||
 * 6. Learning goals
 * 7. What is your opinion? http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SBQBVH8 || 5 || 5 ||
 * 8. Setting our expectations http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SBF2CTR || 5 || 5 ||
 * 9. How you are being Assessed http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/support/progression/geography.html#lev6 ||  ||   ||
 * Total for intro || 20 || 20 ||
 * Explore ||  ||   ||
 * 1. Watch the 11th hour (Leonardo Di Caprio) ||  ||   ||
 * Your task: Contribute to the 'What does the 11th hour mean to us?' discussion (see above tab) || 5 || 5 ||
 * 2. Watch the below movie with Alex Steffan Contribute to the 'What does a sustainable future mean to us?' discussion ||  ||   ||
 * 3. Discuss what you think an 'ecological footprint is' in our ecological footprint discussion (see above tab). Include ideas on what you could do to reduce yours.
 * 4. Watch 60 minutes People power ‘Off the grid’ ||  ||   ||
 * Red Hat: How would you feel about living in a house made from recycled materials? i guess it would be okay, i'd constantly be thinking about it, like it may not be cleen and it has been used by other people.
 * White hat: Give us the facts! What are the houses made from? How are they powered? What about sewage, water, heating/cooling etc.? There made from materials such as tyers, recycled plastic, glass, bottles etc. solar energy. solar heating, and water from tanks.
 * Black hat:It’s time to be a skeptic! Why would these types of houses not work in our community? Would these houses support your current lifestyle? Could we build them in Mortlake!!! Surely not! Tell us why because mortlake is already formed, it has houses that people own and people are already happen, they might work in the outback and things but not in mortlake. and our lifestyle simply would not be use to it and it just wouldnt work.

Good black hat answer! Is it easier to be negative or positive about an idea? Why? Which people do you think are more popular? Positive people or negative people? Why? - KH positive poeple, they have a can do attitude, we need to start educating poeple. and maybe with the new houses that are being built we could slowly start modifying them to an approved standard. || 5 || 5 ||
 * Yellow hat: What would be the benefits of living in the houses featured? What are the positives? it would reduce carbon footprint and make the earth alot better for later generations. we would all be alot happier.

Why? Can you give me three reasons? - KH It would be alot cheaper, 1.by not spending money on gass bills, 2.power bills, 3.water bills. || 5 || 5 ||
 * Green hat: What other uses for recycled material can you think of? tyers, recycled bottles and plastic. etc.

Tip: Try not use etc...as an answer because it says to the reader that you aren't sure what else to write. Can you think a little more laterally, outside the square and think of things that you use that should be recycled? Do you use any disposable items? - KH quote from dad: ICEY POLE STICKS. they could be used to make houses and make matches. All plastic containers. and also all takeaway containers and bags, they always rap fish and chips in like 5 layers of paper, simple things like that would make a HUGE difference. || 5 || 5 || Air pollution- Water Pollution. Great answer Zoe. Would getting rid of all the factories solve our problem? yes it would because getting rid of these would cut down on carbon omissions and green house gasses. we couldnt get rid of these straight away, everything takes time but it would deffinatly help in the long run. || 5 || 5 || =poor, 2 =ok, 3 =getting there, 4 =not bad, 5 =on fire, 6 =super star, 7 or more =oracle ||  ||   ||
 * 5. Watch http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/liambartlett/598914/seas-of-shame ||  ||   ||
 * Complete the ‘Seas of shame think chart’. || 10 ||  ||
 * http://www.sustainablefootprint.org/en/cms/gebruikerscherm.asp?itemID=196(Save your certificate) ||  ||   ||
 * 7. Complete this survey and find out how you could live more sustainably http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/ || 10 || 10 ||
 * (At the end click continue and explore then summarise your findings) ||  ||   ||
 * 8. Record how many different types of pollution can you think of?, factories- they produce more than 3 million tons of toxic chemicals into the land air and water every year. and us humans polute every day, but factories are the main problem. land pollution. * Chemical and nuclear plants
 * Industrial factories
 * Oil refineries
 * Human sewage
 * Oil and antifreeze leaking from cars
 * Mining
 * Littering
 * Overcrowded landfills
 * Deforestation
 * Construction debris
 * Automobile emissions
 * Tobacco Smoke.
 * Combustion of coal
 * Acid rain
 * Noise pollution from cars and construction
 * Power plants
 * Manufacturing buildings
 * Large ships
 * Paint fumes
 * Aerosol sprays
 * Wildfires
 * Nuclear weapons
 * Factories
 * Refineries
 * Waste treatment facilities
 * Mining
 * Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers
 * Human sewage
 * Oil spills
 * Failing septic systems
 * Soap from washing your car
 * Oil and antifreeze leaking from cars
 * Household chemicals
 * Animal waste
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 * 9. From what you have learned so far how would you describe sustainable living? simply not wasting energy and by doing this were reducing the carbon foot print on this earth. it would be pretty easy to do just buuy turing off appliances at the swith when your not using them and walking instead of driving down the shop.

Will you start doing this? - KH yes i already do. Do you think you think you could form a group to reduce our carbon footprint as school? e.g. Turn off all the lights and heaters after school - KH yeah as a class i think we could. And i think we already should be turning lights and heaters off when were not using them and during the summer instead of having the air conditioner on we could just open a window or two instead. My grand father was born in 1899 and my grand ma was born in 1914, they lived through both depressions and had it the hard way, compared to what we do. My father was bought up the same way as they lived simply by not wasting what they had, and now he is always on my back telling me to turn things off when im not using them. ( it gives me the shits some times but its only for the best.) || 5 || 5 ||
 * 10. Name as many ways as possible to produce renewable energy? (Create a concept map in Freemind to show this). solar power, wind turbines, water wheel, wave power, geothermal. Hyrdo and nuclear. Are there any other energies we could use? For example we live in a volcanic area with lots of hot rock underneath us. Could we use this in any way? What for? - KH No i dont think so because it would realise smoke, theres no way it could realese any kind of energy.

Have you Googled 'Geothermal energy'? - KH || 5 || 5 ||
 * 11. Find out how sustainable your home is (Take notes on what you are learning and record your summary) We havve energy saving light bulbs, water saving showerheads, we use a fire and not central heating, our house faces north which is the direction of the sun so it keeps it warm.

Do you know if the wood you are using is being replaced? - KH || 10 || 10 || a sustainable future means a happier future, without going through natural disasters that really, we made. we need to stop being greedy because it will only be the future generations who will pay from this. if we start now, it wont repair the earth but it will help it. the population is getting bigger and bigger and there for we need to produce more and more things to live, and there made in factories which produe green house gasses and arent really good for the earth and its atmosphere.
 * http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html ||  ||   ||
 * Total for Explore || 80 || 70 ||
 * Explain ||  ||   ||
 * What does a sustainable future mean to you through DeBono’s hats

What are three things our school could do right now? What are three things you could do right now? What are three things our community could do right now? What are three things a sporting club could do right now? - KH we could start turning off appliances, computers and power points off at the switch, turn lights off and only use heating and cooling when necesarry. I could start by having 4 minute showers instead of 8 minute showers, turning things off in my room when im not there, like my stereo, and also encourage my siblings to do the same. Our community could promote sustainable living, give away thiings to encourage it, like energysaving light bulbs, we have already started by the new red and green rubbish bins, red for general waste and green for recycling. And also make the businesses do it as well. Sporting sclubs could encourage the kids to be eco friendly, and also car pooling to the sporting events instead of taking many cars with only a few people in them. ||  ||   ||
 * Red Hat: How would you feel about living sustainably? i would really like it, knowing that were preserving the earth for the future years, and knowing by my family and myself helping now will only make it a better place in 50-100 years.

It is great to read that other people like to live in clean spaces. It will also help improve our life right now. || 5 || 5 ||, green building, sustainable agriculture) and using science to develop new technologies, like renewable energy and green technologies. By doing this it will conserve natural resources. || 5 || 5 ||
 * White Hat: Give us the facts! What the benefits of living sustainably now?(Include facts to back up your statements e.g. What does turning off lights when they aren’t being used mean to the environment and our future? Living sustainable will only make a better the earth a better place for future generations, and if we start living sustainble its not like a punish ment its for the best! logically thats how we should be living but people are taking what we have for granted and many factories are making far to many things. Not turning off lights is only making pollution, because electricity companies use fossil fuels. And also the more the light is used the quicker the light bulb is going to blow, so the amount of light bulbs the world uses will only end up in land fill. And also by not wasting electricity on leaving lights on your also reducing your power bill. || 5 || 5 ||
 * Black Hat: It’s time to be a skeptic! Why would sustainable living not work in our community? Would sustainable living support your current lifestyle? Are there people, towns, cities, businesses, schools that can’t practice sustainable living? Surely not! Tell us why Because we are already a formed community and were already used to the way we live, and im sure those negative people wouldnt be very happy about changing there lifestyle. In some ways it would, around the house it would like saving electricity and recycling, also not using the car when we dont need it and only driving for long trips+ going to sporting events we could also car poole. Melbourne wouldnt be able to and the cities because thats how them places work, they have large buildings and cars driving around every to go to and from work, but they could use the supplied public transport. Thats why us people in small country towns need to start living sistainable. Atleast we know where helping our future genrations and ruducing our carbon foot print. || 5 || 5 ||
 * Yellow Hat: What would be the benefits of living in sustainable community? What are the positives? Knowing that were helping the enviroment, and helping make the world okay for when our children are around and making them have the same luxurys as we did, but also letting them know not to waste our precious resources. || 5 || 5 ||
 * Green Hat: Can you think of other ways on you could be sustainable in the future? (Yes and no are not answers!). by simply reorganising the way we live today. We are living unsustainable. we could be sustainable by having more ecovillages and sustainble communities. reappraising economic sectors (permaculture
 * Total for Explain || 25 || 25 ||
 * Extend ||  ||   ||
 * Choose two ||  ||   ||
 * Before starting, create a timeline that includes what you will need to do and when you will do it by.See here for an example http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ ||
 * 1. What are ten things you can do right now to promote sustainable living? How could you make this happen? News, Newspaper, famous people, local councils, the government, schools, bussinesses, role models, also promoting this in large cities, arlines, busses, trains etc to get the point across, and also have television adds showing what harm we are doing to the earth.

Promoting by giving people house hold appliances to help, e.g energy saving light bulbs, water saving lightbulbs, etc. || 10 || 10 ||
 * 2. Join an existing Blog conversation (see resources page) on sustainable living

(Remember to be cyber safe by not publishing your real name, your address, birth date, where you live, school you go to or team you play for). || 10 ||  ||
 * 3. Design your own 3D sustainable sketch (Google Sketchup).You must produce a plan first. || 10 ||  ||
 * 4. Create your own sustainable living game (Gamemaker).You must produce a plan first. || 10 ||  ||
 * 5. Create a radio advertisement promoting a way to be sustainable. Upload to here http://www.podomatic.com/featured || 10 ||  ||
 * 6. Create a crossword using words that foster sustainable living http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html || 10 || 10 ||
 * Maximum of 20 || 20 || 20 ||
 * Evaluate ||  ||   ||
 * 1. Use these two rich task guides to plan, setup and evaluate a sustainable idea || 10 ||  ||
 * richTaskReflectEvaluateFlowChart.doc ||  ||   ||
 * richTaskReflectEvaluate.doc ||  ||   ||
 * 2. Complete this survey to reflect on how you felt this unit worked for you || 5 || 5 ||
 * http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SBW6WQB ||  ||   ||
 * 3. While completing this unit. What do you think you did well? What do you think the class did well? What do you think the teacher did well? How could you have improved what you did, the class did, the teacher did? I think i worker hard every class, and completed the answers with as much detail as i could, the class was a bit disruptive but majoirty has done the amount of work required, Mr. Horwil wasnt here that often but he explained everything at the start so we all new what to do, and this website was set up so we could do it at our own pase. I dont think Mr. Horwil or myself need to do anything. i had fun this term. || 20 || 20 ||
 * 4. Contribute to the future ideas for Geography discussion at the top of this page. I think that that we should do something about australia and whats a major issue in australia. || 5 || 5 ||
 * 5. Present your completed work either through www.slideshare.net, www.prezi.com or your wiki. || 10 || 10 ||
 * 6. Congratulations, you have just completed your first totally online unit. You are now familiar with how the Ultranet will help direct your learning for the future. ||
 * Total for Evaluate || 50 || 40 ||
 * Resource ||  ||   ||
 * 1 referenced resource || 1 ||  ||
 * 2 referenced resources || 2 ||  ||
 * 3 referenced resource || 3 ||  ||
 * 4 or more referenced resources || 10 ||  ||
 * Total for resources || 16 ||  ||
 * Total for unit || 211 ||  ||
 * 211-190=High Distinction, 189-170=Distinction, 169-150=Credit, 149-105=Pass, Less than 105=Need have a conversation about applying for extra time. This will involve your time and not class time! iv counted that i have done 175 points. Engage- 20 Explore- 70 Explain- 25 Extend- 20 Evaluate- 40 ||