Post No. 6 - The world as I see it...

It was really overwhelming to read your insights and reflections about the field trip and your experiences inside the classroom for the past months that we’ve been together.

So now, let me hear your final reflections about this 4^th quarter CEO and how you were able to go over it. Here are your guide questions for Post No. 6:

• What is your fourth quarter final CEO (The Blogging Project)? Give a brief introduction.
• How did you prepare for it?
• Did you encounter any problem/s as you prepare for the said project? If yes, how did you resolve those problems? If none, what made it easy for you to prepare for it?
• Given the chance to do this CEO all over again, would you still do it? Why or why not?
• How do you think this CEO can be further improved?
• Will you change anything regarding how this CEO was handled? If yes, what would that be? If none, why not?
• What is the most important lesson that you learned from this CEO?

Deadline of Posting: March 15, 2012 (Thursday)

Criteria:

• Content - 20 points
• Coherence - 5 points
• Creativity - 5 points
• Voice - 5 points
• Mechanics - 5 points
• Text Layout - 5 points
• Graphics & Multimedia - 5 points
• Intellectual Honesty - 5 points

The world as I see it, is a remarkable place

A beautiful house in a forest,

Of stars in outer space...

– Jason Mraz

Post No. 5 – Open sesame? Wait, wut?

To nuke or not to nuke, I mean, to open or not to open?

This is the ultimate question for your second to the last post.

Read the following scenario and base your post no. 5 on it:

Fast forward. You had just been elected the president of the country. Unfortunately, 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 Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) that had been mothballed already for the past 28 years. Knowing that BNPP is just an 8-minute ride from the 7 km-long Morong Beach which is the nesting place of the endangered marine turtles, will you still allow the opening of the BNPP despite of this fact? Justify your answer. Be sure to discuss the pros and cons of opening the BNPP to ALL stakeholders.

Deadline of Posting: March 9, 2012 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 4

Deadline of Evaluating: March 13, 2012 (Tuesday)

Post No. 4 – Nuclear Energy: Using Science Soundly or Unsoundly?

Nuclear power is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method in use today is through nuclear fission, though other methods might one day include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay.

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Your fourth post aims to give an empirical scientific background on the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy. Both sides of the coin should be presented to enable your readers to think critically and decide for themselves what should be their personal stance about this perplexed issue.

Open your discussion by answering the following guide questions:

• What is nuclear energy?
• What are the advantages of nuclear energy?
• What are the disadvantages of nuclear energy?
• Are you in favor of harnessing energy from nuclear power plants? Why or why not?

Finally, talk about the second site of your field trip – the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).

• What did you expect to learn from the BNPP?
• What did you learn from the BNPP?
• Which part of the power plant is the most interesting for you? Why?

Deadline of Posting: March 2, 2012 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 3

Deadline of Evaluating: March 5, 2012 (Monday)

Post No. 3 – More Pawikan on the run!

In this post, you are tasked to bring your readers to the colorful world of the endangered Pawikan (marine turtles)!

Engage them in writing an entry that will answer the following questions:

• Why are marine turtles important?
• What is global warming? How are marine turtles affected by global warming?
• As a student, what are the different ways that you can do in conserving marine turtles?

Remember, creativity is always an X factor in any blog post that you publish!

Deadline of Posting: February 27, 2012 (Monday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 2

Deadline of Evaluating: March 1, 2012 (Thursday)

The Projects

The blogging project v.2.0's blogroll:

Lauan 1 (Hans, Mikee, Miguel, Bel, Jarred)

- Blog-venture time!

Lauan 2 (Andrea, Raffy, Kristian, Ann, Mike)

- Nature Ranger

Lauan 3 (Ayie, Andy, Moshe, Nica)

- The Curiosity Kids

Lauan 4 (Diwa, Gelo, Misha, Kyla, Caleb)

- iBlog

Almaciga 1 (Daui, Raphael, Martha, Jude, Anton)

- The Science Journal

Almaciga 2 (Lei, Emil, Kitkat, Gabby, Jose)

- One Greener Future

Almaciga 3 (Yumi, Kali, Abby, Migs, Jolo)

- Burning Wood

Almaciga 4 (Chyna, Raj, Vibeen, Nathan, Josiah)

- A Trip to Nature...

When you post your comments, make sure to rate each post using the following criteria as discussed in class:

• Content - (10 points)
• Coherence - (5 points)
• Creativity - (5 points)
• Voice - (5 points)
• Mechanics - (5 points)

• Text Layout - (5 points)
• Graphics & Multimedia - (5 points)
• Intellectual Honesty - (5 points)

TOTAL: (45 points)

Aside from the grade you are giving, you are expected also to give a consistently positive, respectful, and brief comment while providing a meaningful addition to their discussion.

Enjoy reading!

Post No. 2 – Pawikan on the run!

Now that you are done making your own blogs, how about talking about your recent field trip?! In the subsequent posts, you will be discussing your field trip to Bataan and we will allocate two posts for each site.

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So, gear up and use these guide questions for your Post No. 2:

• Why did you have a field trip?
• Why did you join the field trip?
• What did you expect from it?
• How did it feel before the actual field trip?

Now, let’s talk about the first site – the Pawikan Conservation Center (PCC).

• What did you expect to learn from the PCC?
• Give a brief description of what is the PCC.
• What did you learn from the PCC?

In this post, you have to discuss also the pawikan (marine turtle) species that you met in this site. Here are the details that you should include about your chosen species:

1. Name of organism

• Common name
• Scientific name
• Taxonomic classification

2. Characteristics

• What’s interesting about this organism?
• Why did you choose it?
• Sketch or picture of the organism

3. Ecological relationship

• Ecological role (e.g. producer, consumer, decomposer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger, etc.)
• Discuss the ecological relationship/s with other organism/s

4. Were you able to release a marine turtle hatchling? If yes, identify the species of the hatchling that you released. If no, why not?

Deadline of Posting: February 24, 2012 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 1

Deadline of Evaluating: February 27, 2012 (Monday)

Post No. 1 – About Us

The criteria for evaluation for this year's Blogging Project will be the same with last year's. To read the said criteria, click here.

For now, let's begin with the guidelines of Post No. 1: About Us.

After making your respective group blogs, your next task is to make a post answering the following questions:

• Who are you?
• Why did you make this blog?

Remember, you have to be creative with the name of your blogs and most especially, how you will present yourselves.

Deadline of Posting: February 19, 2012 (Sunday)

Post No. 9 – A Wonderful Journey.

January 27, 2011. I still vividly remember your shouts and cheers the day when I announced that you would be having a field trip to UPLB.

As promised at the beginning of the school year, this is something that I was looking forward to tell you ever since our preparations started as early as the first day of classes this 2011.

Now that it’s over, it was really overwhelming to read your insights and reflections about the said field trip and your experiences inside the classroom for the past five months that we’ve been together.

So now, let me hear your final reflections about this fourth quarter CEO and how you were able to go over it. Here are your guide questions for Post No. 9:

• What is your fourth quarter final CEO (The Blogging Project)? Give a brief introduction.
• How did you prepare for it?
• Did you encounter any problem/s as you prepare for the said project? If yes, how did you resolve those problems? If none, what made it easy for you to prepare for it?
• Given the chance to do this CEO all over again, would you still do it? Why or why not?
• How do you think this CEO can be further improved?
• Will you change anything regarding how this CEO was handled? If yes, what would that be? If none, why not?
• What is the most important lesson that you learn from this CEO?

Deadline of Posting: March 19, 2011 (Saturday)

Criteria:

• Content - 35 points
• Coherence - 10 points
• Creativity - 10 points
• Voice - 10 points
• Mechanics - 10 points
• Text Layout - 10 points
• Graphics & Multimedia - 10 points
• Intellectual Honesty - 10 points

Life is a road now and forever

A wonderful journey...

– Anastasia

Post No. 8 – A not-so-secret garden.

How did it feel to rush down the slippery trail of the Makiling Botanical Garden?

The Makiling Botanical Garden (MBG), or the Makiling Botanic Garden according to this site, is a large tract of tropical forest where endemic and exotic floras are found.

Despite the short time we spent in exploring this site, I’m sure that you were able to spot several species of plants that you may have never seen before.

• What did you expect to learn from the MBG?
• What did you learn from the MBG?
• Details about the organism/s you saw in this site.

And since this is the last site that we visited during our field trip, here are additional guide questions that you have to reflect on in this second to the last post:

• How did it feel right after you went home from the field trip?
• Were your expectations met?
• What was the greatest lesson you’ve learned from this experience?
• Complete this statement: I/We will never forget this learning experience because…

Deadline of Posting: March 11, 2011 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 3

Deadline of Evaluating: March 15, 2011 (Tuesday)

Post No. 7 – Rice all you can!

“One grain of rice equals one bead of sweat.”

–That is how we, Filipinos, value rice as the most staple food in our dinner tables.

Sinangag, suman, biko, kutsinta, bibingka, puto, palitaw, sapin-sapin, champorado, pinipig, paella, rice noodles, unlimited rice, and bottomless rice – no matter how you call it, rice will incessantly be a part of the Filipino diet!

At the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), scientists sees to it that rice farmers in rice-growing countries would be able to grow more rice of good quality, in an environmentally sustainable way.

Being the largest non-profit independent agricultural research center in Asia, IRRI aims to find sustainable ways to improve the well being of rice farmers and consumers, while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships, and the strengthening of national agricultural research and extension systems.

• What did you expect to learn from IRRI?
• What did you learn from IRRI?
• Details about the organism/s you saw in IRRI.

Deadline of Posting: March 11, 2011 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 2

Deadline of Evaluating: March 15, 2011 (Tuesday)

Post No. 6 – Lunch at the Museum.

I bet you’ve been singing in your heads, “rain, rain go away, come again another day” while we were parked outside the Botanical Garden.

What a fun way to have lunch, ayt?!

Add to it the Ecodama game no. 3 inside the jam-packed bus!

How romantic, isn't it?! Hahahahaha!

Well anyway, let’s celebrate life here at the Museum of Natural History while we walk thru its halls as it showcase the country’s teeming biodiversity!

• What did you expect to learn from the Museum of Natural History?
• What did you learn from the Museum of Natural History?

Do not forget to discuss in this post the organisms that you've met at the Museum. And again, refer to Post No. 4 for the details you have to include about the said organisms.

Deadline of Posting: March 11, 2011 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 1

Deadline of Evaluating: March 15, 2011 (Tuesday)

Post No. 5 – Plant Power.

Ready for site number two?

This time we have to talk about our second pit stop – the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB).

• What did you expect to learn from the IPB?
• What did you learn from the IPB?

Remember, you have to discuss in this post the organisms that you met at the IPB. Refer to Post No. 4 for the details you have to include about the organisms you’ve met here.

Deadline of Posting: March 11, 2011 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 4

Deadline of Evaluating: March 15, 2011 (Tuesday)

Post No. 4 – Finally. The Field Trip.

Finally, now you have the chance to talk about the field trip! In the subsequent posts, you will be discussing about your field trip to UPLB and we will allocate one site for each post.

So, gear up and use these guide questions for your Post No. 4:

• Why did you have a field trip?
• Why did you join the field trip?
• What did you expect from it?
• How did it feel before the actual field trip?

Now, let’s talk about the first site – the Dairy Training and Research Institute (DTRI).

• What did you expect to learn from the DTRI?
• What did you learn from the DTRI?

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In this post, you have to discuss already the organisms that you met in this site. Here are the details that you should include about the organism:

1. Name of organism

• Common name
• Scientific name
• Taxonomic classification

2. Characteristics

• What’s interesting about this organism?
• Why did you choose it?

3. Ecological relationship

• Ecological role (e.g. producer, consumer, decomposer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger, etc.)
• Ecological relationship/s with other organism/s
• Describe the ecological relationship/s

4. Picture/sketch of the organism

Deadline of Posting: March 3, 2011 (Thursday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 2
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 3

Deadline of Evaluating: March 6, 2011 (Sunday)

Post No. 3 – From animals to plants…

As compared to your third quarter CEO, your fourth quarter CEO focused straightforwardly to the diversity of the plant kingdom. Some of you worked individually, some by group.

Post No. 3 entails you to reflect back again how you were able to come up with your fourth quarter CEO, thou this time, comparing it to your third quarter outputs. Again, this is a personal reflection that should be able to answer the following questions:

• What is your fourth quarter CEO? Give a brief introduction. Indicate also if you worked individually or with a partner/group.
• Was it easier for you to prepare for this CEO? Why or why not?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of working alone/in a group?
• Did you still encounter any problem/s as you prepare for the said project? If yes, how did you resolve those problems? If none, what made it easy for you to prepare for it?
• What is the most important lesson that you learn from that CEO?

Deadline of Posting: February 25, 2011 (Friday)

Evaluation Assignments:

• Lauan Group 1 will comment on Lauan Group 3
• Lauan Group 2 will comment on Lauan Group 4
• Lauan Group 3 will comment on Lauan Group 1
• Lauan Group 4 will comment on Lauan Group 2
• Almaciga Group 1 will comment on Almaciga Group 3
• Almaciga Group 2 will comment on Almaciga Group 4
• Almaciga Group 3 will comment on Almaciga Group 1
• Almaciga Group 4 will comment on Almaciga Group 2

Deadline of Evaluating: February 28, 2011 (Monday)

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