Your task this week is to choose an issue that is important or of interest to you, and become an expert on that issue. You could find an issue or problem by looking at news websites (have a look at some of the links I've posted), reading newspapers, watching or listening to the news, or talking with friends, teachers and family members about what they think is interesting and important.
Write responses to the following, and include links to any websites you have used:
- Briefly describe the issue or problem that you have chosen. (Give details about Who, What, When, Where and Why it is a problem.) You will use this for your final report, so make sure you give plenty of detail.
YOUR COMMENTS MUST BE WRITTEN IN YOUR OWN WORDS! DO NOT CUT AND PASTE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS WRITTEN!!!!
SWINE FLU
ReplyDeleteAt the moment we are dealing with a health issue in the world called swine flu.It started all in Mexico. Turkish news paper wrote that the disease spread out from a four year old child in Mexico.
Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs.It spreads from a human to another.Humans do not normally get this swine flu. But however they did.
That's why it became a big issue in the world. Swine flu was first seen in Mexico.Schools in Mexico was shut down, because of this issue. We didn't face this problem in Turkey yet. But we have seen this disease in certain places like U.S,Canada,Europe,Israel and New Zealand.
Governments are taking steps to stop the spreading of the disease.They are also trying to find a vaccine for it. Barrack Obama said 'Will do whatever is necessary to control the impact of this virus.'
Doctors say that you can help stop spreading this flu by good hygiene.Washing your hands well.Using a tissue while you are coughing and sneezing ,if you don't have one cover your mouth with your arm. You should report to your parents if you are feeling bad .Stay at home and make sure you see a doctor!! So these are some solutions that you can help stop the spreading of the disease.
bibliography: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,1895391,00.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/index.html
Bahar Salih
The two atom bombs that were released to Hiroshima (while world war 2) made a big effect on the people living there. The radiation that was released while the atom bombs explode made a big health problem to the people.
ReplyDeleteSome professors and colleagues were trying to make a machine that can measure how much radiation was given off in any situation. But it had some problems because it estimated the amount.
To Miss Kemp: Is this the kind of paragraph we needed to write 'cause ı think i did it wrong. =S
I think that I have to approve the post before it will appear on the blog - so don't worry if it doesn't come up right away! It will come up as soon as I've checked it :).
ReplyDeleteDeniz - you need to include the link to the website that you got information from. Please can you change your name so I know who you are?
ReplyDeleteNew bid to save Amazon rainforest:
ReplyDeleteThe Amazon rainforest is being given extra protection, because the Brazilian government is worried about how quickly it is being destroyed.
Politicians have decided they've got to do more to stop people illegally chopping down trees in the forest.
The Amazon rainforest is very important for the environment.
But it's thought an area bigger than France has been cut down since the 1970s, and recently trees are being cut down at an even more worrying rate.
The Amazon rainforest is known as "the lungs of the world".
This is because the trees breathe in gases like carbon dioxide - which are harmful to us - and breathe out oxygen, cleaning the air for us.
Some of the forest is being cleared to make room to farm animals or grow crops.
What is the issue/problem?
The Amazon Rainforest is getting cut down.
Why is it important?
Because there are many trees and they help taking in carbon dioxide and give out oxigen (photosynthesis) and there are so many trees that this may effect us years later.
How are people dealing with/responding to this issue?
Politicians are dissagreeing with this idea.
Is this appropriate? What are some other ways people could respond?
Though it is appropriate, I think that this is a very big problem and must have more support.
Other ideas to deal with the problem:
-Governers should be conviced and so they should make laws with harsh punishments across cutting down the amazons trees.
-Donation boxes to treat the amazon should be made and sent to many places.
-Important brand names should be convinced of how big of a problem this is and try to ask for commercials and extra items should be selled especially for donating to the rainforest.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4520000/newsid_4528200/4528240.stm
2010 accommodations
ReplyDeleteSouth Africa will host the FIFA world cup in 2010. South Africa is expected to provide accommodations to FIFA officials, football players, VIPs, soccer fans, and tourists. 65, 000 rooms are required for this purpose.
Although there are enough rooms in South Africa and in neighbouring countries, some hotel owners have increased their prices too high. This is becoming a problem because some people might not be able to afford these prices.
In order to deal with this problem the organisers expect all accommodation providers to register with a company called Match Hospitality.
www.ioltravel.co.za/article/view/4976806
Scientists in Denmark wondered if global warming could make Greenland's wolf spiders bigger. During a ten-year study, they tracked spider sizes. In years when spring came 30 days earlier than usual, some spiders grew exoskeletons that were thicker than average, resulting in bigger bodies! In colder winters, spiders grew thinner exoskeletons. What's more, during warmer springs female spiders grew larger than the male spiders did.
ReplyDeleteAs the Earth's temperature warms, bigger spiders could become the norm. Researchers aren't sure why warmer temperatures mean bigger wolf spiders. It could be because their prime hunting season is longer. Or perhaps longer summers allow the spiders to molt--shed their old exoskeletons--more often, letting grow bigger during their lifetimes. The study's co-author, Toke Høye, is pretty sure that bigger spiders will also mean MORE spiders, because larger female wolf spiders have more offspring than smaller ones. This is very bad. Global Warming is increasing and mutating animals. Today spiders tomorrow birds, mamals or even us. This unusual thing can cause animals to ruin nature with unusual aggresions or attacking other animals and this will damage the food chain so:
GLOBAL WARMİNG MUST BE STOPPED!
First Kuwati Female Member of Parliament Voted In
ReplyDeleten This is an important issue because traditionally the Arab countries find men moe powerful than woman but this is wrong. The first lady Member of Parliament was chosen on 15 May 2009. People are reacting happy and hopeful about this issue for the future. This is thesollution and the hope is that the female politicians are going to be effective.
Timur
Timur - you need to include a link to the website you got this information from.
ReplyDeleteBurak - you need to include a link to the website you got this information from!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Hubble Space Telescope's black hole scanner was damaged.Two astronauts traveled to space to fix Hubble, but couldn't remove a stuck bolt and didn't have time to do their other tasks.-Begum T.
ReplyDeletehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_sc/us_shuttle_hubble;_ylt=AmGf4gxHCkmF7gy0lMLsEAgPLBIF
There are very big and poisones jelly fish that have come to japans shore.The jellyfish are breaking the fishing nets of fishers by swimming into them.Some poor fishers live on fish and they are not able to catch any fish.Know body knows how to get rid of these jellyfish.
ReplyDeletefrom Cem thomas
Discrimination
ReplyDeleteMany people have been discriminated against because of their race, gender, age, and social status. Especially in the old times, where in some countries black people were separated from white people, and even these days women continue to be seen as lower than men in some places.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination
~Umay A.
Miss Kemp can we put in pictures
ReplyDeleteBatu
Hi Batu,
ReplyDeleteI don't think you are able to put pictures in with your comments, but you can definitely include pictures in your final project. Print them out, and bring them to the exam.
Miss Kemp.
Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009
ReplyDeleteThis crisis started at July 2007 when a loss of confidence by investors in the value of securitized mortgages (Securitization is a structured finance process that involves pooling and repackaging of cash-flow) begun. This resulted in a liquidity crisis (a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from the banks). Now the crisis has deepend and major stock markets around the world have been affected. Even economic capitals such as Luxembourg is affected by this Financial Crisis. People are also losing their jobs. Unemployment is off the charts. Not only are stockmarkets, countarys and people are affected Major toy brands such as the Lego Group are being torn apart from this dreaded global scale crisis. Goverments are working hard and giving very generous economic relief efforts. A permanent solution must be found soon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_financial_crisis_of_2008%E2%80%932009 this is were I got my information
Batu Coskun Grade 6
The last comment was from Begüm.
ReplyDeleteAstronauts Michael Massimino and Michael Good, were sent to space to fix the damaged or not working parts of Hubble Space Telescope.The broken parts were the black hole scanner which also examined planets from other solar systems.
It took Massimino 2 hours to remove a stuck bolt and caused the space walkers to fall behind their schedule and not complete all of their tasks.Massimino used all his tools to bend the bolt out of the way.He also had to use his muscles which was the last thing he could do to remove the bolt.
NASA was not prepared for this ' Bolt Problem' while removing a foot-and-a-half long rail.
Massimino also had trouble with other stuff such as going back to the shuttle to swap dead batteries with new ones and refill his oxygen supply.
Girls Getting Educated In Rural Areas of Turkey
ReplyDeleteOne of Turkey's most important problems is proper education, especially in villages. Many children in villages - mostly girls - cannot go to school at all or only get the compulsory education (8 years).
In the past few years, some private organizations and the media have been collecting money for these children. Association For Supporting Contemporary Life (Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği) in particular has helped thirty-six-thousand girls since the time they opened in 1989 (twenty years ago).
The aim of this association is to give scholarship to at least one-hundred-thousand girls in Turkey's rural areas. The staff of this organization is volunteers and they collect donations from public.
The organization’s founder and chairperson, Prof. Dr. Türkan Saylan has sadly passed away this morning and will have her funeral tomorrow in Istanbul. We extend our sincere condolences for her.
Information from: www.cydd.org.tr/ and today's news.
Levent Güngen 6.3
I am elif
ReplyDeletemy topic is about A1rizonas cactus .People stolen Arizonas cactus because they are so big .and they are beutiful. So people think how we can stop this idea and they think if they stolen Arizona 'S cactys they have to pay 1 milyon dolar each . But I don'T think this is true an dit can work, and they put something on to the cactus if they stole they can see where it is.
ırmak
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ReplyDeletethe goverment put the polar bears in a list for shove that polar bears are in danger. 'But enviormantal group say that you don't help them you only put them in a list'.
hi miss kemp
ReplyDeletei was at istanbul until yesterday through the weekend. arrived home at 11pm. sorry this is a bit late. by the way i am mufit.
food hunger has always been a problems for humans because there isn't enough food for the whole entire human population on the planet. did you know that every 3.6 seconds a person dies of food hunger. this happens in countries in south asia, africa and islands in the pacific and indian ocean. it happens in these countries because they are so poor that they can't buy enough food and that they don't even have a job. most the humans that die of food hunger are children. they die because there body needs food to grow. if children do not get food they can not grow anything in there body causing not only food hunger but many other health problems. many people help people by giving donations but this does not work all the time.
again mufit
ReplyDeleteby the way my link site ishttp://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats.htm
Leukemia
ReplyDeleteLeukemia is the cancer of blood and its characterized by the abnormal production or multiplacation of the white blood cells.There are two most important types of Leukemia:
-Acute Leukemia:Charactarized by the rapid increase of the immature blood cells.This crowding makes the bone marrow and unable to produce healthy blood cells.
-Chronic Leukemia:Distinguished by the excessive build up of relatively mature,but still abnormal white blood cells...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia
-Ekin Kurtdarcan
This year economic crisis get bigger.All the newspapers are writing that.100/16 of the people are don't have a job.So they are using their saving their moneys and they spend less money.They spend their moneys for good things.If they go to vacation they don't go to expensive places.They go to cheaper places.They don't use credit cards.They sell their houses.people go to open markets for cheaper vegetable and fruit.If you effectid by ecenomic crisis you have sell your ındustrys and work places and thats all.
ReplyDeleteThese days there are some news but I found this news more interesting than others.
ReplyDeleteThe best telescope in the world is broken so it needs to be repaired. The Hubble Space Telescope is located at the orbit around the world so the atmosphere doesn’t interfere with the light going to it. The parts that are broken in the telescope are the gyroscopes which control the balance of the telescope.
The astronauts are trying to fix this telescope to use it again for a long time. They are really sensitive because if they can’t put the gyroscopes balanced it will block the way of new scientific discoveries of distant galaxies.
Astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel spent 6 hours at the space off their shuttle called Atlantis. They have made three of five spacewalks to upgrade this gorgeous telescope, by which the telescope will have a better vision of a longer distance. And this will make it work for another five or ten years more.
This is the site: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090516/sc_nm/us_space_shuttle;_ylt=AqHnTl._zVvlb4UMfbtPhJ0PLBIF
ISSUE:
ReplyDeleteGlobal Warmıng ıs a great problem for living organısms in the earth.It couses excess temprature in some part of the earth and threats living organısms life.
İn last decade humans are considering solutions to global warmıng.
They aıms to decrease amount of some gases ın atmosphere.
For example:
Carbon dioxide,methane and CFCs.
Uses of CFCs were strictly forbidden in cosmeticcs.
car producers try to decrease emmission of exhaust gases.
Global warmıng also triggers production of new virus species and this species may kill humans.
Example: swine flu , bird flu ,
Committing Suicide
ReplyDeleteNowadays, many people are committing suicide, and the number is still increasing.
People commit suicide for motives such as “hardship”, “debt”, “Bullying”, “unemployment”, or “failure to find work”.
The ranges of the age groups who commit suicide is very wide and even the children who aged 6 to adults who aged 85 and above tend to lose their lives on purpose.
The World Health Organization estimates that about 877,000 people world wide die by suicide each year.
Counseling is a way which we now use to stop suicide, although the truth is that it is not getting better.
Politicians are getting worried about this problem and starting to find a way to solve it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7972646.stm
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090515TDY01302.htm
Aisa Kazama
Animals Going Extinct
ReplyDeleteMost of the animals that are at risk of extinction or already are extinct are because of human activities such as hunting, habitat clearing, air and water pollution and quite a lot more. Also sometimes it isn’t human activities like, climate change, population increase and this to do with the eco system. If this keeps going at such a rate, than more than half of the world's species will be extinct in 100 years or so. We also know that 90 percent of all of the species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct. We know this from studying all kinds’ fossils. A lot of very special and important animals are going extinct like pandas and lions. There are only 1,000 giant pandas left in the world and there are now only 23,000 lions left in Africa. It is sad because in the 1980s there were over 200,000 lions in only Africa. Experts now predict lions will soon become extinct at this rate.
Laurence Frank is a wildlife biologist from the University of California; he is one of the many people working on ways to solve this problem. He once said the only way to save lions and other animals from extinction, is to learn how humans and the animals can live together. This is very true and he is right, if everyone around the world would stop with the human activities that are killing animals then there would be more animals and maybe new species. I personally think that animals have just the same rights as humans do.
Where i got Information from:
http://animal.discovery.com/news/briefs/20031006/lions.html
http://animalsgoingextinct.blogspot.com/2007/10/going-green.html
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/extinct_in_the_wild/
Swine flu
ReplyDeleteIn the last few months the swine flu become a very big problem.Lots of people are dying because of this big desease.Also the medicine of this desease has couldn´t founded yet.And its spreading to all world.People who work with pigs, especially people with intense exposures, are at increased risk of catching swine flu. In the mid-20th century, identification of influenza subtypes became possible, this allows accurate diagnosis of transmission to humans. Since then, fifty confirmed transmissions have been recorded, Rarely, these strains of swine flu can pass from human to humanAnd the swine flu first started in Mexico.
İnformation
www.google.com
Methane (CH4) gas is one of many contributors to global warming. It contributes by absorbing the earth’s radiation, which causes the heating up of the earth’s atmosphere. Methane gas is released from activities we do like coal mining and from animals such as cows. Methane can stay in the atmosphere for 12 years. Compared with CO2, Methane traps 20 times more heat but does not remain in the atmosphere as long. CO2 can stay in the atmosphere more than 100 years. Although Methane is a major contributor to the warming problem, if solutions are applied quickly then we can slowdown global warming in the short-term.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.epa.gov/methane/
http://www.epa.gov/methane/scientific.html
http://www.ypte.org.uk/environmental/global-warming/11
Task 2
ReplyDeleteThe Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) is trying to recycle the methane gas produced by landfills. They are trying to prevent more gas from going into the atmosphere by encouraging businesses, communities and energy providers to use landfill gases (LFG). By using LFG, less non-renewable energy sources such as oil, natural gas and coal will be consumed. Also this program decreases the air pollution in landfill areas where the program is put in place. This project also helps to create jobs, allow companies to make more and perhaps help communities save money. LMOP tries to help environmentally and economically in order to make a better future.
http://www.epa.gov/lmop/
http://www.epa.gov/lmop/benefits.htm
Swine flu has became a massive problem in all over the world. İt had all started of in Mexico because of a small 4 year old. swine flu has spread from human to human by sneezing, coughing or other ways.
ReplyDeletemany people are dieing and many are suffering because of this terrible disease.So far to 22 may 2009 it has been reported that 11,168 people have the disease and that over 86 people has died because of it.
The federal health officials in Washington has said that: Vaccine for at least 20 million people in the U.S would be ready until late summer.
But until then doctors recommend you to be very careful in public places and that you should cough and sneeze with your mouth closed. Make sure you wash your hands lots in a day referring to the 2 minute rule.
www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/05/23/Three-US-firms-to-make-swine-flu-vaccine/UPI-38071243090490/
wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_have_died_from_the_2009_swine_flu_outbreak
-Ceylin
Al-Qaeda
ReplyDeleteThis terrosist group has lanched many attacks on the usa and other conteries. İt operates on 40 countres worldwide and has done the largest bombing act on 2001 september the 11th when it drove the two hijacked commercial planes on the world trade center and the pentagon this attack killed 3000 people. After that event the us president George W. Bush dicided to make a war against terrorisim to Al-Qaeda. So the us attacked afganistan saying they hid Osama Bin Laden and is holding the AL-Qaeda in its borders.Later this reason was also used in the İraki war.Al-Qaeda is the world most large and dangerous terrorist group. İt is funded by Osama Bin Laden and later by some islamic goverments.
countering terrorism by michael chandler and rohan gunaratna
by john prebble
BIRD FLU
ReplyDeleteA lethal strain of bird flu has been spreading across the globe for more than four years, killing millions of birds and hundreds of humans.
However, fears of a new pandemic, which could claim millions of lives, have not been realised so far.
Experts point out that cross-infection to humans is still relatively rare and usually occurs where people have been in close contact with infected birds.
But international bodies, such as the World Health Organization and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, have been using their knowledge and experience of outbreaks to prepare for a possible pandemic.
The big fear remains the risk of the H5N1 bird-flu strain combining with a human strain to produce a mutation that is more dangerous and difficult to combat.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7737552.stm
BADE TROSPER
Swine Flu hits India and Turkey
ReplyDeleteIn India and Turkey swine flu was found in a couple of the passengers in the airport at Saturday 16 May 2009! They sended the passengers to the hospital. They are at the emergincy servise of the hospital.
At least 72 people died because of hospital. Swine flu started at Mexico! In Mexico this virus was quickly spreaded out. Then this virus was spreaded out to other countries by the airports people with swine flu went to other countries and they made other people sick!
Deniz Atalar
Racism is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.[1] In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or get preferential treatment. Racial discrimination typically points out taxonomic differences between different groups of people, even though anybody can be racialised, independently of their somatic differences. According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination.
ReplyDeletewikipedia.org
ı just recognized that ı've forget to put my site so this is it:
ReplyDeletehttp://news.bbc.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/3112645.stm
African Kids
ReplyDeleteFrom many years ago, there are about 24 very common diseases like yellow fever.
Yellow fever is a tropical disease and spreads from human to human quickly and is infected by mospuitoes. It is found in South America and Africa only, but isnt found much in South America. Jungle Yellow fever is the main disease of monkeys but urban yellow fever if for human.
If you dont take a blood test, you can not find that you are infected.You can die from thes disease, but in Africa, there are very less doctors,so there are many cases when people die without noticing.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/health/news.htm
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/health/disease.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/yellowfever/YF_FacSheet.html
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/travel/diseases/yellowfever.htm
Video Games May Even Be Good For You
ReplyDeleteWe keep on hearing from parents and teachers that video games aren't good for us. However, some studies show video games can actually be good for you. In one study, they showed people who play first person shooters such as Halo have better visual skills and are better at spotting details. As for violent video games, they actually make people take out violent thoughts. Instead of killing someone in real life you can take your anger out in your video games. Video games also help you socialize with your friends by discussing a new video game or sharing cheat codes and experiences. In this article I will argue that video games are accused for unfair reasons.
What is the issue/problem?
Video games are being blamed for promoting violence and bad behaviour in children, for inefficient use of time, becoming a health hazard because children aren't moving, they are not interacting with each other. In addition, video games are affecting people's budgets negatively.
Why is it important?
Parents don't allow their children to play video games. The video game industry is a big industry and this may cause the video game industry to crash thus leaving many people without jobs.
How are people dealing with/responding to this issue?
Video game companies are coming up with more effective and interactive gameplay such as the Nintendo Wii's motion senser or the Nintendo DS touch screen. Some scientists are doing experiments on gaming to see the real effects of video games on people.
What are some other ways people could react?
More video game consoles should get interactive gameplay, too. Another idea is more games should get multiplayer Co-operation modes to show kids the value of teamwork and will help also them socialize. They can make more games with online capabilities so kids can make new friends with people all over the world!
References
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2943280.stm
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4247084&fsrc=RSS
Sinan Cem Çetin
Some schools are being shut down for a while after students caught swine flu. The move is to stop the virus spreading to other students. Kids with the flu are even being told to stay in their homes until they are better! Watch our update about the flu and a feature explaining how it works
ReplyDeletehttp://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/
Tolga Umut Gönüllü
First task Mert soykan
ReplyDeleteGlobal Warming
Global warming is something caused by humans. Global warming is simply greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide trapping heat inside the atmosphere. When the level of greenhouse gases get more and more the Earth gets hotter and hotter. The thing that humans do to cause global warming is letting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse to the atmosphere from the factories and from other places.
This is Ali hello to everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSWINE FLU IN TURKEY
These are the some information about swine flu:
WHAT IS SWINE FLU?
Swine flu is a flu is a flu type that gets over people by breathing really fast.
DOES İT GET TO PEOPLE?
It gets to people by pig and people by people.
WİLL İT GET BY EATING SWINE?
No it doesn't it comes to you by breathing
İS THERE A MEDİCİE?
Yes but not for people only for swines.
http://www.domuzgribi.net/domuz-gribi-nedir/
animal abuse:
ReplyDeleteall over the world animals are being harmed or/and tortured. mainly animal abuse is seen in bad zoos, bad pet shops,circuses, laboratories, animal shows. animals are tortured with whips and/or are left thirsty and hungry or are tied up with too short ropes. these are only a few examples of the horrible things these type of people are doing to the animals.
http://wwf.org
Microsoft Windows Forces users to use windows and they force to allways use the new version of Windows. Actualy Windows is the most hardest operating system to use. Have you ever tried to control the operating system. You need to use regedit program which is one of the hardest programs to use knowing that any mistake could cause system crashes. The users does not have any chance but to use windows because all programs are made for windows.
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