ELEMENTS OF NATURAL BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROJECT # 1 : eXPERIENCING & DOCUMENTING NATURE
The main tasks of this project are to explore, experience, and appreciate the natural habitat during the site visit. In groups students will then have to transfer these experiences and information collected from the site on to info graphic pop up poster and a 5 minute documentary video. Students will need to use their creative thinking skills knowledge to create an original and interactive info graphic pop up poster and the documentary video. The info graphic pop up poster will concentrate on the habitat or ecosystem or any specific theme of nature approved by their tutor. The Documentary Video should focus on the student’s experience at site, their concise understanding of the habitat and ecosystem, any issues that they want to focus on and to include an awareness message. Individually students are required to produce a scrapbook journal of their experiences and information collected at site.
In brief, the main tasks are; A. Site Visit – Exploring, Experiencing and Appreciating Nature to collect data– Group Work B. Documentary Video – Group Work 5% C. The Info Graphic Pop Up Poster – Group Work 15% D. Individual Scrapbook Journal – Individual Work 10% |
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SITE VISIT - EXPERIENCING NATURE
It is compulsory for the students to attend a site visit with their group members as organised by the lecturers. The information of this site visit will be on TIMES and FB group. In groups students are required to choose an area that they would like to explore and to document. The site should be about 5mx5m. At the site students are required to explore and collect the following information:
1. Record the things that excite your senses 2. Record the surrounding and activities 3. Record and explore your 5x5m site 4. The Documentary Video |
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DOCUMENTARY VIDEO
The idea of the documentary video is for the students to share their experiences from The Kuala Selangor Nature Park. The aim of the video is to inspire others and eventually as an awareness video to all. It is a reflection of what the student have learnt from the site visit and the project itself. The final video should not exceed 5 minutes. Tips and detail requirements for the video will be on TIMES. We accept slideshows or video. This means that the final outcome does not have to be all motion pictures. It can be narrated or with just subtitles. Students should come up with an interesting topic or delivery method of the video. The documentary video should have the following;
a. An introduction about the site and project.
b. The students experience (the things that excite their senses) etc.
c. Interesting visual and information of the site, natural elements etc.
d. A conclusion with an awareness or/with inspiring message.
a. An introduction about the site and project.
b. The students experience (the things that excite their senses) etc.
c. Interesting visual and information of the site, natural elements etc.
d. A conclusion with an awareness or/with inspiring message.
tHE INFO GRAPHIC POP UP POSTER
All the information collected at site will need to be presented as an info graphic pop up poster. Through tutorial session and group discussion students will decide the theme or topic or subject that they would like to concentrate on. They will also need to do further investigation and refer to books and online information regarding the information that they have collected from the site. Students will transfer or translate the collected information on to an info graphic pop up poster. Individually students will need to prepare their portion of inInformation required on the info graphic pop up poster are; a. An introduction and description about the project, the theme/topic/subject of the group information. b. Your Site (The layout, pictures, information, your observation of the site etc) c. The “habitat” characteristic, the relationship between each subject at the site and how it relates to the selected topic or theme. d. Detail information about natural elements on site such as plants, animals, insects and soil type. (pictures, details, sketches, samples, etc) – choose content that relates to your topic, As part as the independent learning exercise, students are encouraged to investigate and understand the following information and explain during tutorial session what they understand and how they will apply it to their project; (self study) a. Info graphic (what is it for, how to create it, why, tips and what makes a good info graphic etc) b. Pop Up Poster (what’s the aim, what makes a good poster, how to make it etc) c. How to make these two items and put it together for the final presentation. (material & method)formation or work and combined it with the group info graphic pop up poster as agreed and discussed as a group. |
Process Of Making Info Graphic Pop Up Poster
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Info Graphic Pop Up Poster
Presentation day
INDIVIDUAL SCRAPBOOK JOURNAL
This individual Scrapbook Journal should show your personal experiences and thought, attach photographs, information and also information of elements that you personally investigated. The scrapbook journal should include the followings;
i. Your 5 senses experience. (see, hear, taste, smell, and feel) ii. Explain and elaborate your understanding of the ecosystem/habitat/natural environment. iii. Your personal thought and reflection on each topic that you have been recording and what interest you the most. (maybe life changing event) iv. Compulsory for you to describe and elaborate one plant species and one animal or insect through illustration, sketches or diagram or pictures v. Organised your finding and thought systematically and clearly on your sketch book and papers. |
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TEAM SAMPAN
Besides that,we are given a task before our trip by Ms Dee . We were ask to come out a name transportation name for our group and a performance include cheer at the second night of the trip. It was challenginng for me and to the group to complete it! But with our team work , we have finally complete it with honor and happiness .So what were we perform is actually drama .Is a love story between Tarzan(Jean) and Jane(Barbara) .How they fall in love and of course how they protect the forest together with the gorilla and those taylorian ! |
Process
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Performance Video
REFLECTION
I have learnt a lot of thing from this trip.For example I learnt about how mangrove swamp carry out there function and what have they provided to the environment .Not only in the mangrove swamp,what are the animals that I can found in the mangrove swamp as well.For example,mudskipper,crab and etc.It is really importance to have mangrove system in our life since they provided us lots of benefits and of course act as a factor that could affect the economy in Malaysia for example the fisheries and tourism.The mangrove trees are also timber and plants products other than that coastal protection!So as to maintain the balance of the ecosystem,we human have to take a very good care to the mangrove system as well as the nature.We should not done anything that will affect the nature for example logging,proletarianization,combustion and etc.Othe than these specific lessons,I have learnt how to cooperate well with my members!I can say that Im not really know them well until this trip.We work together as a team no matter in a small group or big group,we always carry out our best to give the best performance to the others!I appreciate this relationship and I will maintain it no matter what!I feel really thankful and happy for joining this trip!