May 2008
June 2008

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Designer: ylime

· Updating of current research:

(i) Factors resulting in the need to increase yields within a limited amount of land

(ii) Reasons for case study on Singapore land use for agricultural purpose

· Brainstorming on raising awareness among students in learning the importance of increasing yields:

(i) Using high tech farming technology-hydroponics

(ii) Introducing an Inter-class competition on growing vegetables using hydroponics

· Competition consists of 3 segments:

(i) Field trip to hydroponics farm

(ii) Cultivating of vegetables using hydroponics

(iii) Fundraising(TBA)

(i) Fieldtrip

· Participating groups would be going on a field trip to hydroponics farm arranged by our group members in collaboration with the farm.

· Groups are needed to present their learning journeys via PowerPoint presentation to their class.

(ii) cultivating of vegetables using hydroponics

· Groups are required to cultivate their vegetables using hydroponics over a period of 6 weeks and update the progress chart regularly.(apparatus would be provided)
· Cultivated vegetables would be sending for judging at the end of the six weeks.

(iii) Fundraising

· All groups are required to sell their vegetables to students of the school.
· Money raised would be used as fundraising purpose.

· Only 37% of Singapore’s lands are used as agricultural and state land.
· Shows that there is a scarcity of land due to dense amount of high rise buildings.
· Most agricultural methods rely on soil and biomass to grow crops.
· Insufficient supplies of agricultural products for the people.

Despite these problems, some agriculture methods used in Singapore are implemented to increase yields.

• Large percentages of agricultural products in Singapore are imported from other countries.
• Extensive lands are cleared (e.g. deforestation, soil erosion, forest fires) for agricultural use.
• importing of agricultural products :

(i) causes insufficient supply of agricultural products around the world

(ii) Increased price of agricultural products due to the increase of oil prices.

Environmentalist Champions:
Chong Yuan An
Chua Xiang Yi
Shafiq'e
Tang Wen Xiang





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