The Bintaro Lama Trip

It took so long to get to the Bintaro kampung. We passed many places and Ms. Whitley told us about the river we passed. We saw someone in the river, I think he was fishing. When we got there it was to stinky.

First we went to the water station. We were entered in a home where they teach the children about water and ways to use it. They showed us a poster of when to wash your hands. It was a really nice poster. There were some women in green shirts and they were the people who were helping in the water cleaning.

Then we went to the fourth station and in the fourth station they were cleaning the water by adding PUR to the water. After they added the PUR they put the water on top of this cloth and put the cloth on top of a pitcher. The water slowly went down into the pitcher and the water was so transparent it looked like you could drink it.

After that we went to the sixth station. In that station they showed us two ways to clean water, one way was to add a kind of tablet that was called aquataps. Aquataps was used to clean flood water. Another way was to add a few drops of a kind of liquid that cleaned the river water. We got a few brochures about the aquataps and the other cleaning liquid.

I think that I am so lucky to have a nice home and not having to worry about the amount of water I get. I think the song that they taught us was very good. When we were going back to school I was thinking about the kampung and what we did in it. I felt soooo tired after the field trip. I just wanted to go straight to bed!

Water Questions

Water Questions

1. What percentage of the world's supply of water is fresh water?

2. Where is the world's supply of fresh water found?

3. Even though the supply of fresh water is abundant it is still a problem. Why?

4. Observe the map above of world average annual precipitation (opposite).

(a) Describe the changes in rainfall that occur as you move down from the southern to the northern tip of Africa.

(b) Describe the changes in rainfall that occur as you move from the western to the eastern tip of Australia along the Tropic of Capricorn.

5. Observe the map above of water availability per person.

(a) Which parts of the world appear to have a large amount of water available per person?

(b) Which parts of the world appear to have small amounts of water per person?

6. Observe the diagram of water use.

(a) What are the main uses of water?

(b) Which uses have increased the most over the last century?

The Answers

1. 2.5 %

2. 0.49% is from groundwater and soil, 0.01% is from the atmosphere, rivers and lakes.

3. Because water is limited on earth.

4.
(a) In the southern tip there isn't that much rainfall, but when you go up in the middle of Africa there is a lot of rainfall. When you go back up there is very little rainfall.

(b) In the west part of Australia there is very little rainfall but when you go to the eastern side of Australia there is more rainfall.

5.
(a) On top of Asia, North America and South America. On top and on the eastern side of Australia. Southeastern part of Africa and around Indonesia and the Philippines.

(b) On top of Africa, the middle and southern part of Europe, in the middle of Asia southern part of Australia and the southern part of South America and North America.

6.
(a) Resevoir losses from evaporation and seepage

(b) Resevoir losses from evaporation and seepage

The Water Treatment Plant

It took an hour to get there. It was very hot when we got there. We passed a river running through the water treatment plant. There was a nice lady that came to us and gave us a tour around the water treatment plant.

The first place we went to was this big gate that run along the river. It took out all of the big pieces of trash in the river. It was a gate with big holes in it. I had a question in my head about the gate, "How much trash does the gate gather each day?"

After that we went to a place where they add Minerals to to the water. They did that to clean the water. A question I had was, " How many minerals do they add to the water?"

In the next place we went to they were adding chlorine to the water. This step was called coagulation. They did this to get flocks of dirt that was in the water. A question I had in my head was, " How big can a flock get?"

Then we went to a place where they took out the particles of the flock out of the water and put it in the waste tower. This step was called sedimentation.

After that we went to a place where they killed all of the bacteria. This step was called filtration and disinfection.

Then we went to the control room where you could see what was happening in the whole water treatment plant. It was really cool and there were so many buttons in that room.

After that we went to the lab there and looked at the river water before it was cleaned and the river water after it was cleaned. There was such a big difference! The water was so much cleaner after it was cleaned!

They were very kind to us and they gave us some water to drink. Then we watched a movie that was a cartoon and it talked about all of the thing that the water has to go through to get clean. It wasn't a boring movie, some parts were kind of funny. They gave us some souvenirs for the school. It was a long, and tiring ride back to school!

The Water Cycle

The picture above shows that evaporation is the process where water changes from a liquid into a gas and turns into water vapour.

The picture on the right shows that condensation is the opposite of evaporation. It happens when water vapour changes from a gas into a liquid.







The picture on the left shows that precipitation is the condensation in the atmosphere that falls as rain, hail, snow or dew.









The picture on the right shows that infiltration is when water goes into the soil.

The Mysterious Box

The Mysterious Box

“What’s his name?” my little sister, Noelle said.

“I don’t know,” I said. It was a really hot day. We were in the shade then. Not knowing what to name our dog.

“Maybe it should be Fluffy,” Noelle said.

“NO!” I said angrily.

It was in the middle of summer and we were in the Philippines. Noelle, my big sister, Rachel, my uncle and I were waiting for our mom because we were hungry and it was still 11:30. Then we heard a taxi coming. We saw the taxi go through the gate and I thought it was my mom. Suddenly the taxi stopped in front of our house. The door opened and my mom and grandmother came out. My grandmother was carrying all of the shopping bags but my mom, was only carrying a box and her bag.

What’s inside?” I thought. There was something sticking out of the box and it was moving.

“What’s that?” Noelle asked.

“You’ll see,” My mom said. She was putting the box down very carefully while she was talking. Suddenly a dog came out! It was long, thin and black. He was so energetic.

“Aww it’s so cute,” my sisters and I said.

Then we all started playing with him. When my little sister said, “What’s his name?”

All of us just realized that we hadn’t named the dog yet until Noelle asked that question. We were all thinking about what to name the dog when I asked if the dog was a boy or girl. My mom said it was a boy. There were suggestions like Mark and Mike and things like that. Then Rachel said she would think of names from books she has read. Then she thought about the name Max. From a book called Maximum Ride. We all thought about that name for the dog except it just didn’t sound right. We wanted to change his name but still have Max in it. We all thought of names like Max Millionaire but they just didn’t sound right. A name just popped into head. Maxie! I just shouted that name out loud and everybody heard me. We all agreed on the name Maxie. At last we got name for him! Now we can shout to our dog and say Maxie.

Vocabulary Words

Vocab Words:

1. Seizure- When muscles contract or expand and doesn't release. It is also uncontrollable.

2. Swarming- A group of living things moving around in a contained place.

3. Venture- a) Beginning a new thing. b) A journey

4. Dignity- A way of acting like being responsible or fair.

5. Knead- a) An action with your hands. b) Messaging c) Rolling some thing in your hands.

6. Illuminating- a) to light something up b) Getting an idea like in cartoons.

7. Virility- An attracted male.

8. Jittering- Moving in an unpatterned motion.

9. Hispanic- a) People from Mexico or South America. b) People who speak Spanish.

10. Trepidation- A feeling that something bad will happen, usually a felling with guilt.

The Vocabulary Words Sentences

The 10 Vocab Sentences:

1. The young ventriloquist is very talented.

2. That boy is very malicious to his little brother.

3. "Stop that bellowing" yelled the angry teacher.

4. People are mortal but, gods are immortal.

5. That amount of work is to overwhelming for me.

6. I made a blunder on my English homework.

7. I stood there idly watching the men work.

8. That homework is very perplexing for me.

9. The water was very rampant in the typhoon morakot.

10. My dad owns vast rice fields in my home town.