INSTRUCTIONS FOR GROUP PHOTO BLOG - POLLUTION CASE STUDIES

Instructions
Your group is going to do a PHOTO BLOG on a particular case study of a country suffering from pollution. What is a photo blog? Look at the sample below. 

Step 1: Click on the links which are assigned to your group BELOW, read the websites & watch the videos. You may also look at other websites for more details on your assigned topic. Use your textbook (Chapter 9) to help you as well. 

Step 2: Make a photo blog post by going to www.blogger.com, sign in using the username and password below and click on "New post". 

Account User: sec2geogblogs@gmail.com 

Password: sec2geogftw 

Step 3: Title your blog post using the same format as in the SAMPLE BELOW. Add your photos and information. Your blog post should include the following:

• The problem 
• Causes of the pollution
• Effects of the pollution

Step 4: Try to finish your photo blog today. Click 'PUBLISH' when you are done. 
GROUPS THAT FINISH THEIR PHOTO BLOGS TODAY WILL GET BONUS POINTS. 

Step 5: Students who have finished early, add the possible ways to reduce the pollution in the country that your group has studied into your photo blog and evaluate whether these methods are effective (advantages, disadvantages of the method). BONUS POINTS GIVEN. 

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GROUP 1 & 2 - Air pollution in Beijing, China 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobU0j331DY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksps_1Zwg5o

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/beijing-air-pollution--causes-of-smog-in-china-125026173.html#IE38TQQ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2568531/Beijings-toxic-air-pollution-severe-resembles-nuclear-winter-lack-sunlight-hampering-plant-photosynthesis.html

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GROUP 3 & 4 - Haze in Singapore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJpDG5o3r6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gukAE8bIy7Q

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-hit-haze-indonesia-forest-fires-054015251.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/singapore/10131868/Singapore-pollution-record-after-Indonesia-fires-cause-regional-haze.html

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GROUP 5 & 6 - Water pollution in Citarum River, Indonesia 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4a2cWgHioo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0lEkuEca4s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKfSoMyzzME

http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2013/11/08/206528113/Citarum-Named-as-Worlds-Most-Polluted-River
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GROUP 7 & 8 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R_l-dqxBIc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVm1pB3iJOw

http://oceana.org/en/our-work/stop-ocean-pollution/oil-pollution/learn-act/exxon-valdez-oil-spill-facts

http://www.brighthubengineering.com/marine-history/66248-the-exxon-valdez-oil-spill-and-its-consequences-on-the-environment/

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Marking scheme/ rubrics 

Grade A: Detailed points with pictures that effectively illustrate them and good evaluations 

Grade B: Detailed points with pictures 

Grade C: Only a few points, lack of details, did not cover all the necessary points, simply copy & paste