YH2 bloggasi talousuutisista

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HI6 selvitti, minkälainen on naisen asema eri maissa

HI6-  eli Kulttuurien kohtaaminen -kurssilla perehdyttiin naisen asemaan eri puolilla maailmaa, erilaisissa kulttuureissa. Työn tulokset videoitiin.  Seuraavassa videossa Orla ja Sofie keskustelevat naisen asemasta Intiassa:

Tämän linkin takaa löytyy asiantuntijoiden eli Aleksin, Hanneksen ja Emmin keskustelua naisen asemasta Afganistanissa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncxirTIXbg

Tämän linkin videossa Kasper, Kristofer ja Antti selvittävät, minkälaista on olla nainen Saudi-Arabiassa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It_TDczi8dg

EA7.3, EA7.5, EA7.7 energy Animals as Human Energy

The students in groups EA7.3, EA7.5 and EA7.7 planned and gave an oral presentation on the very last lessons of these courses.

The topic of the presentations was

Exploiting Animals for Our Energy Needs.

The students did take a stand on this issue; they focused on such aspects as hunting, factory farming vs organic farming, eating meat, and also dealt with such issues as animal testing, fur trading, etc.

Unfortunately none of the presentations were videotaped but they were interesting. And some of the videos the students showed were really good - they made you think about animals and the way we treat them ....

The presentations were evaluated...and it wasn't only the teacher who evaluated them ---everybody participated (so it was peer assessment). Thanks to this, it was easy for the teacher to assess them....Thank you all!
This is part of the instructions to the students....just for you dear reader to get an idea of what this was all about...

• Plan a 7-10 minute oral presentation the topic of which is the relationship between humans and wild or domesticated animals, with a focus on humans exploiting animals as a source of energy.
• Choose your viewpoint freely;it may be neutral and informative , provocative, or whatever, provided it is decent and interests the audience.
• Browse through some web sites and watch related videos to get ideas. Recommended search words: factory farming, organic farming, free range (e.g. eggs), maltreatment of farm animals, sustainable cattle breeding, hunting,etc.
• Give examples, short video clips, pictures, etc.

EA7.3 and EA7.5 English energy (Stop wasting energy)

The students on EA7  (English) were faced with the following online writing task.

Browse through the following sites to find ideas about the ways you can cut down on wasting energy and making this world a greener place to live.  

1.1.Here are things you can do to reduce your "footprint" on the earth. Click on each subject for more detail or visit our site to see how your actions can help save wildlife around the world. http://www.teensforplanetearth.org/page/live-green

1.2  How to make a difference – lots of good ideas here  http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/makeadifference.htm

1.3.Being greener: various links  http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121015000000/http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/DG_067892 

You may also look at page 85 in Open Road 7 for more ideas.

Below you can see some of their posts:

Stop wasting energy

There are plenty of ways to cut down your carbon footprint and save energy. First of all you should stop eating meat and start eating locally grown fresh vegetables to.Food produced in other countries needs to be transported which produces a lot of unnecessary carbon dioxide.  Sell your car and start walking without shoes. Shoes are often produced in third world countries without human rights.

Items packaged in plastic are big reason to global warming. Plastic pollutes earth because it’s made of oil. This is why you should avoid and recycle plastic as often as you can.

People should be more concerned about the nature and start making changes to their lifestyle. Heres some ways in which everyone could improve as a human being. Using more public transport instead of car is a more eco-friendly way to move around. And definitely move around the globe less by planes. if you wanna go abroad you should use bullet trains or other similar means of transportation.  Still the best from all is riding bicycle.     People should  also reduce eating red meat since producing that needs a lot of resources and sprouts are a far superior option anyways. Then theres dozens of ways you can cut down your water usage with. Biggest of which is to take short showers (max 3-4 minutes) once or twice per day, and never ever take baths. baths are a huge waste of water since showers do the job just as well. Also don’t waste the water by running the tap while you’re brushing your teeth or rubbing the soap onto your hands when you wash them.

Antti & Tiitus



MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Save energy!
- Use public transportation, or walk or bike instead of using a car.
- Don't use airplanes often, it contaminates the atmosphere.
- Shut off lights.
- Don't keep electronic equipments on if you are not using them. It consumes unnecessary electricity.
- Don't wash half empty washing mashine. If you can wash your goods without a mashine, that's even better.
- Don't shower too long.
- Buy locally grown or organic food and don't eat animal products so much.
- Don't use chemicals, natural things are better.
- Keep air conditioner on only when you truly need it. Many people keep it on for nothing. If you are feeling cold, put on more clothes rather than putting on more heat in your air conditioner.
- Make sure that you have a good insulation in your house. Otherwise the cold air will come in to the house and you need to put heat on your air conditioner.
- If you use stove or oven, cook as many different dishes as possible, because heating the oven takes much energy, so you migh as well use it all.

Cut down on waste!
- Don't throw food away. If you can't finish your food, save it for later.
- Recycle everything. Give your old clothes to charity rather than throwing them away.
- Seperate and recycle your carbage. Some of them can be used again.
- Don't waste paper, trees are not going to grow forever.
- Start a home compost. It's a good way to get rid of your waste.
- Use reusable things rather than disposable ones. For example when you are packing your lunch.

Nelli & Aurora

Our own ways of energy saving

The world needs us to change our ways of life so the world`s climate would not change too much. One of the most effective ways to stop climate change would be saving energy on daily basis like on heating and electric consumption. Also with decreasing our consumption and inventing greener ways to produce energy, for example solar and wind power. Also making new electronics which uses a lot less energy than the models of nowadays.  

    Also one another big issue like the greenhouse effect is pollution. Recycling and stopping to consume too much would be helpful for the world.     

Also little changes like, taking off five minutes of your morning shower, or switching off the light every time you leave room can play a huge role when it comes to slowing down the climate change.

If you need to do something big to make you feel good about your own carbon footprint, go ahead and plant a tree. There are hundreds of trees being cut down daily around the world just to fulfill our daily needs, and planting one by yourself wouldn't be such a bad idea.

    I find the biggest way for me to make changes towards reducing my energy wasting in my everyday life, is to change my habits in transportation. Instead of using the public transportation, which of course is already an environment-friendly option, I could do make my way to school every morning for example with a bike.

Think outside to box! You could use your sunday mornings by taking a little walk to a nearest park or some other places where you would find plastic or matel bottles and cans, pick them up, and return them to the nearest bottle-return spot. And profit by getting a little money out of it.

Leo & Theo 

Topias and Roope

1. We should eat locally grown organic food. It does not strain the environment as much as mass production.

2. Buy used clothes! They are cheaper and have no extra production.

3. Use more public transportations. It pollutes less.

4. Try to use airplanes as little as possible. They pollute too much to be used daily.

5. Try to rely more on renewable energy sources.

6. Take shorter showers. You’ll save some water.

7. Cool off your tap water in the fridge. It gets cooler and you’ll save some more water.

8. Plant a tree, it makes oxygen out of carbon dioxide.

9. Try to recycle more to save resources.

10. Get a compost because it makes dirt.

11. Support fair trade products

12. Don’t keep the TV on all the time. This saves up the electricity.

13. Become involved in a voluntary programme. Make a difference in your neighbourhood.

14. Print as little as possible. It saves paper and ink.

15. Use eco-friendly toilet paper.

16. Try to eat healthy. It helps you help others.

17. Try not to purchase new products.

Stop Wasting Energy

Energy wastage and contamination is growing rapidly and people should be aware of it.

For example, the average household in the United Kingdom waste an incredible 250£ per year by not being energy efficient. Each year, we human beings generate millions of tons of waste in our homes and communities.

Each and everyone of us can effect on energy waste by participating in simple things using simple methods constantly, such as: Do not preheat the oven, remember to recycle always when possible, use both sides of paper, use cruise control while driving, turn of your car while waiting in traffic, turn of the lights while leaving the house and plugging off the electronics.

Insest using cars, chose to walk or ride a bike whenever it is possible. Keep your car properly maintained. To keep it in good running condition to avoid carbon dioxide emissions. Prefer public transportation to avoid carbon dioxide emissions and you can also make your journey more enjoyable. Carbon dioxide emissions give rise to climate change, which resulted the climate to warm up. Remember to recycle because the garbage decompose very slowly. Global warming as a result of plant ecosystem balance goes haywire. Otherwise future generations will be living on the contaminated environment. It is researched that the human living is overburning the environment. Small actions can affect a lot.

Vishal and Gagan

We have lived on this planet for quite a long time and we wish to live here for many more years. A lot of changes has happened during our time living on earth, people have modified the planet to meet their needs. If we continue making these bad decisions by wasting earth’s natural resources, we might not have as much time left here that we could.

Normal people like us can not affect the environment on a great scale but individuals can make a change by doing smaller deeds.  First of all people should be more aware of their consumption habits. An easy way of cutting down individual’s emissions is for example by using public transportation. Using for example a bus is a greener way to travel. People should also favor domestic products and locally produced goods. At home people should try to save energy as much as possible by for example turning off the lights and lowering the temperature. Recycling is an easy way to cut down on straining the nature. Recycling your old clothes and buying other people’s old clothes is an effective way to save earth’s resources. Saving water is also important, by closing the tap while brushing your teeth saves a lot of water and also taking shorter showers can help a lot. 

Ronja and Sanna 



1. Turn off the lights when you leave the room
-leaving the lights on is a waste of energy and you should make a habit of turning them off every time you leave the room
2. Use public transportation or a bicycle, walk if possible
-if you are going somewhere close, walking is the most energy-effficient way of traveling, otherwise use public transport or a bicycle
3. Decrease heating in your home
-heating your home consumes a lot of energy, so it's recommended that you set the heating as low as possible
4. Choose lightly packaged products in stores
-packaging materials, namely plastic, require a lot of resources to be produced
5. Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable ones
-you can use rechargeable batteries over and over again, therefore they are the greener option
6. Heat your food in a microwave instead of an oven
-microvawes use less energy than ovens do
7. Wash your dishes manually, don't use a dishwasher
-doing your dishes manually saves a lot of energy and water compared to using a dishwasher
8. Use water conservatively
-i.e. don't let the water run while brushing your teeth
9. Use energy-saving lamps
-they are more efficient than regular ones
10. Take quick showers
-quick showers save water and energy
11. Eat local or organic food
-local or organic food is a greener option because it comes from nearby and is produced in an enviromentally friendly way
12. Recycle your waste
-recycling is an easy way to conserve energy
13. Buy electronics that consume less energy
-energy-efficient electronic devices are sometimes more expensive, but are worth the extra price
14. Stop using nicotine products
-the nicotine product industry is worth a lot of money, but it also consumes a lot of natural resources
15. Favor energy produced by renewable resources
-renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind, are a more enviromentally friendly way to produce energy

Toni and Vili

Stop wasting energy

First of all from everything we’ve read we have come to the conclusion that you shouldn’t try to make HUGE difference and that the little things are more important.

For example:

Turn your PC off at night don’t let it run in standby or sleep mode. It uses up about the same amount as a lamp if you’re using desktop, on laptop not so much. Also things like closing the tap when brushing your teeth matter. There are bigger choices too, like picking up a bicycle instead of a car.

You need to remember that saving energy isn’t all about electricity and fossil fuels. It’s also about not creating non-disposable waste. That’s why you shouldn’t use plastic cups only once. Rinse them once and reuse. That way you don’t have so much to get disposed of and energy is saved.

Try to buy things that can be composted rather than the kinds of that end up in a dump so they can be used to grow trees and plants. There are also such things as energy saving light bulbs and LED lights that are 50 times more energy efficient than traditional light bulbs.

Biodiesels are also a new way to make a difference. Biodiesel is made of vegetable oil- or animal fat. and it doesn’t pollute as much because the producing doesn’t require as much as toxic chemicals.

Otto and Julius

1 Stop using oil because it is not renewable energy and it produce carbon dioxide

2 Star using renewable energy because it is safe for the environment

3 Spend money to find another clean energy  scores   because oil is going to run out

4.Take shorter showers to save hot water.

5.Close the faucet while brushing teeth.

6.Turn the TV/Computer off when it’s not being used.

7.Recycle.

8.Buy products with little packaging.

9 Get whole world in energy contracts because environment  protection is useless unless whole world is doing the same thing

10. Use reusable shopping bags instead of buying a new plastic bag every time.

11 spend time and money to develop clean land vehicles because cars are big that make air quality worse  

12. Don’t overheat rooms. You save a lot of energy.

13.Turn off lights when you leave the room.

14.Never use the dishwasher or washing machine unless it’s full

15.Recycle old cell phones instead of throwing it away.

16.Reduce waste.

17 Find another fuel for airplanes because the planes are the worst carbon dioxide source.

EA7.3 , EA7.5 and EA7.7 English Energy Solutions in an Imaginary Country

This is one of the online assignments we did on this course:

The students worked in twos (occasionally threes) and drew up an  Energy plan for their imaginary country.  

This task was pretty creative but  the students had to deal with the notion of energy.

Here are some of the creative stories the students came up with in less than 45 minutes. 

Meriland

Meriland is located on the coast of eastern Africa and it is known to be the only occidental country of Africa due to the fact that Meriland is very wealthy and the culture and the consumption is extremely western alike. It has just a bit over 2 million citizens. The main livelihood is services and industry makes about a quarter of the trade. Agriculture is the minor source of livelihood just like in most western countries.

The main geographical features are the fact that the country is in the very coast so the Indian Ocean provides not only water resources but also wind that blows from the ocean. In the middle part of the country there is some mountains that make the western part of the country very warm and the vegetation there is quite poor mostly lowland covered by grass. The climate is subtropical which means long hot summers and mild winters.

The most common way of producing energy is nuclear power. The country has five nuclear power stations located all over the country. The props of  using nuclear power is that they can create a lot of energy  with a small  consumption. Nuclear fuel also has a huge energy content on it compared to other fuels. Nuclear power stations don’t create almost any harmful emissions or greenhouse gases. Also the nuclear power stations employ lot of people.

The cons of using nuclear power are that they use uranium, which is non-renewable  resource and the prediction is that we run out of uranium in 85 years. Nuclear power stations also keep loud noises and moving in the area is difficult. The stations considers are cooled by seawater and when the warm water goes back to the sea it can be harmful  to the ecosystem. Also the nuclear waste that comes from making the energy is highly dangerous because of the radiation, and it can’t be removed. Because of the radiation working on nuclear power stations is dangerous and if the safety in the stations isn’t right, there can happen nuclear power plant accidents and the radiation can spread to the nature. Also natural disasters can affect on nuclear power stations, like in year 2011 in Japan. Radiation exposure can increase the risk of getting cancer or deformed children. Also some areas with high radiation value need to be isolated many years, for example Chernobyl's nuclear power plant accident.

Because the uranium is running out, the people of the Meriland are changing their energy production in ways that they can advantage the natural resources that the country’s climate and geographical features have to offer. So nuclear power is cut down to the minimum.

Meriland’s energy plan for the future is to use the renewable energy sources as much as possible. The energy plan includes for instance starting a wind power stations on the coast where there is always a strong wind flow because of the winds that blow from the sea. Pros of wind power is that it is extremely renewable since it is highly unlike that wind would ever stop blowing. Also wind power is a cheap way to product energy over all. Cons are that the windmills are large and take a lot of space because if you want to create energy on them you have to have a very large number of them so it is not a nice view for the inhabitants of Meriland.

Meriland also plans to use water power not only on the coast but also in the mountain rivers. The pros of the water power are similar to wind powers. It is easily accessible, extremely renewable and rather cheap. Cons are that to make water energy effectively it needs to take a lot of space since reservoirs are needed in the process. Also water energy destroys environmental conditions of the rivers.

The energy plan also has solar energy in it which is easily available as well because the climate is subtropical and the sun is shining most of the year. And like the other plans solar power is renewable. Cons on this is that for now it is fairly expensive and solar cells aren’t too effective since one cell doesn’t provide too much energy.

Janina, Meri ja Noora



Boraslavia

population: 289 666
area: 3513 square kilometres
population per square metre: 82
main livelihoods: male 93, female 102
official languages: Hungarian, Slovak
The economic situation isn’t very good at the moment because we don’t get any gas from our biggest resource provider the all mighty mother Russai. We live mainly on rural productions such as herding livestock, farming land and selling furs to neighbor countries and exporting them to western Eulope. Boraslavia isn’t an industrial country yet so most of the people live in the countryside.
We produce energy from coal and import gas and oil from Russai. The coal production is at early levels because of the economic difficulties. Gas and oil are pricy so it’s not that beneficial to the economy. Coal heat is much more effective instead.
We should try nuclear energy. We are trying to get big international companies to invest in a nuclear power plant. But then there is the waste.


Otto , Julius  & Lauri

Ecologylandia has about a million people living there because it is a small country.  The soil in this country is very fertile which is why it offers a great opportunity for farming. The economic situation is good because the country is so small that there is no need for public transportation.  The people often go from place to place by bike. Houses are generated by solar energy in every home so that it can be heated and normal electricity can be used daily. Every person in Ecologylandia is vegetarian and so no meat consumption is needed.

Most energy produced in our country is by solar power, wind power and by water power which are taken from the rapids that flow through the land.  Since everything is economical there are very few

cons to be seen and everything is naturally produced. Although there is one volcano that the people fear might erupt one day destroying everything that has been built.

Our goal is to keep this current way of producing energy that we have at the moment and we hope to not change it in anyway.

Renewable energy is the best way to go in our country because we don’t want to pollute the air that we breathe and we don’t want to waste or use up our natural resources.

Daisy & Katrina

Pururuu

Capital:                                                                         Hoja
Area:                                                               Total 675km²
Population:                                                    3 000 000
Gini:                                                                               90.0
Gross Domestic Product:                            Per Capita 100K


Most important income of Pururuu is minerals such as gold and uranium. The geographic figures of Pururuu are beneficial to mining industry. For example there exist lots of wide rocky areas in this small island located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Because Pururuu is located near water is fishing favorable and of the main livelihoods along with mining.

Today the most used energy source of Pururuu is atomic energy since the small island produces huge amounts of uranium. It is good, since there is an easy access to the materials, because of the amount of uranium and plutonium in Pururuu. But in the future the uranium sources are going to hit the end of the road. The small country has to develop new energy sources. Also wave energy is used utilizing the monstrous waves in the Pacific Ocean. This usage of water is an ecofriendly way of producing energy. The only negative point in wave energy is disturbing fishing and ocean ecosystem. For example since the island is in the middle of the ocean it´s a very windy area. Wind energy is renewable and an ecofriendly way to produce energy, but it needs a lot of space and some money too. They aren´t attractive as a part of the landscape neither. Also the nature provides some new ways of producing energy such as peat. Peat is a good option when the ground is highly nutritious.  It is also a renewable energy source. But it takes a lot of time to grow and mixes up the ecosystem.

Nowadays nuclear energy is the best and cheapest option to produce energy but in future it will be usage of bioenergy.


Lauri and Liina

NORTH-GAYTAR

North-Gaytar is a small country in the Middle-East. Two million people live in our country, but a lot of immigrants work here. Because of the amount of natural resources our country is rich beyond imagination, although the immigrants are extremely poor and live without basic human rights. Most of the citizens live in palaces and have a luxurious life. Most of our country is desert and we have a few great and huge cities.
Our king has decided to use only fossil energy because our great country has plenty of them. Gas, oil, coal you name it we got it. There are so many resources we can sell it to our allies such as the United States of America. We are the world’s leading oil producer and it grants us a lot of money. Everybody knows the cons of our policy on energy, but our loving king decided in all his wisdom that it’s just propaganda from our hostile neighbor South-Gaytar.
Our king is so wise that he knows we need to figure out new ways to produce energy. That’s why our almighty king has ordered the scientists to develop fission energy. Our powerful army is also going to take over the nuclear plants in South-Gaytar to provide longer lasting resources.


Aleksi and Pietari


                                               Middle-Korea

Middle-Korea is an country between North and South Korea. There are five cities three of them have over five million inhabitants. The capital is centruks and there lives 7,2 million inhabitants. The total population of the country is 23,8 million inhabitants. The country is lead by it’s dictator Kim Tero XIV.  The country is a third world country, but it’s dictator’s family lives like luxurious life. The main livelihoods are fishing, farming rice and mining industry.  Middle Korea has an active volcano called Téro(2329m). Elsewhere Middle-Korea is quite flat. Middle-Korea is 500 000square kilometers

    Middle-Korea has five nuclear power plants, but they are quite unstable and the country has been shaken by quite a few nuclear reactor meltdowns and one was even worse than chernobyl. The pros: you can get a lot of energy quite cheap cons are that the waste is hard to get rid off and the frequent nuclear reactor meltdowns occur once a year at least.    

    Dictator Tero is a forward looking person and have started investing in renewable resorces, such as solar power and wind power. The cons of these methods are that they cost quite a lot to build and the amount of energy they produce is far less than  nuclear power plant.Pros are that it is renewable energy and it doesn’t pollute the nature.    

    The best way to produce energy in Middle-Korea is nuclear power, since is produces a lot of energy for a poor country like Middle-Korea.

Janne and Jesse

EA6.7 englanti energiapeli tai kilpailu

EA6.7   ja ENERGIAPELI


Englannin kurssilla numero kuusi pelattiin kurssin viimeisellä tunnilla energia-peliä, joka oli oikeastaan enemmän kilpailu kuin peli.

Opiskelijat jakautuivat parin-kolmen hengen tiimeihin ja ryhtyivät vastailemaan kysymyksiin eri puolilla koulua kannettavilla koneilla googlaten.

Kysymyksiä oli 25, mutta koska aikaa ei loppupeleissä ollutkaan ylenpalttisesti, parhaat ehtivät pelin puoleenväliin.

Tehtäviä oli erilaisia, kaikki englanniksi ja ne vaativat googlaamista.  Voittanut joukkue (Aleksi, Kirmo ja Janne) saivat annetussa ajassa eniten pisteitä. Pisteytyksen suoritti opettaja (RAA) omalta koneeltaan tiettyjen pisteytyskriteereiden perusteella.

Harmi, ettei aika riittänyt luovempien lopputehtävien tekemiseen. Mutta ehkä aikaa riittää sitten ensi lukuvuonna, jolloin tätä peliä voi pelata uudestaan.

Pelin oli laatinut opettaja. Kysymykset löytyivät Fronterista ja kysymyksiin vastattiin Googledocsiin, jonka opiskelijat jakoivat keskenään ja opettajan kanssa.

Alunperin oli tarkoitus tehdä peli maksulliselle pelialustalle, mutta opettaja päättikin tehdä pelinkaltaisen toiminnon sellaiseksi, että sitä voi pelata jatkossakin ilmaiseksi ilman erillisiä lisenssejä.

Jatkossakin tulevat kutoskurssilaiset voivat pelata tätä peliä ja oppia lisää energiaan liittyvistä asioista englanniksi.

BB2

Studerandena på kurserna BB2.5 och BB2.6. lärde sig ord om kläder genom att studera H&M-katalogen. De valde några kläder och beskrev dem med hjälp av olika adjektiv.