Reflection for Sungei Buloh Learning Journey (5 July 2022) by Mrs Esther Ng

My Learning Journey Reflection

mijiworkshop — 2022-06-30 06:32:26 UTC

Dear boys..

Please complete the following questions:

1. During today's visit, which value / HABIT did you demonstrate the most? (Example: Care, Responsibility, Respect, Begin with the End in Mind, Put First Thing First, etc...) Provide some examples to illustrate your point.

2. Identify 12 learning points which you picked up from today's LJ.

If you would like to state more, you are more than welcome to do so. :)

3. If you have taken any photographs, videos or have completed some sketches of the flora & fauna observed during today's guided walk, please feel free to upload some of them and share with everyone here.

Double-click anyway on the board and start typing!

Can't wait to see all your sharings :)

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Cheers,
Mrs Ng

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Adrian Ang 5-2

2022-07-05 07:21:06 UTC

Respect
I respected the person guiding the walk by listening to her.

Learning points:
1. Mangrove trees can live in fresh and salt water
2.Cicadas make similar sounds of crickets to attract other cicadas.
3. Bamboo is a grass.
4.Fish poison trees have sap which can kill fish.
5. Tent spiders make 3D webs.
6. Mangrove seeds germinate while on the tree.
7. Attap plants are very useful.
8. Most animals in the wetland reserve are nocturnal.

9. Cicadas have transparent wings.
10. High tide can bring in a lot of rubbish.
11. Mangrove plants have to grow a root while on the tree so that it can be stuck firmly to the soil.
12. I learnt not to be noisy during the walk so that the animals do not get scared.

Lau Chok Sung

2022-07-05 07:53:31 UTC

During today's visit, I demonstrated Responsibility by following the guide and safety measures.

Learning Points:
1. A palm is a type of tree that does not grow branches.
2. Birds migrate to escape harsh winters and to ensure year-long food supplies.
3. Some crocodiles will use rainfall as an opportunity to hunt for prey.
4. A mangrove is usually situated between sea and land.
5. Roots of mangrove trees tend to stretch underground and poke out of the soil for more oxygen.
6. There were only 440 trees in Singapore in 1962, but there are over 2 million trees now.
7. A Nipah is a mangrove palm (which means that it is a mangrove tree without branches).
8. Mudskippers are a species of fish that can stay above water for a longer period of time, compared to most fish.
9. Mudskippers have larger gill chambers, which allow them to store water and stay on land for a longer duration.
10. The buta-buta tree produces sap that causes temporary blindless when applied to the eyes.
11. Animals such as crocodiles, monitor lizards and monkeys can be spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
12. Mangroves have different types of roots, one of which is the pencil roots.

Conrad Lee 5-2

2022-07-05 07:55:06 UTC

I think I demonstrated Begin With the End In Mind the most. I prepared everything the night before and made sure to bring insect repellent.

12 learning Points

1. Migratory birds appear in Singapore from September to March.
2. A mangrove can be described in 2 ways - a tree or a habitat.
3. A mangrove tree can grow in fresh or salt water.
4. Cicadas live underground from 2-11 years.
5. Bamboo is a grass and can grow up to 0.6 m in a day.
6. Cicadas don't usually call on a rainy day.
7. The Buta Buta's sap can blind you.
8. The fruit from the Api Api is edible.
9. Mibong Tam is water resistant.
10. Mibong Tam can be used to make blowdarts.
11. The Attap Palm can be rolled to make cigarette wrappers.
12. The fish poison tree can kill fish with a soapy substance.

Ean Wong

2022-07-05 08:08:17 UTC

I demonstrated RESPECT by listening to the guides.

Here are my twelve learning points:
1.There are ants with giant heads
2.Palmtrees reproduce sexually
3.Palm trees have flowers
4.Dragonflys bask in the sun
5.Dragonflys are cold blooded
6.There are leaves with holes
7.The holes on the leaves were eaten out by animals.
8.The leaves taste salty
9.There are cobwebs
10.Sungei Buloh means "River of Bamboo" in Malay
11.There are pencil roots
12.Pencil roots stick up from the ground

CHEERZZ TO DA LJ!!!
Ean

Jacob Xu 5-2

2022-07-05 08:15:42 UTC

1. Mudskippers are fish.
2.The fish poison plant contains tannins which stun fish.
3 The Sunda slow loris is one of the few venomous mammals.
4. Mudskippers dig their burrows by using their mouths.
5. The water in the mangrove is very salty and harsh.
6. Many creatures and plants depend on the tides.
7. Noise disturbs the animals in the mangrove.
8. The animals may think that trash is food.
9.There are many insects and spiders in the forest.
10. Pangolins are nocturnal.
11. There are many large spiderwebs in the mangrove.
12.We have 4 nature reserves in Singapore.

2022-07-05 08:23:37 UTC

care: I took pictures for kyler because he was sick with covid

1. That animals of different species can be friends with each other
2. bats have been driven to human facilities
3. the reason for the point above is because their homes are being destroyed
4. That the teochew used to cook a certain species of crab
5. they stopped doing the point above this one because the crabs started to go extinct
6. there is a monkey that eats crabs
7. Are small tunnels for small animals to cross the roads

I can't think of anything else

Tay Jie Hong (5-2 Peace)

2022-07-05 08:25:23 UTC

1. Mudskippers are fish, not amphibians.
2. The mangrove propagule is a seedling, not a fruit.
3. Tent spiders weave webs that are 3-dimensional.
4. Mangrove trees have different types of roots (e.g. prop and pencil roots)
5. Migratory birds sometimes stop over at Sungei Buloh
6. "Blind your eye" tree can be used to poison fish. The poison in the fish can be neutralised while the fish are cooking.
7. Mangrove trees can live in brackish water.
8. There are 4 nature reserves in Singapore.
9. Alligators sometimes can be seen near the mangrove trees at the shore.
10. Many crabs also can be seen.
11. Mangrove trees remove salt that they absorb through glands in their leaves.
12. There are a lot of ants in Sungei Buloh.

Lee Meng Hao

2022-07-05 08:52:44 UTC

1. I demonstrated Respect by respecting the animals and trying not to disturb them.
2. Learning points: 1) Sungei = river
2) Buloh = bamboo
3) Sungei Buloh = river bamboo or river of bamboo
4) epiphyte = not parasite
5) Fish poison tree is
used to poison fish 6) mangrove comes
from an Arabic word
7) brackish water is
salty water
8) anaerobic = without
oxygen
9) aerobic = with
oxygen
10) Api-Api = fire
11) The Api-Api tree is
used for firewood
12) The bird-nest fern
is not parasitic

Wu Yikun 5-3

2022-07-05 08:58:28 UTC

I displayed care. I remembered not to be too loud when we saw animals.

1. Long-tailed macaques have long tails and are also called crab-eating macaques.
2. Cicada makes noise to find mate
3. 2 American cicadas go underground as larvae for 13& 17 years respectively
4. Salt water crocs are the largest reptile in SG.
5. Some crabs have blue blood due to copper(not iron, humans have iron)
6. The bottom of leaves are rougher due to stomata.
7. SG has 3 types of monitor lizards.
8. Bats' habitats are destroyed so they came to Sungei Buloh.
9. Palm leaves form shelter.
10. Animal don't like noise and will hide.
11. We can demonstrate climate, ecological, and social resilience.
12. Sungei Buloh: where mangroves and wetland wildlife thrives.

Lucas Seah 5-3

LucasSeah — 2022-07-05 09:15:42 UTC

Section 1:
Value/Habit displayed: Responsibility
Examples: I made sure that I did not leave any of my items behind.

Section 2:
Learning point 1: Some species that live in Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve are endangered.
Learning point 2: The Crocodile is the largest reptile in the world.
Learning point 3: The Malayan Water Monitor Lizard is the second largest reptile in the world.
Learning point 4: Mudskippers can be on land and in water.
Learning point 5: Last time, some coloured rings were attached to birds' feet, so that researchers can track where they migrate to.
Learning point 6: Now, instead of using coloured rings, researchers use geological trackers attached to the birds.
Learning point 7: There are many different species of animals at Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve.
Learning point 8: The Long-Tailed Macaque got its name because it has a long tail.
Learning point 9: There are different types of Mudskippers, including the Giant Mudskipper.
Learning point 10: There are some snakes in Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve, just that we did not see any.
Learning point 11: The Crocodiles catch their prey by staying very still and pretending to be a stick or branch, then quickly strikes their prey when they approach unknowingly.
Learning point 12: The Crocodiles can eat birds.

Section 3:
N/A (Reason: Did not bring camera, and did not bring drawing paper.)

Ronel Yee 5-3 Fai

ronelyee — 2022-07-05 09:27:26 UTC

1. Awareness. I made sure I was quiet so that the animals will not get disturbed.
2a. A natural reserve is a place where wildlife are protected.
2b. In Singapore, there are four natural reserves.
2c. The four natural reserves are Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, and Labrador Nature Reserve.

2d. Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve are home to many species of animals, such as the largest reptile and the second largest reptile, the estuarine crocodile and the monitor lizard.
2e. There are two species of monitor lizards in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, the Malayan Water monitor lizard and the clouded monitor lizard.
2f. There are horseshoe crabs in the marshlands in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve that are about the size of a fifty cent coin.
2g. In the past, there was a species of snail that feeds on mangrove roots. However, mangrove trees somehow died out easily and the snails went extinct. This also resulted in the extinction of a species of beetle, who was a predator of the snail species also died out. This beetle had the ability to glow.
2h. There are crabs that live under mangrove tree roots.
2i. There are cicada species in America that can live for 13 and 17 years. These species live for prime years as to avoid season predators.
2j. Cicadas found in the forests are the noisiest and loudest insect on earth.
2k. Cicadas produce the noise by "strumming" its abdomen which has a chamber inside. Males use the sound to attract potential mates.
2l. Pangolin scales are modified hairs.

Elias Lee (15) 5-2

eliasleeje — 2022-07-05 09:33:04 UTC

I think win-win and I try to keep quiet and listen to the guide.

1. Cicadas don't usually call (or screech) on a rainy day.
2. "Bamboo River" is the direct translation of Sungei Buloh.
3. Mangrove trees are able to force out the salt through the stomata on the leaves after taking in salty water. (And it really tasted salty!)
4. Bamboos are actually grass.
5. The "Fish Poison Tree" can poison fish with with its sap as the sap has a soapy substance that kills the fish.
6. The Nibong Palm's needles can be made into blow darts.
7. The Buta Buta Tree's sap can temporarily blind you.
8. Tent Spiders can spin 3D webs.
9. The Api Api Tree's fruits are tear-drop shaped and are edible.
10. Fruit bats feed on tree nectar.
11. The Propagule Tree's fruit germinate first before they are dispersed.
12. Sea Hibiscus can be used to make rope and medicine.

Emmanuel Goh 5-2

Emmanuel_Goh — 2022-07-05 09:33:31 UTC

1) Respect
During the guided tour, we (I) did not shout at the animals or disturb them.

2) 1.Sungei Buloh means bamboo (buloh) River (Sungei)
2. Bamboo is a very good building material and making cloth. It is also renewable.

(Quick list of poison trees)
3. Fish poison tree. Poisons fish. (What did you think)
4. Buta Buta. The leaves' sap is poison
5. Kee bonk tree (?). Fill with poison to make darts. Is spiky.

6. Tree climbing crab is white. Herbivore.
7.Attap plant. Seed used to make Attap Chee (Yums)
8. Sea hibiscus can heal coughs

(Root types)
9. Normal roots. Under ground
10. Prop roots. Above ground and under ground
11. Pencil roots. Mostly underground. Sometimes pops up above ground.
12. Inverted ice-cream cone roots. Pencil roots but fatter.

Lim Jayan 5-2

2022-07-05 09:43:36 UTC

Respect. I listened to the guide while she was talking.

1. It is a stop-over point for some migratory birds.

2. Crocodiles can be found.

3. Monitor lizards can be found.

4. Smooth-coated otters can be found.

5. Plovers and sandpipers can be found.

6. Dogs are not allowed in the reserve as they could harass wildlife.

7. The mangrove species survive by filtering out the salt found in seawater. Some species excrete salt through glands in their leaves. These leaves, covered with dried salt crystals, taste salty if you lick them.

8. Nibong can be found. They have thorns.

9. Sunbirds can be found.

10. Pigeons can be found.

11. Before Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve existed, there were farms in the area.

12. Kingfishers can be found.

Sim Yue Yee (5-2)

2022-07-05 09:46:48 UTC

I displayed habit number 2 (begin with the end in mind as I had brought all of my items for the learning journey.
Learning points:
1. Ferns grow on trees and are not parasites
2. There are 3 types of roots: the prop root, the inverted root and the underground root
3. Crabs will eat dried leaves
4. Crocodiles will bask in the sun
5. Dragonflies may be collecting nectar from flowers or just simply basking on it
6. Spiders build webs that trap animals and leaves
7. Monitor lizards can fight with each other
8. Fire ants are ants that have a very painful bite
9. Mudskippers dig a deep hole by spitting out the mud for their home
10. Mud lobsters build a pile of mud
11. The smooth coated otter is native to Singapore
12. Pangolins are nocturnal

Wu Yiming (17) 5-2 Gen

2022-07-05 09:57:35 UTC

1. There are heart-shaped leaves

2. Buloh means bamboo in malay

3. Sungei means river in malay

4. Anaerobic means lack of oxygen

5. Drinking seawater is bad for you as the salt in the seawater would absorb body liquids

6. Mudskippers are fish

7. In the attap chee plant, excess salt is ejected via the leaves

8. Api Api means fire in malay

9. There is a tree called fish poison tree

10. By the 1900s over 90% of the original forests in Singapore had been cleared

11. Arboreal means live in trees

12. Hypocotyl is seedling

Matthias Ho (5-3)

2022-07-05 10:01:38 UTC

Value Exercised
I exercised the value Awareness. When the guide moved on after his short explanations, I would follow after so as to not get lost.

12 Learning Points
1. High tides and low tides are caused by the sun and moon's gravitational pull.
2. The mudskipper is an amphibian and can live in water and on land.
3. There is a variety of animals at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
4. We need to be considerate and keep our volume down to see animals, and to not scare them.
5. We need to keep the nature reserves clean so that the animals do not eat any rubbish.
6. Some birds that are in Singapore may be trying to look for food or maybe trying to mate.
7. Birds finding food will be camouflaged so that their predator will not see them and eat them.
8. Mating birds will have colorful skin to attract mates.
9. We should not feed the wildlife around the park.
10. Non-flowering plants reproduce by spores, for example ferns.
11. Some mangrove trees have pencil-like roots that stick out of the ground.
12. Some mangrove trees have conical roots that stick out of the ground.

My learning journey reflection (Sun Le Xing) 5 gen

2022-07-05 10:05:43 UTC

I thought that we demonstrated teamwork mostly as we would remind each other to stay on the trail as we know it would be dangerous to wander off.

My learning points!
1. Mud skippers use their mouths to build their homes!
2.I learnt that Sungei means river in English
3 I learnt that buloh means river in English
4 I also learnt that a mangrove is where sea water meets fresh water.
5 I learnt the definition of brackish was salty
6 I learnt about the tagging system for birds
7 I learnt that Singapore uses green and white tags
8 I learnt that Singapore wanted to use red and white tags at first but Indonesia used it first.
9 I learnt that the smooth-skin otter was an endangered species of animals.
10 I learnt that crocodiles would spend a long time to stalk for their pray.
11 I learnt that there are four reserves in Singapore
12 I learnt that the biggest wetland reserve in Singapore is the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.

Oliver Matthew Wee 5-3

2022-07-05 10:06:39 UTC

1) I demonstrated I Seek first to understand and then to be understood. I waited for the guide to finish explaining what he was talking about before I asked him questions.
2)12 learning points:
- cicadas are the loudest insect on earth.
- cicadas do not use their wings to make noise but use internal organs instead.
- There are three different monitor lizards in Singapore.
- Some plants' leaves have salt on them.
- The Rafflesia was named after Stanford Raffles.
- There are Horseshoe crabs in Singapore
- The Salty Crocodile is Singapore's top predator
- Some plants' roots stick out of the ground to absorb more water and nutrients.
- There are bats in Singapore.
- Otters are critically endangered.
- The Long-tailed Macaque is also called the Crab-eating Macaque
- The Rafflesia is a parasitic plant

Adalbert Colin Tan - 5-2(Peace)

2022-07-05 10:12:35 UTC

1. I demonstrated responsibility the most. E.g. I kept quiet as the guide talked about the different plants and animals during the guided walk.

2. Learning points:
-Singapore is a stop for migratory birds
-Mangrove Trees adapt to the saltwater by 'removing it' via their leaves
-Mangrove trees can be found at the straits of Singapore
-Cicadas make a sound to draw in a mate
-Cicadas can be used to predict the weather: they make no sound before the rain and make sounds during the sunny time
-Sungei Buloh means Bamboo river
-Atlas moths eat the fruits of the Fish Poison Tree.
-A Buta Buta's sap can blind you
-A tent spider can make 3d webs
-Birds migrate through Singapore and stop here to have a drink and eat before proceeding with their migration during winter and mid-year
-Sungei Buloh experiences high tide and low tide
-Bamboo is a type of grass that grows really fast
-There is a crab that climbs trees during high tide

Darius Loh 5-2

2022-07-05 10:19:43 UTC

1. Strawberries grow roots underneath the ground and the roots will grow a new plant.
2. An Epiphyte is a fern from a spore that clings on to a tree for nutrients.
3. When a dragonfly basks, it means that they are letting their body heat up.
4. When the spider web vibrates, the spider will come out and kill its prey.
5.Beloh means bamboo and Sungei means river.
6.Bakish water is stinky because it lacks oxygen.
7. Plant roots take in salty water from the ground, in result, salt crystals can be found on the leaves of the plant.
8. Crabs eat dead leaves.
9. When the evaporation is high, mudskippers will make the hole deeper to decrease the surface area.
10. Mudskippers use their mouth to transport mud around.
11. Uproots are breathing rots absorbing air.
12. There are three types of uproots, ones that look like an R, U, a pencil.

Lucas Huang 5-3

2022-07-05 10:21:34 UTC

1.The trees with leaves like fish tails are called the fish tail palm.
2.You can identify a fern by seeing the brown spots on its leaves
3. The mixture of saltwater and freshwater is called brackish water.
4.The builder ant uses its saliva to stick leaves together.
5. The mangroves stick its roots into the air to get oxygen.
6.You cannot smile at a monkey, as it will attack.
7. A monkey associates plastic bags with food
8. A total of 2 million trees are in Singapore
9.Tree-climbing crabs exist
10. Birds migrate over 10,000 kilometres
11.Some crabs are living fossils
12. Sungei Buologh has 118 bird species

Aaron Jinata 01 5-3 5 Faith

lozijuboy11 — 2022-07-05 10:30:04 UTC

1) I think I demonstrated think win-win as everybody had fun today.

2)
1. Horseshoe crabs are living fossils.
2. Mudskippers come out during low tide.
3. Mudskippers are fish but they can breathe on land.
4. Cicadas' screeches are mating call.
5. Mangrove trees' roots are long and goes deep into the soil
6. Mangrove trees' saplings are like thorns coming out from the mud. They are in clustered groups.
7. Crocodiles like to bask in the sun
8. Crocodiles usually hunt during high tide.
9. Mangrove fish usually swim in large schools.
10. Some sap of the plants are poisonous and can blind people.
11. Some seeds germinate while still attached to the plant.
12. Some garbage in the sea is washed into the mangrove

3)
Pictures and Videos would be shared in a different post

Wang Yuhan (5-3)

2022-07-05 11:04:18 UTC

I demonstrated respect the most. When the guide was talking, I listened attentively.

I learnt about how cicadas make sound.
I learnt that some cicada variants in the U.S. come out only every 13 or 17 years.
I learnt that some cicadas have medical properties.
I learnt that long-tailed macaques eat crabs.
I learnt that mudskippers spit out mud to make their homes.
I learnt about and saw all types of birds.
I learnt about monitor lizards.
I learnt about crocodiles.
I learnt that there used to a special type of snail and a beetle in the wetland, but they went extinct.
I learnt that the extinct beetle could glow.
I learnt about the naming system of a new species.
I learnt about what a wetland is.

I do not have a phone, or any electronic device that could take photos, hence I do not have any photographs.

Kesler Yak

kesleryak — 2022-07-05 11:33:11 UTC

I demonstrated respect as I listened to the guide.
1. Cicadas make a sound for attracting females.
2. Bats pollinate durian flowers.
3. Raffelsia flowers suck nutrients from other flowers.
4. The civet's poop is about the size of the first section of your index finger.
5. Saltwater crocodiles come out at low tide and not high tide.
6. Attap plants are made for building roofs in the olden days.
7. The bats in Sungei Bulohare threatened as their home have been destroyed.
8. We cannot make too much noise in reserves or else it might disturb other creatures.
9. The seed of the attap is an ingredient in ice kachang.
10. Mangrove roots protude out of the soil.
11. Mangorve seeds are long. (They are called Mangrove propagates)
12. There are ants climbing on the handle. (I forgot what is the species)and they gather dead ants for food. (That's what I saw)

Trevor Lee Dong Ze

trevorleedz — 2022-07-05 12:10:28 UTC

1) I demonstrated responsibility by ensuring that my phone is safe at all times.

Learning points:
1) Sungei buloh is the largest mangrove in Singapore.
2) There are only four reserves in Singapore, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment nature Reserve and Labrador Nature Reserve.
3) Nature reserves are only opened from 7 to 7 daily.
4) Mangroves are in between the land and the sea.
5) When there is low tide, the mangrove will be dry but when there is high tide, the mangrove will flood.
6) We should not litter as it will destroy the animals habitats.
7) Pangolins curl into a ball when they are threatened.
8) Long-Tailed Macaques are carnivorous and eat crabs.
9) Palm civets are nocturnal.
10) Cicadas make noises to attract mates.
11) There are many migratory birds in Singapore.
12) The migratory birds usually have dull-coloured feathers.

Deng Maoyu 5-2

deng_maoyu — 2022-07-05 12:13:22 UTC

1. I demonstrated curiousness. I kept my eyes open for things and asked when I did not know something.
2.
1. Bird's Nest Fern is an epiphyte
2. Dragonflies collect heat during daytime
3. Sungei means river
4. Buloh means bamboo
5. water in rivers comes from mountains or the ground
6. Water in rivers goes to the sea
7. brackish means salty
8. anaerobic means lack of oxygen
9. mud crabs eat leaves that fall from trees
10. mudskippers are fish that can breathe through their skin
11. mudskippers dig with their mouths
12. mudskippers are nocturnal

3. NIL

Zhang Haoyu 5-2

2022-07-05 12:20:40 UTC

1. Mangrove trees can grow in saltwater and freshwater.

2. eeee sound is made by cicadas.

3. It is a mating call.

4. It won't make that sound if is is going to rain.

5. Mangrove plants can remove salt through special gland on their leaves.

6. The spikes on a Nee Pong tree is used as the darts in blow darts.

7. pencil roots belong to api api.

8. The end of mangrove propagule is the roots.

9. bats hang upside down as their legs are too weak to support them.

10. The fish poison tree's sap kills the essential bacteria in fish thus killing them.

11. tent spiders make three-dimensional webs.

12. They are in the casing in the middle of the web.

13. There would be salty water on the underside of their leaves.

14. There are two species of mudskippers in sungei buloh wetland reserve.

Immanuel Lim

2022-07-05 12:24:05 UTC

I exhibited put first things first by listening to the guide first before taking pictures.
1. Diurnal means the opposite of nocturnal
2. Arboreal animals are animals that live in trees
3. Water that is a mix of freshwater and saltwater is called brackish(i think thats how you spell it) water
4. Some plants will adapt to the environment and secrete salt because there is too much salt in the water
5. Some mangrove trees will have little "spikes" which are actually roots stick out of the ground because in the mud there is not enough oxygen.
6. Mudskippers are fish
7. Mudskippers only come out on low tide
8. Crocodiles bask in the sun to warm themselves up because they are cold blooded
9. There are 4 nature reserves in Singapore
10. A certain tree(i forgot its name) when its leaves are plucked off, the end of the leaf secretes a white sap-like substance that if put in your eye, will be very painful and will temporarily blind you.
11. Monkeys will take plastic bags from you even if there is no food in it as they associate plastic bags with food
12.Sungei Buloh wetland reserve is the largest mangrove forest in Singapore

Gideon Koh - LJ Reflection

2022-07-05 12:32:12 UTC

Gideon Koh
5-2 Peace
Learning points:
1. When dragonflies perch on flowers, they are not resting - they are basking in the sunlight to receive heat.
2. Sungei = River
Buloh = Bamboo
so Sungei Buloh = River of Bamboo/Bamboo River
3. Water from rivers + Water from sea = Freshwater = MANGROVES!
4. Brackish water is bad for the wildlife yet the wildlife here has adapted to it. (P.S. Brackish water has a terrible smell)
5. When almost everything is rotting, there is lack of oxygen (anaerobic)
6. Mudskippers are fish that can breathe through skin.
7. Why mud is outside a mudskipper hole: The mudskipper digs it's hole by gulping up the mud. It will then throwing it up outside the hole.
8. Hypocotyls are seedlings that germinate on the parent plant.
9. Knee roots, prop roots and pencil roots are all adaptations to the harsh environment.
10. Excess salt that can harm the plant is removed. (That is why the underside of the plant tastes salty!)
11. An api-api (translation is fire) tree provides things like:
-firewood
-medicine (ask the natives how)
-leaves are edible
12. A Sunda Slow Loris is one of a very few number of animals that can poison you if it bites you! (But it's also very very cute!)

I think that I demostrated "Synergise" as me and my buddy worked together and shared learning points with each other so that we could end up with at least 12 learning points.

Chen Yize 5-3

2022-07-05 12:51:00 UTC

1. I think I demonstrated respect the most as when the guide is talking, I will not talk. When I talk, I talk softly and politely. When my other classmates are talking too loudly, I will ask them to keep quiet.
2.
1) Cicadas can live up to 17 years underground.
2) When cicadas go out moulting from underground, they go in colonies of billions.
3) All of the bats have seeds in their dropping.
4) Crabs living in a swamp will camouflage themselves to catch prey.
5) A young of a horseshoe crab can be as small as a 20-cents coin.
6) Horse shoe crab's blue blood are actually a ingredient of vaccines against a lot of viruses.
7) I saw literally more than 200 big red ant in only about half a meter. Imagine how many more red ants there could be in the whole forest!
8) There are only three species of monitor lizards in Singapore.
9) Lots of school of fishes zoom by the big river by jumping.
10) The fishes jump and swim two times faster than a average human running at his full speed but they only travel short distances.
11) The plant Rafflesia is named after Raffles Stanford.
12) A mudskipper's way of digging a hole in the swamp is by swallowing mud and then spitting the mud out beside.

Ting Xiangyi 5-3

2022-07-05 12:59:09 UTC

I exhibited seek first to understand, then to be understood. When the guides were speaking, I listened to them.
1. I learnt that mangroves have air roots because the mud do not have a lot of nutrients, so they get the oxygen from the air.
2. I learnt that many birds migrate here to feed in the winter to recharge.
3. They look brown and grey (drab and dull) to camouflage from predators.
4. Many creatures have adapted to the high tide and the low tide e.g. the tree-climbing crab climb trees when it is high tide.
5. Mangrove seedlings germinate faster that other seedlings. WOW
6. The water between salt water and fresh water is called "bracken" is that correct?
7. Mudskipper eyes grow on top of their heads to provide better vision.
8. there are many species of plants and animals (if I'm not wrong, there are 2,712 plant species)
9. There is a mangrove species that when you rub its sap into your eyes, you will get temporary blindness.
10. long tailed macaques can swim.
11. We should never stray far from the paths as there are poisonous vipers hiding in the trees.
12. Mudskippers have large gills that can hold quite a lot of water. That is how they are able to breath.
BTW: there is a birds nest at my house and the eggs are about to hatch (3 days left) :)

Joshua Seah (5-3)

2022-07-05 13:10:16 UTC

Value demonstrated:
Respect

During the walk, I had to show respect to the guide and not be focused on snapping photos everywhere.
I also had to be respectful to the animals around the area and not to make any loud noises to disturb them.

1. Trees around Sungei Buloh have roots that look like fingers that actually help to absorb oxygen even during high tide
2. There are Cicadas that spend up to 17 years underground that live in Singapore.
3. There are three different types of monitor lizards in Sungei Buloh
4. Saltwater / Estuarine crocodiles are some of the largest animals in Sungei Buloh
5. Singapore is trying to expand nature parks
6. In the past, only rich people had greenery in their homes
7. Singapore plans to plant one million more trees by 2030 as part of the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and the OneMillionTrees movement.
8. Sungei Buloh is important to birds migrating from cold winter countries as it provides a place for the birds to rest during their journey to warmer countries.
9. Migratory birds change their plumage depending on where they are (More dull when resting to avoid being spotted by predators, more colourful when trying to attract mates）
10. Sungei Buloh is one of the ONLY 4 nature reserves in Singapore.
11. Sungei Buloh is Singapore's first ASEAN first heritage park.
12. There are rare animals found in Sungei Buloh. (Examples include: Pangolins, mouse-deer [Chevrotain], giant mudskippers, and Malayan colugos [Flying Lemurs]

Brandon Tiong (5-2)

2022-07-05 13:16:14 UTC

1. During today's visit to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, I demonstrated Habit 5 (Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood) the most.

2. Learning Points :
- The noise you hear in the Wetland Reserve is made by cicadas, trying to find a mate.
- Sungei Buloh (<--Malay) translates to River Bamboo (<--English).
- Fish poison trees can poison fish as their sap is soapy and wipe the fish's gill clean of their much need bacteria (<--Their food).
- Atlas moths like to eat the fish poison tree's flowers
- Nibong palm spikes can be used to make blowdarts
- Buta-Buta tree sap gives you a burning sensation on the skin, and can also be used to poison fish, when in contact with your eye, it could blind you for 2 weeks.
- Tent spiders build funnel-shaped webs, they build two webs, one on the top (to capture prey), and one on the bottom (for themselves to chill and wait for prey to get caught in their top web).
- Tree climbing crabs are herbivores that climb trees, but surprisingly do not have camouflage to defend themselves against predators.
- Api Api species of mangrove trees get rid of saltwater from the underside of their leaves. (We got to taste the underside of the leaf, it was salty).
- The sonneratia tree lets fruit bats feed on its nectar, and has roots that look like inverted ice cream cones.
- The attap palm's fruit is as big as a football, and its white seeds can be found at the bottom of ice kacang.
- The propagule plants germinate on the propagule tree they are born from (their mother's tree).

Asher Ng - 5 Faith - 5-2

2022-07-05 13:31:10 UTC

1. I showed the value of ‘Seek first to understand, then to be understood’. When we were having the guided walk, I listened attentively to the guide, then asked any questions that I had.

Singapore is a stopover point for migratory birds.
Mangroves can thrive in both saltwater and freshwater.
Cicadas can live underground for 2 to 11 years.
Cicadas only live as winged insects (above ground) for a few months and die after that.
Cicadas usually call only during pleasant weather. By listening to the calls of the cicada, you can ‘predict the weather’ with decent certainty.
Mangrove trees have adapted to force saltwater out of their leaves (you can taste the saltwater - it’s safe!).
The sap of the fish poison tree can be used to catch fish.
The sap will remove bacteria on the fish, killing the fish.
The Atlas Moth eats the leaves of the fish poison tree. This makes it poisonous too.
The sap of the Buta-Buta tree is poisonous and can blind you temporarily.
The sap of the Buta-Buta tree can cure diseases.
Tent spiders make 3-dimensional webs with a ‘tent’ in the middle.
The api-api species of trees allows the seed to germinate on the tree first, so that when it is dispersed, the seed can immediately take root without getting washed away by the sea.

Zach Lim 5-2

2022-07-05 13:31:39 UTC

The value I showed was respect as I listened to the guide before commenting or asking questions.

Learning points:
1. The chirping sound that can be heard in forests are from cicadas, not crickets.
2. Cicadas are nature’s weather forecasts, as they only chirp when there is good weather and are silent when it is going to rain.
3. Sungei Buloh means ‘Bamboo River’ in Malay.
4.Bamboo is a type of grass.
5.The sap of the Fish Poison Tree can kill fish and be used in fishing.
6.The leaves of the nibong tree can be used to make the darts for blow darts.
7. The pods hanging from mangrove trees are called propagules.
8. Mangrove seeds germinate before being dispersed, different from normal seeds.
9. The leaves of mangrove trees have special glands to expel the salt from the water.
10. The seeds of the attap tree can be soaked in sugar syrup as a topping for ice kachang
11. Bats sleep hanging upside down as their legs are weak and they are not able to take off from the ground like birds.
12. Brackish water is water that lacks oxygen, making it smelly.

Max Evan Tan (5-2)

2022-07-05 14:01:49 UTC

1. I showed the value "Respect" the most. I made sure not to startle the insects and animals that were going about their daily lives.

2. i) Sungei means river and buloh means bamboo
ii) Mangrove seeds germinate on the parent tree
iii) Plants can reproduce using pollen, runners and spores
iv) "Api api" means fire
v) Ferns grow their leaves like a bowl to collect water
vi) Dragonflies, crocodiles and monitor lizards have to bask in the sun to get warm
vii) There are three different types of monitor lizards in SBWR
viii) Singapore is part of the flyway for migrating birds
ix) Many animals look brown and grey to camouflage in the mud or on the trees
x) Brackish water ---> salty water that makes plants and animals rot and die
xi) Mudskippers dig holes by spitting out the mud outside their hole
xii) Mangroves grow three types of air roots: Pencil roots, prop roots and knee roots

3. Please see the above picture. (I drew it on padlet)

Nicholas Ng (5-3)

2022-07-05 14:12:04 UTC

1.During today's visit, I demonstrated care the most. I care about the environment by not littering (or something).
2.
(i) There are a lot of different plants and animals in the wetland reserve.
(ii) Most of the animals in the wetland reserve are nocturnal.
(iii) There are different plants such as ferns (Miss Fernn Lim) and palms.
(iiii/iv) The plants and animals in the wetland reserve are different than the plants and animals we usually see.
(iiiii/v) The plants and animals in the wetland reserve have adapted to their surroundings.
(iiiiii/vi) Monitor lizards are scared of crocodiles (based on what I saw).
(iiiiiii/vii) Wetland reserves have a lot of unique plants and animals.
(iiiiiiii/viii) This wetland reserve is in the East Asian Australasian Shorebird Site Network.
(iiiiiiiii/ix) Migratory shorebirds such as whimbrels, sandpipers, plovers come to the wetland reserve during the migratory season from September to March
(iiiiiiiiii/x) Bats can poop while hanging.
(iiiiiiiiiii/xi) This wetland reserve is home to some of the world's rarest mangroves.
(iiiiiiiiiiii/xii) Mudskippers can spit mud (mudspitters).

Larry Xu 5-3

2022-07-05 14:34:36 UTC

1. Sunda Slow Loris is a cute mammal but one of the mammals with a poisonous bite.
2. Define "diurnal": opposite of nocturnal
3. Mangrove roots are like pencils because they need to receive oxygen from the air.
4. One of the two species of mudskippers in SB Nature Reserve is the giant mudskipper.
5. Of the 70 mangrove species found in the world, 31 are found in S'pore, and 27 in SB Nature Reserve.
6. There are 231 species of migratory birds at SB Nature Reserve.
7. Migratory birds change feathers to adapt to their environment.
8. Estuarine crocs are high in the food chain in SB Nature Reserve.
9. Unlike other snakes, the dog-faced water snake gives birth to live young instead of laying eggs!
10. Although commonly found in mangroves, it is rather difficult to spot due to its shy nature and its ability to camouflage in the mud.
11. King cobra is found in SB Nature Reserve.
12. Although venomous, K. cobra is actually a shy snake that avoids humans. It would rather flee than attack, unless it is provoked or cornered.

Jeriel Koh | 5-3 (5 Peace)

2022-07-05 17:22:33 UTC

Photographs Links: https://tinyurl.com/sungeibulohwrljbirdimage - Image of bird standing in water.

https://tinyurl.com/sungeibulohwrljbatsimage - Image of bats hanging upside down.

Respect.
I listened attentively when the guide was talking.

12 learning points:

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is very dry (like a desert), hence many plants have many special adaptations to adapt to the harsh environments it is surviving in.
Due to deforestation, bats have been forced to leave their homes.
Some plants have hairy leaves on the underside (where transpiration occurs through the plant's stomata)
4) The Rafflesia plant grows on other plants (they are parasites) as they do not have leaves to photosynthesise.
The cicada is the second noisiest insect in the world.
There are insects that stay underground for more than 10 years after the eggs hatch and fall to the ground.
Sunda Slow Lorises are one of the few mammals that are venomous (although they are so cute!!!).
The common flying dragon feeds on ants and termites.
Common Palm Civets (aka Toddy Cats) are omnivorous.
Usually, nocturnal animals have larger eyes which are shiny.
The NEA built tunnels for small animals to live in and bridges for larger animals.
There are four nature reserves in Singapore, namely Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Chestnut Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Nature Reserve and Labador Nature Reserve.
Singapore tracks birds with tags on their legs (Singapore's colour is green and white as Indonesia already used red and white). However, due to the advancement in technology, we have started to use satellite trackers.

Wang Jia Qi 5-2 Gen

2022-07-06 07:21:20 UTC

I exhibited respect. I did not interrupt the guides when they were talking.
Learning points:
1. When dragonflies perch on flowers, they are not resting - they are basking in the sunlight to receive heat.
2. Sungei = River
Buloh = Bamboo
so Sungei Buloh = River of Bamboo/Bamboo River
3. Salt water is also known as brackish water.
4. Brackish water (sea water) is bad for the wildlife but the wildlife here has adapted to it.
5. When almost everything is rotting, there is lack of oxygen...???
6. Mudskippers are fish that can breathe through skin.
7. Mudskipper holes have mud outside the hole?
8. Hypocotyls are seedlings that germinate on the parent plant.
9. Knee roots, prop roots and pencil roots hae all adapted to its surroundings to survive better.
10. The Sunda Loris can poison ypu if it bites you it is one of the very few mammals that can do that.
11. An api-api tree can provide firewood and can be made into medicine. Its leaves are also edible.
12. Monkeys have somehow associated plastic bags with humans means food inside.

Darryl Foo 5-3(Pea)

2022-07-06 09:23:00 UTC

I think I demonstrated respect as I did not interrupt the guide when he was talking
My 12 learning points
1. Sungei = River
Buloh = Bamboo
2. Diurnal = opposite of nocturnal.
3. There are different types of mangrove trees.
4. The NEA built pathways (e.g. tunnels and bridges) for animals to use.
5. Nocturnal animals only come out at night.
6. Mangrove trees have roots that come out of the soil as there is not enough oxygen in the soil.
7. Animals and plants have adapted to live in Sungei Buloh as there are low and high tides.
8. Sunda Slow Lorises are a type of venomous mammals.
9. Cicadas are a very noisy type of insect.
10. There are four nature reserves in Singapore. Sungei Buloh Wetlamd Reserve, Labrador Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Nature Reserve and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
11. Singapore tags the birds here and track the birds to track their movements.
12. Migratory birds change feathers to adapt to the environment.

Thaddaus Liew 5-3

2022-07-06 09:28:40 UTC

1. Mangrove trees can grow in saltwater and freshwater.
2. Mudskippers are fish.
3. Mudskippers only come out on low tide.
4. Sungei Buloh wetland reserve is the largest mangrove forest in Singapore
5. There are four reserves in Singapore, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment nature Reserve and Labrador Nature Reserve.
6. Cicadas make a sound for attracting females.
7. Bats help to pollinate durian flowers.
8. Mudskippers and come out of the water.
9. Horseshoe crabs' blood are used to make vaccines.
10. Migratory birds stop at Singapore to eat and go back to their countries at the end of winter.
11. Otters are critically endangered.
12. The Long-tailed Macaque is also called the Crab-eating Macaque

Lucas Teo Le Kai

2022-07-06 10:53:05 UTC

Care: I took pictures for Kyler since he was sick and couldn't come

1. The rafflesia is parasitic
2. The rafflesia was named after Raffles
3. Nocturnal animals usually have larger eyes
4. A type of crab was cooked last time by teochews
5. Those crabs in 4. are now endangered
6. There are small tunnels for small animals to cross under roads
7. Bats have been driven to human facilities
8. the reason for 7. is because of deforestation
9. Different countries have different tracking tags for bird migration
10. Singapore was going to have red and white but Indonesia already picked that
11. To solve the problem in 10. Singapore made its tag green and red
12. The cicada is the 2nd noisiest insect in the world

Joshua Lim Yu Zhe 5-3

2022-07-06 11:08:49 UTC

1. If you show your teeth to a monkey, it will think you want to attack it.
2. Tree-climbing crabs will climb up the tree during high tide.
3. Mangrove roots point up to get more oxygen.
4. In the wetland, the water is called brackish water, which is salt water mixed with freshwater.
5. The butah-butah plant will make you temporarily blind if you rub the sap into your eyes. It will be extremely painful.
6.There are 4 nature reserves in Singapore.
7. The builder ant uses its saliva to stick leaves together.
8.Mudskippers come out during low tide.
9. Mudskippers are fish but they can breathe on land.
10. Cicadas' screeches are mating call.
11. Cicadas can live up to 17 years underground.
12. Mudskipper eyes grow on top of their heads to provide better vision.

Hou Min Zhi 5-2

2022-07-06 12:51:29 UTC

1. attnetion. i listened to the guide and didnt interrupt
2. mangrove seeds = propagules
singapore is place for migrating birds to rest
mangrove take in salt water
mangrove get rid of salt in water via bottom of leaves
pencil roots
prop roots
the giant mudskipper
tent spiders make homes out of web
bats have weak legs
bats drop down from somewhere high to fly
nibong palm have poison thorns for blowdarts
how to find cicadas

Jace Lim Jia Xu 5-2 Fai

2022-07-06 14:24:38 UTC

I exhibited the habit “Seek first to understand, then to be understood” as I did not interrupt the guides when they were talking.

1. Mudskippers are actually fish, and
2. They are the only fish that can blink.
3. Sungei Buloh has a tree called the ”fish poison tree as it produces “poison” that kills fish.
4. There are 231 species of birds at Sungei Buloh reserve.
5. Salt water is also called brackish water.
6. The sap of the Buta-Buta tree can blind you but
7. It also cures diseases.
8. Tent spiders are unlike other spiders as they spin webs that are three-dimensional.
9. The only reason bats hang upside down is because their legs are too weak to support them.
10. Cicadas chirp to attract female cicadas.
11. Long tailed macaques are also called crab-eating macaques as they, well, eat crabs.
12. The slow loris sloth is very cute but deadly as it is one of the few poisonous mammals in the world.

Fang Zhirou 5-2

2022-07-07 13:46:17 UTC

I Respected the guide by not interrupting her.
Learning Points=
-Mudskippers are fish
-Sungei Buloh wetland reserve is the largest mangrove forest in Singapore
-Smooth coated otters are endangered
-Tree-climbing crabs will climb up the tree during high tide
-There are 4 nature reserves in Singapore
-Migratory birds stop at Singapore to eat as it is warm and will go back to their countries at the end of winter.
-Sungei = River
Buloh = Bamboo
-Diurnal = opposite of nocturnal
-Sunda Slow Lorises are a type of venomous mammals
-Mudskippers can spit mud
-Monkeys have associated plastic bags with food

kyler

2022-09-15 23:27:44 UTC

i couldnt gooooo