Elements of Natural Built EnvironmentENBE Project One - Site Visit

Date: 15- 16 April 2013

Venue: River Stone Eco Resort, Hutan Lipur Sungai Tua, Jalan Sungai Tua, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor Darul Ehsan http://riverstoneecoresort.blogspot.com/

About Our Site…

Site Plan

Site View

At the riverside, you can see two big tree. These are rubber tree. The barks of that tree have a climbing plants on it.

These two tree are also rubber tree. These two rubber tree grow near to the river, so can see the roots clearly. There are some little fish live inside between the roots and the water

This the view of the site

Opposite the river, there got another forest

This is the view of our site. The fish are live between roots and roots

This is another side of our site. There are many trees that make you back to mother nature

• In this site visit at River Stone Eco Resort, I had did some research, investigate and also record a plant species and one animal. In my exploration, I have investigated rubber tree and also an animal that is frog.

Research Plant & Animal

Plant

• Hevea brasiliensis, most commonly call rubber tree. It is of major economic importance because the milky latex extracted from the tree is the primary source of natural rubber. Rubber trees grow mostly in humid, tropical countries. Tapping the rubber tree involves making small slices into the bark to allow the sap to flow

Rubber trees are tall with straight trunks. It bark is smooth and usually gray. The tree normally grows to only 82feet during cultivation, but in the wild, it grows up to 130 feet

Rubber trees grow best in climates that get regular rainfall. They can survive dry seasons up to five months. The rubber tree grows best with protection from high winds.

The leaves of rubber tree

Doodle of rubber tree leaf

Doodle of rubber tree bark

The leaves and fruits of rubber tree

The structure of rubber tree

Animal

• Frog have no tail, except larvae. Most have long hind legs, elongated ankle bones, webbed toes, no claws, large eyes and a smooth or warty skin. They respiration through their skin

Life cycle of frog

• Egg: Frog lay many eggs. Usually about 6- 21 days (average) after being

fertilized, the egg will hatch. Most egg are found in calm of static waters

• Tadpole: Tadpole consists of poorly developed gills, a mouth, and a tail.

• Tadpole with legs: After about 6 to 9 weeks, little tiny eggs start to

sprout. The head becomes more distinct and the body elongates

• Young frog: By 12 weeks, the tadpole has only a teeny tail stub

and looks like a miniature version adult frog

• Frog: By between 12 to 16 weeks, depending on water and food supply, the frog has completed the full

growth cycle. Frogs will start the whole process again. Finding

mates and creating new froggies.

Five SensesFeel Touch See Smell Hear

Five Sense (See)

• I see many different type of plant and insect like rubber tree, mimosa, dragonfly, butterfly and frog

• I see the river; the water very cool, clear and refreshment

Five Sense (Hear)

• I heard the chirping birds sound. It sound like “tweet tweet”

• I heard the cricket “crip crip” sound

• I also heard the sound of the running water. There is nothing more soothing and relaxing as the sound of running water. Great for meditation, relaxation,

Five Sense (Taste)

• I tasted the food that prepared by Riverstone Eco Resort. It was delicious

• Puan Hamidah prepared curry chicken, rice, vegetable, kampung style food and syrup

Five Sense (Smell)

• I can smell the wonderful aroma of the nature

• I smell the leaf, it smell fresh

• I smell the lily plant. It has a sweet aroma. There are bees collecting nectar

Five Sense (Feel)

• I touch the sand. The sand are smooth.

• I also can feel the water softly beating my hand

• I step on the grass. The grass are thick.

• I like to lie down onto the grass, it like my bed.

• I touch the bark of the rubber tree. It feel rough

• I touch the leaves. It is smooth

Ecosystem

• At the side there has trees, frog, dragonfly, and guppy fish

• Trees and plant need water from river.

• Guppy fish lives in the river.

• Guppy fish eat small creature in the river

• Frog catch dragonfly and butterfly for food

Our Journey…

DAY 1:-• 7.30am- We gathered at Taylor’s University

• 8.00am- We depart from Taylor’s University to our destination that is River Stone Eco Resort. We went there by two fullish air-condition bus.

• 10.00am- Because of some technical problem, we are late to our destination. Due the way to River Stone Eco Resort is a narrow path, we do walk into the resort. The first feeling when I got down the bus and I looked around the place, I feel like I have back to mother nature. There are many trees around and I can brief the fresh air when I walked along the path.

• 10.15am- After we settled down and put our luggage into the dorm, we have a short briefing. briefed by Ms Delliya and also Miss Amira the administrator.

• 10.30am- We have our first activity that is selecting site. Miss Amira bought us to walk around the place so that easy for us to select our site to research. My group found a place that near the riverside. Then we started our research. The site that my group research is about 10m x 10m. At the site, we explore the site and collect some information about the site. The site that our group our group chosen has many living things. I saw many different types of plants. The river is not too deep as we can play in the water. I smell the wonderful aroma of the nature. I heard the charming of birds, the cricket sound and the sound of the running water. When the wind blew onto me, I felt very happy because today’s weather was quite hot.

• 12.30pm- It was lunch time, we had our lunch prepared by River Stone Eco Resort. The food were delicious. I tasted all type of food that were given.

• 2.00pm- We stared to explore and research more detail of our site. We were required to collect some plants for our group’s logo. I think my group is the most lucky because we can interview a villager when he was fishing at that time. The uncle explained to us about the riverside.

• 4.00pm- We have our tea break. After the tea break we continue our research. We collected some data on the site.

• 5.00pm- We have a wonderful time with Ms Delliya and also Miss Norma. We play water in the river. We played happily and enjoyed our time.

• 7.30pm- We having our dinner at canteen. After that, we did our logo using the plants and flowers that we collected just now. Our group does a logo named “peacock” because the logo that we did looks like a peacock. Then we have our presentation and then followed by a tutorial session.

• 11.00pm- After the supper, our group have a meeting for our today’s work and discuss about our trip today. Then, the lights out, we went to sleep.

Our infographic

Our meeting & planning

• 23 April- We are dividing each members’ work in group. Tsang Hao Ren incharge of doing video. Benny Tan managing and plan the content of infographic. Edwin Ho incharge of the model. While, Edy and Chew Jun Ming is exhibition booth and helping in infographic. even though we have divide who in charge of what, we still helping each other because this is group work.

• 28 April- We do the model and discussing about the video content & start the video. We discuss how we present the whole video and the running of video.

• 30 April- We discuss about the video content and working on the model

• 5 may- We are working on the model and video

• 7 may- We working on the model and video

• 14 may_ We working on the model, video and planning of the video

• 19 may- We working on the infographic, model, video and exhibition booth.

• 23, 24, 25, 26 may- Finaly we finishing the infographic, exhibition booth and video, model.