Terrorism Learning Activity 1 (For classes M13204, M13205, M13206)

Dear Students.

Here are your topics.

Group 1: Prepare a 5 min presentation on the Al Qaeda, its history, ideology and significance as a global terrorist group and the attacks done by the Al Qaeda so far, using a world map in the end to sum up where these attacks had taken place.

Group 2: Prepare a 5 min presentation on how the US government has treated terrorism so far and the debates on how the US government had looked into Al Qaeda as a US threat. 

Group 3: Prepare a 5 min presentation on the Jemaah Islamiyah, its history, ideology and motivations as a terrorist group in Southeast Asia.

Group 4: Prepare a 5 min presentation on terrorism acts that had happened to Singapore from just before independence to present day.

Group 5: Prepare a 5 min presentation on how Singapore, alongside ASEAN has responded to terrorism threats in Southeast Asia.

Harnessing the power of bacteria for good (31 July e-lecture)

In view of the fact we only have 30 mins together as a class, let's aim for something inspiring, interdisciplinary and also, intellectual. :)

To DV2105 students: please watch this video and discover what it takes to have an interdisciplinary angle to investigating issues. I like the fact that the girls decided that plastic, something that is a man-made creation, need not have a man-made solution to its destruction (or breakdown). And guess what, they went and dug up mud samples from their nearby river for strains of bacteria that were surviving plastic pollution.

The lesson for this lecture is quite simple - that solutions to many man-made problems we have today need new paradigms of thinking, thinking beyond the natural containers of social or natural sciences. Think and imagine solutions that will cut across various disciplines (from social sciences, engineering, natural science or even design).

TASK FOR TODAY:
Today, all you need to do is to look at your two proposals and the methods you have been thinking about. Try applying the "containers" of other sciences you ARE NOT THINKING of. Are there other possible ways of investigating your research questions?

Important note:
Email your proposals by 6pm today to dvsciencejunior@gmail.com. You can indicate in the project title of your proposals which of them you prefer working on. Number the proposal (1) for the one you better prefer and a give a (2) to the one you next best want to work on. So essentially, your group proposal 1 is prefer than proposal 2. Get it?

For starters, anyone interested in growing bacteria that will breakdown petroleum oil spills in Singapore? That's our local solution right?

What's up with Northern Ireland now?

So the parades continue to remind the 2 communities of their differences, yet ironically represent their own cultures. It is interesting to see that the conflict now is physically visible as gates separating the Catholics from the Protestants.