pets evacuation during floods
RESEARCHERS
MENTORS
SHARING THE PLANET
Central Idea
Biodiversity relies on maintaining the interdependent balance organism within systems.
Lines of Inquiry
Biodiversity relies on maintaining the interdependent balance organism within systems.
Lines of Inquiry
- What leads to advances in scientific knowledge and understanding
- The role of technology in scientific understanding
- The effects of scientific advances on people and the environment
- Recognize the elements of major political systems
- Examine how the rights of a person in a particular society directly affect their responsibilities.
- Identify and describe means by which citizens can monitor and influence actions of their governments and vice versa
- Explore a range of political systems.
Step 1: Identifying global significant issues
(EXPLORING, WONDERING, AND QUESTIONING)
(EXPLORING, WONDERING, AND QUESTIONING)
The Research Background
‘Not ordinary rain’: Worst rainfall in over decade causes massive floods in Jakarta
Jakarta experienced on Tuesday night its worst rainfall in over a decade, with heavy rain pouring over the city nonstop until Wednesday morning, causing severe flooding in the capital and its satellite cities on the first day of 2020. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded rainfall intensity on New Year’s Eve at 377 millimeters per day, according to an observation conducted at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta.
Meanwhile, observations at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, also in East Jakarta, and Jatiasih in Bekasi recorded rainfall intensity at 335 and 259 mm per day, respectively. The rain falling on New Year’s Eve in the western and northern parts of Java was very extreme and triggered floods in [Greater Jakarta] and Cikampek [in West Java]. This rain is not ordinary rain,” the agency wrote in a statement.
The BMKG said the nearly record-high rainfall intensity was due to several factors, including the occurrence of a monsoon. According to the United Kingdom’s Met Office, a monsoon climate is characterized by “a dramatic seasonal change in direction of the prevailing winds of a region which brings a marked change in rainfall”.
“Wind moving from the northeast of Java Island met with another wind blowing from the south of the island. Such an encounter has led to the massive formation of clouds in the sky above Java Island,” the head of the BMKG’s public meteorology center, Fachri Radjab, said in a video uploaded by the agency’s official YouTube account.
He added the weather conditions had been worsened by a high amount of water vapor caused by the high temperatures of the Indian Ocean, especially in areas south of Java Island. “The water vapor later affected cloud formations over Java,” Fachri said. The BMKG predicted heavy rain to continue in Greater Jakarta until Saturday as a result of the atmospheric conditions. (nal)
Jakarta Post, Jan 1, 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/01/01/not-ordinary-rain-worst-rainfall-in-over-decade-causes-massive-floods-in-jakarta.html
Jakarta experienced on Tuesday night its worst rainfall in over a decade, with heavy rain pouring over the city nonstop until Wednesday morning, causing severe flooding in the capital and its satellite cities on the first day of 2020. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded rainfall intensity on New Year’s Eve at 377 millimeters per day, according to an observation conducted at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta.
Meanwhile, observations at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, also in East Jakarta, and Jatiasih in Bekasi recorded rainfall intensity at 335 and 259 mm per day, respectively. The rain falling on New Year’s Eve in the western and northern parts of Java was very extreme and triggered floods in [Greater Jakarta] and Cikampek [in West Java]. This rain is not ordinary rain,” the agency wrote in a statement.
The BMKG said the nearly record-high rainfall intensity was due to several factors, including the occurrence of a monsoon. According to the United Kingdom’s Met Office, a monsoon climate is characterized by “a dramatic seasonal change in direction of the prevailing winds of a region which brings a marked change in rainfall”.
“Wind moving from the northeast of Java Island met with another wind blowing from the south of the island. Such an encounter has led to the massive formation of clouds in the sky above Java Island,” the head of the BMKG’s public meteorology center, Fachri Radjab, said in a video uploaded by the agency’s official YouTube account.
He added the weather conditions had been worsened by a high amount of water vapor caused by the high temperatures of the Indian Ocean, especially in areas south of Java Island. “The water vapor later affected cloud formations over Java,” Fachri said. The BMKG predicted heavy rain to continue in Greater Jakarta until Saturday as a result of the atmospheric conditions. (nal)
Jakarta Post, Jan 1, 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/01/01/not-ordinary-rain-worst-rainfall-in-over-decade-causes-massive-floods-in-jakarta.html
Stories of pets abandoned during floods break internet users' hearts
Massive floods that struck Jakarta and its peripheral areas have not only affected humans: Stories of pets left in chains or cages by their vacationing owners have broken internet users’ hearts.
A story with a less fortunate dog was reported from Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta. Twitter user @reammapu shared her mother’s Facebook post that tells the story of a rescue efforts for five dogs owned by their next door neighbor.
“The beginning of 2020 started with a rescue mission for five dogs owned by my neighbors, who were on their New Year’s vacation. Since last night, their dogs were very noisy. I thought they were afraid of the thunderstorm. At around five in the morning I peeped into the house, and it turned out a dog had died and was floating,” Rena said in the post. Rena, her son and other neighbors then broke into the house and evacuated the remaining four dogs, who were cold and shivering. “Fortunately, the four other dogs could be rescued and immediately sheltered at another neighbor’s house that is not flooded,” Rena said. An update of the Twitter post said the dog’s owner was a new resident unaware that the area was prone to flooding.
Rena later provided another update to inform readers that the remaining dogs were alright as the owners had returned on Wednesday. She added that the dead dog had been older and weaker than the other four. Animal rights community Garda Satwa Foundation also took to Instagram, advising pet owners not to cage or chain pets when they leave the house.
“Pet owners whose houses are flooded, if it is not possible to take your pets with you [during evacuation], just make sure they are left unchained and not in a cage, whatever kind of pet you have [birds, chicken, dogs, cats], except for fish. At least if there is no one to help them, they can help themselves,” the post read. (gis)
Jakarta Post, Jan 2, 2020: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/01/02/stories-of-pets-abandoned-during-floods-break-internet-users-hearts.html
Massive floods that struck Jakarta and its peripheral areas have not only affected humans: Stories of pets left in chains or cages by their vacationing owners have broken internet users’ hearts.
A story with a less fortunate dog was reported from Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta. Twitter user @reammapu shared her mother’s Facebook post that tells the story of a rescue efforts for five dogs owned by their next door neighbor.
“The beginning of 2020 started with a rescue mission for five dogs owned by my neighbors, who were on their New Year’s vacation. Since last night, their dogs were very noisy. I thought they were afraid of the thunderstorm. At around five in the morning I peeped into the house, and it turned out a dog had died and was floating,” Rena said in the post. Rena, her son and other neighbors then broke into the house and evacuated the remaining four dogs, who were cold and shivering. “Fortunately, the four other dogs could be rescued and immediately sheltered at another neighbor’s house that is not flooded,” Rena said. An update of the Twitter post said the dog’s owner was a new resident unaware that the area was prone to flooding.
Rena later provided another update to inform readers that the remaining dogs were alright as the owners had returned on Wednesday. She added that the dead dog had been older and weaker than the other four. Animal rights community Garda Satwa Foundation also took to Instagram, advising pet owners not to cage or chain pets when they leave the house.
“Pet owners whose houses are flooded, if it is not possible to take your pets with you [during evacuation], just make sure they are left unchained and not in a cage, whatever kind of pet you have [birds, chicken, dogs, cats], except for fish. At least if there is no one to help them, they can help themselves,” the post read. (gis)
Jakarta Post, Jan 2, 2020: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/01/02/stories-of-pets-abandoned-during-floods-break-internet-users-hearts.html
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From the issues above, we decided to focus on the pets evacuation because animals are also important to biodiversity. During disaster, people should not just take care of themselves but also other creatures such as animals and plants.
What have we already known about the topic?
We have to evacuate animals or it could decrease the population of the animals and could lead to extinction or they could die, and if we lose a lot of animals it could impact the biodiversity and missing animals in the food chain.
What would we like to know more about?
We have to evacuate animals or it could decrease the population of the animals and could lead to extinction or they could die, and if we lose a lot of animals it could impact the biodiversity and missing animals in the food chain.
What would we like to know more about?
- How does animal evacuation impact the biodiversity?
- How does animals make the ecosystem balanced?
- What do we need to help evacuation run quickly and safe?
- How we protect animals from disasters and preventing extinction?
- What is the role of government in protecting animals during natural disasters?
- Al Qur'an Quotation
- Hingga apabila perintah kami datang dan dapur telah memancarkan air, Kami berfirman: "Muatkanlah ke dalam bahtera ity dari masing-masing binatang sepasang (jantan dan betina), dan keluargamu kecuali orang yang telah terdahulu ketetapan terhadapnya dan (muatkan pula) orang-orang yang beriman". Dan tidak beriman bersama dengan Nuh itu kecuali sedikit. (QS. Hud ayat 40).
Step 2: Determining Timing and Time Frame
(MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PREVIOUS LEARNING AND CURRENT LEARNING)
(MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PREVIOUS LEARNING AND CURRENT LEARNING)
In step, we discuss and set the time frame for all the exhibition process. We also deepen our understanding about this topic by creating inquiry questions and doing literature research.
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Furthermore, we also set our success criteria for this exhibition journey. It is listed on the following picture.
Connection from Past Learning
Pre K: Animals
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K2: Living Things
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Grade 3: Natural Disaster
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Step 3 : Engaging Support From The Learning Community
(COLLECTING DATA AND REPORTING FINDINGS OR RESEARCHING AND SEEKING INFORMATION)
(COLLECTING DATA AND REPORTING FINDINGS OR RESEARCHING AND SEEKING INFORMATION)
In the first meeting of this step, we explore the SGD that related to our research topic. We found out that our SDG is about Life On Land.
After that, in the next meeting we discuss about how to collect the data for our research. We agree to do survey in Al Jabr community about how people in Al Jabr evacuate their pets during last flood in January. Moreover, we also want to invite Veterinarian to get more data about how to evacuate pets during natural disaster.
After that, in the next meeting we discuss about how to collect the data for our research. We agree to do survey in Al Jabr community about how people in Al Jabr evacuate their pets during last flood in January. Moreover, we also want to invite Veterinarian to get more data about how to evacuate pets during natural disaster.
DOING MINI SURVEY TO AL JABR COMMUNITY
This mini survey was conducted to Al Jabr community. We distributed the survey to Grade 1-4 students. The data showed that all people in Al Jabr did not experience their pets were being evacuated. As the result, we need further information from expert (veterinarian, animal defender staff or others).
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FIELD TRIP TO DINAS KETAHANAN PANGAN, KELAUTAN DAN PERTANIAN
To get deeper understanding about our topic, we visited Dinas Ketahanan Pangan, Kelautan dan Pertanian. We interviewed Bapak Ir. Darjamuni, M.M. as the chief of Dinas Ketahanan Pangan, kelautan dan Pertanian. We asked more than 20 questions to him about the last flood pets evacuation, how to evacuate pets during flood and why it is necessary.
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FIELD TRIP TO PONDOK PENGAYOM SATWA JAKARTA
Moreover, we also visited Pondok Pengayom Satwa (Klinik Satwa) in the Ragunan. We observed the places there and saw how the pets are being taken care of. We also saw animal tombs. We were being inquirer by asking the staff about how pets should be taken care of.
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Step 4: Organizing The Learning
(EXPERIMENTING AND PLAYING WITH POSSIBILITIES SOLVING PROBLEMS IN A VARIETY OF WAY)
(EXPERIMENTING AND PLAYING WITH POSSIBILITIES SOLVING PROBLEMS IN A VARIETY OF WAY)
After we interviewed the experts of this topic, we discussed the interview results. The data showed that there were more than 4000 cats and dogs and other pets that had been evacuated during last flood in January 1st, 2020. Pak Darjamuni also said that there were people who left their pets during flood without any prevention of before or after natural disaster. Therefore, we plan to have an experiment. The explanation of the experiment plan is written in the mind mapping.
Finally, we decided to do survey by using online questionnaire to Jakarta Society. The aim of this experiment is to know what kind of pets that people most have and how they evacuate their pets when the flood happened. We chose to use Google Form as our platform to distribute the questionnaires.
Research Result
From the data above, it is stated that most of the pets that people have in Jakarta is cat (44%). This is related to what Pak Darjamuni, MM. said that there are more than 400.000 pets are being evacuate during the last flood in January 2020. Most of the cats are left behind due to heavy rain and flood. Moreover, the data also shows that not all the pets were experiencing flood. This might be because of the respondent do not live in the area of flood. The last data shows that 67% of people who experiencing flood did the evacuation by themselves. Most of them said that it was urgent and they did not know where to go or call for help.
From this result, we concluded that there are some people who do not know that our government has a service for the pets during natural disaster. Therefore, it is a must for us to inform other about this issues.
From this result, we concluded that there are some people who do not know that our government has a service for the pets during natural disaster. Therefore, it is a must for us to inform other about this issues.
Supporting Data
http://statistik.jakarta.go.id/rekapitulasi-data-banjir-dki-jakarta-dan-penanggulangannya-tahun-2020/
Step 5: Monitoring The Exhibition
(TAKING AND DEPENDING A POSITION)
(TAKING AND DEPENDING A POSITION)
Action
After conducting the experiment. We discussed about our action. We are agree to conduct two types of action, participation and advocacy. The explanations as follows:
Participation
In this action, we want to educate and raise the awareness of people about how to evacuate pets when flood happens. We start by educating Al Jabr students through presentation and WhatsApp broadcast. Moreover, we also educate others through online media.
Participation
In this action, we want to educate and raise the awareness of people about how to evacuate pets when flood happens. We start by educating Al Jabr students through presentation and WhatsApp broadcast. Moreover, we also educate others through online media.
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Advocacy
In this action, we want to initiate and being part of campaign for positive change. We do campaign about educate how to evacuate pets when flood happens and pets rescue preparation to reduce the risk of natural disaster. We use social media platform such as YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
In this action, we want to initiate and being part of campaign for positive change. We do campaign about educate how to evacuate pets when flood happens and pets rescue preparation to reduce the risk of natural disaster. We use social media platform such as YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
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https://www.instagram.com/petsevacuation_exhibitiongroup/
Step 6: Sharing The Exhibition
(ESTABLISHING AND TESTING THEORIES)
(ESTABLISHING AND TESTING THEORIES)
Here is the slide show that we made together for the exhibition presentation.
Because of the Covid-19 virus outbreak, we still cannot go to school and conduct the exhibition panel discussion. Therefore, we present our work through Zoom Meeting. You can check the following video. Please kindly click the link.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1PuZP6rhRVYSOsi1_k8F6VIMzs3qHgFqY
Step 7: Reflection On The Exhibition Process
After all the steps of exhibition are being through, we finally achieve the end of the steps - reflection. Reflection is concerned with consciously looking at and thinking about our experiences, actions, feelings, and responses, and then interpreting or analyzing them in order to learn from them (Atkins and Murphy, 1994; Boud et al., 1994). Based on our experiences, here are the reflection that we made:
Positive
We think we should do more research all the time regarding to the exhibition topic and have back up plan so all the process will run smoothly.
Positive
- We think we did the exhibition journal well
- We improve our writing skills
- We create well written reflection so people can understand it
- We learn something new
- We apply our IB profiles
- We contribute to positive change in our society
- We challenge ourselves to solve all the unpredictable problems (cancellation due to Covid-19)
- We sometimes forget to do the homework
- Sometimes the poster has grammatical issues
- Our plan got cancel due to Covid-19
We think we should do more research all the time regarding to the exhibition topic and have back up plan so all the process will run smoothly.
