Ermeena+Fayyaz+Unit+4

Ermeena Fayyaz Unit 4


 * UNIT 4: What can I do? **

Investigation: Deadline for investigation is 1/05/13 Design: Deadline for design is 9/05/13 Plan: Deadline for plan is 13/05/13 Create: Deadline for creates is 29/05/13 Evaluate: Deadline for evaluation is 30/05/13
 * Timeline **

The problem: How can I contribute a solution to a problem facing my country? In this unit we have to explain about the problems that our country is facing. After that we have to tell a solution for that problem. The one problem that affects Pakistan the most is Pollution.
 * Investigation **

Pollution in Pak
 * Air Pollution || 80.15 ||
 * Drinking water pollution || 59.09 ||
 * Noise and Light pollution || 61.36 ||
 * Water Pollution || 69.05 ||

Purity and cleanliness
 * Air Quality || 19.85 ||
 * Drinking water quality and accessibility || 40.91 ||
 * Water quality || 30.95 ||
 * Garbage Disposal satisfaction || 30.68 ||
 * Quality of green and parks || 60 ||

In this unit I would be researching about different kinds of pollution after that I would explain that; I would be presenting this information by the help of a website. In order to make the website I would be using Microsoft Expression Web 4.
 * How are they caused?
 * What are the effects on the environment?
 * How can we reduce the effects?

The different types of pollution are; •The burning of fuel that directly releases chemicals into the air causes Air pollution. It can be causes by both by humans. •Water pollution causes due to the introduction of chemical, biological and all sort of physical matter into large bodies of water. •Soil pollution is caused by the release of industrial waste. Soil pollution is mainly caused by human’s acts for example mining and deforestation. •Noise pollution is an unwanted sound. It is loud, distracting, annoying and unpleasant. Some sources for noise pollution are motor vehicles, sirens, factory machinery, construction work and loudspeakers.
 * Research **
 * Air pollution
 * Soil pollution
 * Water pollution
 * Noise pollution

Effects of air pollution; •Acid rain • Burning of coal and oil damages buildings as it creates oxidation on iron. It also destroys plants. •Mining causes air pollution by releasing a variety of particles.

Effects of soil pollution; •Decrease in soil fertility. •Foul smell due to industrial chemicals and gases might result in headaches, fatigue, nausea, etc. •Soil erosion. •Increase in salinity of the soil, thus making it useless and barren.

Effects of water pollution are; •Increased sediment from soil erosion •Improper waste disposal and littering •Leaching of soil pollution into water supplies •Organic material decay in water supplies

Effects of noise pollution on human health are: •Too much of noise can lead to aggression, •Hearing loss •Stress •Sleep disturbance • Many dolphins and whales are reaching the shores by observing wrong signals. Due to which they are dying.

Causes of soil pollution: • Industrial wastes such as harmful gases and chemicals are the most common causes of soil pollution. • Ignorance towards soil management • Harmful irrigation practices. • Acid rains • Fuel leakages from automobiles, that gets washed away due to rain and seep into the nearby soil.

Causes of air pollution •Cars, trucks, jet airplanes and other combustion engine vehicles cause air pollution. •Factories, office buildings, homes and power-generating stations burn fossil fuels, which cause air pollution. •Pesticides used to kill indoor and outdoor pests, insecticides used to kill insects and herbicides use to kill weeds all cause air pollution. •Dust from fertilizers used to help plants grow causes air pollution. •Mining causes air pollution by releasing a variety of particles.

Causes of noise pollution; •Transportation / Traffic noise •Industrial noise •Noise from construction work •Neighborhood noise

Causes of water pollution; •Industrial waste •Ocean and marine dumping •Underground storage and tube leakages. •Sewage and waste water •Oil spills

Fact about water pollution •In developing countries, 70 percent of industrial wastes are dumped untreated into waters where they pollute the usable water supply. How the world uses freshwater: a) About 70 percent for irrigation b) About 22 percent for industry c) About 8 percent for domestic use •27% of the urban population in the developing world does not have piped water in their homes.  •A lack of safe water and sanitation in cities leads to malaria and diarrhea.

Facts about air pollution •It is estimated that you breathe 20,000 liters of air each day. This means the more polluted the air is, the more we breathe into our lungs dangerous chemicals. •Air can be polluted both indoors and outdoors. Tobacco and other kinds of smoking are examples of indoor air pollution. •Air pollution affects kids more than adults because, for their body size, kids breathe more air and spend more time playing outside. •Nearly 2 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to indoor air pollution from household solid fuel use. •Nearly 50% of pneumonia deaths among children fewer than five are due to particulate matter inhaled from indoor air pollution.

Facts about land pollution •Land pollution causes us to lose 24 billion tones of topsoil every year. •Over 80% of items in landfills can be recycled, but they aren't. •We throw away enough trash every day to fill 63,000 garbage trucks.

Prevention/solutions for water pollution. Some ways to prevent/reduce water pollution are; •Never throw rubbish away in beach, riverside and water bodies. •Use water wisely. Do not keep the tap running when not in use. If we all do this, we can significantly prevent water shortages and reduces the amount of dirty water that needs treatment. •Do not throw chemicals, oils, paints and medicines down the sink drain, or the toilet.

Prevention/solutions for air pollution are; •Recycle and re-use things. •There will be fewer cars on road and less fumes. •The government should invest in wind and solar energy, which will minimize burning of fuels

Prevention/solutions for noise pollution •Construction of soundproof rooms for noisy machines in industrial and manufacturing installations must be encouraged. •Trees along roads and in residential areas is a good way to reduce noise pollution as they absorb sound. •Community laws must silence zones near schools, hospitals etc. •Use of horns with jarring sounds, motorbikes with damaged exhaust pipes, noisy trucks should be banned.

Prevention/solutions for land pollution are; •Don’t use pesticides if you can. •Use a drip tray to collect engine oil. •Don’t dump motor oil on the ground.

Microsoft Expression Web Microsoft Expression Web is a web site development tool for professional Web developers and designers. It is very helpful software in order to make websites.

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It is a style sheet used for describing the document which you have written - basically the look, feel and formatting of the document. CSS enables the separation of document content from document presentation including elements such as the layouts, colors and fonts. This separation can improve the presentation of contents, make them easy to read and can give better results.

Design Templates are fixed layouts or basic outline that help you quickly organize and present documents. For example in Microsoft PowerPoint there are different outlines and layout that offer various combinations of headings, text, tables, pictures and art work.

5 elements to make a good website are:
 * Color Schemes
 * Themes
 * Fonts
 * Usability
 * Clear Contact Information

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In this unit I have to tell about the problem that my country is facing, which is pollution. I would be presenting the information by the help of websites. The website would contain the following information: How is pollution is caused? What are the effects on the environment? How can we reduce the effects?
 * Design Brief **

Following are the key things that my website should have; 1) It should be colorful; 2) It should have enough information; 3) It should have high quality and relevant pictures especially of various cultural activities; 4) The contents should be easily for the reader to read and comprehend; 5) It should tell the reader how does pollution effect the environment; 6) What are the things that we should do in order to prevent pollution. 7) All the pages should have inks 8)The text should be easy to read.
 * Design Specification **


 * Tests: **


 * To check that if my webpage contains the things that it is suppose have, I can survey people and ask them the following questions ||
 * ** 1) How do you like it? ** ||
 * ** 2) Is it attractive? ** ||
 * ** 3) Is it creative? ** ||
 * ** 4) Does it have enough information? ** ||
 * ** 5) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner? ** ||
 * ** 6) Have I used templates? ** ||
 * ** 7) Have I used CSS? ** ||
 * ** 8)Have I used multimedia? ** ||
 * ** 9) Does it have relevant pictures? ** ||
 * ** 10) Is the information helpful and does it tell you that how we can reduce pollution? ** ||
 * ** 11) Does it inform you how pollution affects the environment? ** ||
 * ** 12) Would you like to recommend my page to other friends? ** ||
 * ** 13) Given a choice, how would you like to change any of the components of my webpage? ** ||
 * 8 out of 10 respondents say yes to any given question, I will mark it as "very good" and keep that aspect of the design. For those questions that score, less than 7, I will work out more on them to improve further. Those who give negative response to the above questions; I will ask them to advice on how to improve them. ||
 * Design **


 * Design 1**


 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * ** 1)Is it attractive? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 2)Is it creative? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 3)Does it have enough information? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 4)Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 5)Does it have relevant pictures? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 6)Is the information helpful and does it tell you that how we can reduce pollution? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 7)Does it inform you how pollution affects the environment? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Total 41/50


 * Design 2**


 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * ** 1)Is it attractive? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 2)Is it creative? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 3)Does it have enough information? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 4)Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 5)Does it have relevant pictures? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 6)Is the information helpful and does it tell you that how we can reduce pollution? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 7)Does it inform you how pollution affects the environment? ** ||  || 4 || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||

Total 34/50


 * Design 3**

Total:39/50
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * ** 1)Is it attractive? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 2)Is it creative? ** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 3)Does it have enough information? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 4)Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 5)Does it have relevant pictures? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 6)Is the information helpful and does it tell you that how we can reduce pollution? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 7)Does it inform you how pollution affects the environment? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * Design 4**

Total 50/47
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * ** 1)Is it attractive? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 2)Is it creative? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 3)Does it have enough information? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 4)Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 5)Does it have relevant pictures? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 6)Is the information helpful and does it tell you that how we can reduce pollution? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 7)Does it inform you how pollution affects the environment? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

__**Evaluate**__ If we look closely at these designs so we would notice that all of these designs have some weaknesses.Although **Design 1** has a lot of information and it has been presented in a friendly way, however that is not enough for a good webpage. It is not creative nor attractive. If it is not going to be attractive so then the viewers would get bored. The information should be presented in different way. I don't think that having information about pollution is enough. It should have a lot of relevant pictures and we should encourage the use of multimedia. I personally think that people understand things better if they see it visually rather than just pieces of text.So i think this idea is not good. Now if we look at **Design 2** so we would notice that it is not very creative or attractive.It has satisfactory information. Whereas if we look at **Design 3** so we would see that it has used a lot of multimedia which is very good ,like i said before people intend to understand much better than seeing things rather than just reading. According to this design the webpage would have videos,and pictures of the different kinds of pollution. It is going to have enough information.The use of the multimedia makes this design creative. However it is not attractive as it has lack of colors.Finally if we look at the last design ,**Design 4** it has relevant pictures changing with regular intervals to give a visual image of the everyday life.It uses multimedia. It has enough information and has the theme of the environment.This design also uses CSS and design templates which makes it a bit more creative. I think that this design is the best as it a mixture of all the designs from above and covers all the weakness

Looking at the results the design that has got the most marks is **Design 4**.Design 4 covers all the requirements and the needs of a good webpage.According to this design the webpage should have enough information represented in a friendly way.This webpage would have relevant pictures.I would be using multimedia to which would tell the viewers that how does pollution effect the environment. Most importantly for this design i would use both CSS and design templates.I think that Design 4 is the best as it has all the qualities that a good webpage should have. It is basically a mixture of all the designs from above. It is creative,attractive,informative,helpful,and the information has been presented in different kid of genres.Most importantly the information has been presented in a friendly way keeping in mind the feelings and the emotions of the people.
 * __Choosing the design__**

1) What is it? 2) How is it caused and, 3) What are the effects of it on the environment? 1) What is it? 2) How is it caused and, 3) What are the effects of it on the environment? 1) What it is, 2) How is it caused and, 3) What is its effect on the environment? 1) What is it? 2) How is it caused and, 3) How does it effects the environment 1) Microsoft Expression Web 4 2) Google images 3) You Tube 4) Templates 5) CSS 6) Wikipedia 7) Microsoft word 8)Google
 * Plan **
 * For my webpage I would use Microsoft Expression Web 4.
 * My webpage would have least 6 to 7 pages.
 * My first page would be my homepage, which would have all the links to all the pages.
 * The second page would have information about air pollution;
 * The third page would have information about soil pollution,
 * The forth page would have information about noise pollution,
 * The fifth page would have information about water pollution;
 * In the sixth page I would tell that how can we help in order to help reduce the effects of them on the environment
 * Then in my seventh page I would have all the relevant pictures and videos, which would help the readers in comprehending the effects of pollution on the environment easily and in a better way.
 * All of these pages would be connected together as all of the pages would have links at the bottom of the page, which would help the readers to go back to the homepage without any difficulties.
 * The theme of the webpage would be related to environment.
 * My home page would have pictures of different kinds of pollution.
 * The size of the heading would be a least **40** or more than this.
 * I would use **Arial Bold** for the headings.
 * Where as the font for the information would be **14 Arial**.
 * The color of the text would be black.
 * For this webpage I would use both CSS and Templates. In odder to do these steps the programs and the sources that I would use are:

In order to make the website I would use all the information and the research which I did previously about the different kinds of pollution (Investigation). To make this web site a successful one I have done a lot of research. However there where some videos on you Tube that I have used. I have used the videos as links. This would therefore give the viewers a clearer version of the problem.

First of all I would make the Homepage for my website. The title for the homepage would be Pollution. The homepage is going to have the following links: 1) Air pollution 2) Soil pollution 3) Noise pollution 4) Water pollution 5) How can we help? 6) Picture and Videos These all would be Hyper linked and after clicking on them you would be automatically be logged on that specific page. The second page would have the heading, Air pollution and the subtitles would be; In this page there is going to be some pictures too, maybe 2 or 3. The third page would have the heading of Soil pollution and the subtitles would be; In the forth page the heading is going to be Noise pollution and the subtitles would be; In the fifth page the heading is going to be Water pollution and the subtitles would be; In the sixth page the heading is going to be How can we help? In this page I would answer the question, how can I contribute a solution to a problem facing my country and ways to reduce the effects of pollution on the environment. The seventh page would only have pictures and links of videos. At the end of this page there are going to be some questions too for the viewers asking them that how can I improve this and how did they like it. These all page are going to have a theme related to the environment and the heading. I would use the same templates and at the end of the each page there are going to be links so that the viewers can easily go back to the homepage or the other pages.
 * What is it?
 * How is it caused and,
 * What are the effects of it on the environment?
 * What is it?
 * How is it caused and,
 * What are the effects of it on the environment?
 * What is it?
 * How is it caused and,
 * What are the effects of it on the environment?
 * What is it?
 * How is it caused and,
 * What are the effects of it on the environment?

For this project we were given a timeline of 5 weeks. 1) The unit question for this project is "How can I contribute a solution to a problem facing my country?" In this unit we have to explain about the problems that our country is facing. After that we have to tell a solution for that problem. The one problem that affects Pakistan the most is Pollution.  2) The first step for this project was to do Investigation about the problem that my country is facing, which is pollution. In this step we had to tell;
 * Timeline **
 * What did we do in order to solve the problem?
 * What were the researches, which we did?
 * Then we had to state a Design Brief. A design brief gives a brief explanation about the project that what is it going to be about.
 * After this we had to do some Design Specification. Basically the design specification tells that what are the thing important for this project.
 * Then we have to do some Test. The tests are for the viewers that how do they like the website. Basically it is a form of their feedback. That what were the things they liked and how can I improve them. ( Deadline for investigation is 1/05/13 ) 3) When we are done with the investigation so then we would start to make our Designs for the project. We would make a number of designs. They all should be different from each other. After that we would evaluate the weakness and the strengths for each of the design. This would help us in choosing the best design for the website. When we are done with the evaluations so then we can easily tell that which design it the best and then make our website according to that design. ( Deadline for design is 9/05/13 ) 4) Then we would start to do Planning .In planning we have to make a detailed, logical steps that describes the use of resources and time. We have to evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design. ( Deadline for plan is 13/05/13 ) 5) When we are done with these steps so then by the help of these we can easily make our final product. ( Deadline for creates is 29/05/13 ) 6) When we have created our final produced then we would Evaluate it. Evaluation is when we have tested, evaluated the product against the design specification and recommended changes. We would provide an evaluation of the performance at each stage of the design cycle. ( Deadline for evaluation is 30/05/13 )


 * Create **











Instead of making 7 web pages I would make only 5, which would be The amount of information would remain the same. But instead of making a different webpage for the solutions and pictures I would be joining them together. The other thing which I have changed is that there wouldn't be any background as it make it difficult for the readers to read the website.
 * The things that I have decided to change**
 * homepage
 * water pollution
 * air pollution
 * noise pollution
 * soil pollution


 * Evaluate **

After looking at the final product I think that it; Has enough information It has relevant pictures It is easy to read It informs the readers that how does pollution effect the environment; It informs the reader about the things that we should do in order to prevent pollution. All the pages are linked

These are my tests for my website
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * ** 1)Is it attractive? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 2)Is it creative? ** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 3)Does it have enough information? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 4)Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 5)Does it have relevant pictures? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 6)Is the information helpful and does it tell you that how we can reduce pollution? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** 7)Does it inform you how pollution affects the environment? ** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

After looking at my website against the design specifications and the test so i believe that i have done a good job in presenting the website according to the plan. However the only thing I am not satisfy are the CSS and the templates. I think that these are the only two things that I might have used that much.

This is the survey which I made in order to test my website.
 * 1) Is it easy to read/understand?
 * 2) Does it have enough information?
 * 3) Are there enough pictures?
 * 4) Does it talk about water pollution?
 * 5) Does it talk about soil pollution?
 * 6) Does it talk about air pollution?
 * 7) Does it talk about noise pollution?
 * 8) Does it inform the reader how they are caused and there effects on the environment?
 * 9) Do all the links work?
 * 10) Does it talk about the solutions/preventions for the different kinds of pollution?

This was the result for the survey