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Who am I?

Names in the News Places in the News

Charles Babbage (Father of the

Computer)

Amazon Rainforest (South America)

Words in the News

(Pg18)Thermostat

Deforestation

(Pg19)Tingling

sensationFaulty

electrocution

(Pg20)TemperatureAtmosphereGreenhouse

gaseslinger

• Spread through mosquitoes

• Causes high fever, rashes and vomitting

• Recent outbreak of dengue at Tampines (over 70 reported cases)

• How can we arrest the spread of dengue?

• http://www.dengue.gov.sg for more information

Keeping Dengue at bay (pg1)

Amazon Rainforest more than 8000 times the size of Singapore

Nicknamed “Green Lungs” as it absorbs carbon dioxide and produces oxygen

How can we help to conserve rainforests (Hint: How mightwe use less paper?)

Helping the earth breathe (pg18)

• Electricity is useful• Can be harmful if

used carelessly• How does an electric

shock occur?• Read on to find out

how to stay safe from such hazards at home

Watch out for that current (pg19)

• Greenhouse effect keeps our Earth at right temperature

• When we pollute the atmosphere, we destroy the ozone layer

• How can we cut down on emission of greenhouse gases?

Life in a greenhouse (pg20)

This day in History…March 31 1889 – Eiffel Tower Opens