Blogs from Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 10

We strolled off the plane bleary eyed at Brisbane International Airport to greetings of "G'Day, Welcome to Australia: Home of the Convicts" (just kidding, it didn't mention the convicts). With six hours to kill before our connecting flight we found some food and then the best leather sofa in the airport and curled up for an hour's sleep. That was the plan but we didn't really wake up until about two hours before our next flight! When I politely asked the closest check in attendant where we catch our Virgin Blue flight to Cairns, he replied "Well the first mistake you've made is flying with Virgin Blue". That's very helpful. Luckily for him, the second mistake I made was not letting Lizzie undo all the good work at her anger management classes, and his smarmy greasy, ... read more

Nou, dat is alweer een flinke tijd geleden zeg sinds de laatste update. Dan zou je bijna zeggen dat er zoveel is gebeurd dat het er neit van gekomen is, maar dat valt best mee!! Qua werk is het namelijk flink rustig, en is er niet al teveel te doen. Positief is wel dat ik eindelijk mijn commissie van Visy heb uitbetaald gekregen. Daarnaast hebben we ook al het geld terug van de ziekenhuisopname van Jacq van onze Amerikaanse ziektekosten verzekering, dus we hebben gelukkig weer een beetje overzicht over onze financien. Eigenlijk dus niet al teveel gebeurd. Zijn bezig met het afsluiten van een volgende klant, dit maal niet zo’n hele grote maar toch leuk om projecten binnen te halen, daar doe je het toch voor in een sales functie, niet?!?! tsja... verder over mijn ... read more

Fourth and Fifth Grades Standard: Objective: Students will develop observation skills. Materials: Fourth: Aquarium Soil Plants Fifth: Procedure: 1. Show video clip, "What Skills Do Scientists Use?" 2. Discuss how scientists in the video collect data and why. 3. Discuss how scientists carefully observe and record data in order to draw conclusions about topic they are studying. Fourth Activity: 4. Students will create a terrarium in order to observe changes over time. 5. Students should measure plant growth, temperature, and any changes they observe. 6. Students may create terrariums with different types of habitats that require various needs such as more or less water, light, or air. Then, compare observations. 7. You can ask the question, "What do you think will happen if I provide rainforest like conditions to a desert habitat?" They can change water, ... read more

What can I say about the Great Barrier Reef?? No surprises why this is one of the 7 wonders of the world. I got on my dive boat in the morning and did two morning dives. The water was so clear and I could see all around me for what seemed like miles. Very strange to qualify back in march and then they just literally give you a map of the reef and tell you not to get lost whilst booting you into the water. I loved every minute of it. The first few times I was put with a buddy who was pretty much all over the place, and didn’t know any hand signals, couldn’t control her buoyancy and couldn’t remember where they had parked the boat, but apart from that it was amazing. The ... read more

Grade: Third Grade Standard: S3L2. Students will recognize the effects of pollution and humans on the environment. Objective: Students will identify the effects of pollution on marine life. Materials: Procedure: 1. Show general turtle video to spark excitement. 2. Ask students what animals need to survive? Food, air, water, shelter 3. Review different types of habitats. Where do animals live? 4. Ask students if they think humans make this difficult for animals sometimes. 5. Show students the litter video 6. Ask if they think this litter is dangerous for sea life. 7. Show photos of marine life tangled up in plastic. 8. Say to students, “I wonder if the animals in our neighborhood, even the tiniest animals that we don’t see, are affected by our trash?” 9. Choose a paper sized grassy area on school grounds ... read more