GREATER Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve
The Environmental Education Centre (EEC) - 2011
4. 10/01/2012 - The poster made by the Zerilda Park Enviro Club for the Reserve staff and Zandvlei Trust who sponsors the taxi fares to and from the Reserve for the children after school.
photographs supplied by Sharon McCallum.
3. 23/07/2011 - The handing over of the herbarium. The ZIMP Botany Group handed over 10 years of work as the Student Herbarium to the EEC as part of the ZIMP citizen science celebration this week.
Robin and Pat Burnett
demonstrating Pat and Els Doratt Haaksma viewing one of
the pressings.
how the pressings are done.
2. 20/04/2011 - The launch of the raft. Oliver designed the raft and built it with the Reserve staff. It will be used to help educate the children visiting the EEC. It highlights the reuse of plastic bottles. It demonstrates creative thought, energy and skill. It demonstrates team work. It will help teach water safety and recreational paddling and maybe sailing on water. There are some mods planned and maybe it gets a sail.
photographs by Oliver Koerting
Off loading the raft at the Scout Base.
photographs by Oliver Koerting
It floats!! Yeeehah!!
photographs by Oliver Koerting
.....and it works!!
1. 10/02/2011 - The World Wetlands Week celebrated at Zandvlei, on 2nd and 4th February.
photograph supplied by Mark Arendse
Mark with the Friday class in the EEC.
photograph supplied by Mark Arendse
Taariq showing the apprehensive children the Corn Snake.
photograph supplied by Mark Arendse
Mark in the Reserve explaining the function of wetlands.
photograph supplied by Mark Arendse
Oliver working on a project with the children.
photograph supplied by Mark Arendse
Question and answer time.
Mark reports "This year only two schools attend the Wetlands programme at Zandvlei Nature Reserve. They were from St. Paul’s Primary and St. Augustine Primary in Cape Town. This is the first year that only 40% of learners, compared to previous years, have attended the Wetlands programme at the Reserve brought by the Edu-Train staff.
In the Reserve, we did the welcome and the code of conduct, then the learners
were divided into smaller groups and were each given a bird chart. We gave them information about plant and animal species,
and explained the difference between an estuary and wetland. This first part of
the outing takes about an hour.
Then there is a tea break for 20 minutes.
The second half has the groups rotated between a PowerPoint presentation, which they read with me and I explain or give them an example of what they have read. In the other class it is hands on, in which they see live animals, pollution that would affect the ecosystem and also what they can do to help save a wetland.
After the activities they were taken back to the station and we waited until the train departed.
I wish to thank the following who helped make the programme a success;
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Esmeralda Isaacs - Marketing & Promotion,
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Albert Snyman - Team Edu-Train,
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Taariq Fakier - Student at Zandvlei Nature Reserve,
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Oliver Korting - German volunteer at Zandvlei Nature Reserve.
The Wetlands Programme continues at the local schools in the area".
See what happened at the Centre in 2010.
See what happened at the Centre in 2009.
See what happened at the Centre in 2008.
See what happened at the Centre in 2007.
See what happened at the Centre in 2006.
See what happened at the Centre in 2005.
See what happened at the Centre in 2004.
See what happened at the Centre in 2003.
See what happened in the first year 2002.
