On September 17 - 20, 2008, 16
students and two teachers carried out two investigations
on the Island of Tung Ping Chau:
a Coastal Processes Investigation and an Eco-tourism Investigation.
It's fantastic to see the students
co-operate in this outdoor classroom: setting hypothesis, collecting
data and
eventually analyzing their results
and presenting them in a final report. The Eco-tourism reports will be
presented to the Agricultural Fisheries
and Conservation Department to develop discussion on real issues
affecting this unique island.
This Chert Layer makes an excellent
photo op.
The waters are becoming pristine
now that the island is a marine park.
Cooling down after a hard day's work.
A great working team investigating
cultural heritage loss, JB and Adelene.
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A section of the chert layer
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Our island information officer, Amy.
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Hannah recording the number of
visitors to the island.
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Ms. Papper illustrating wave action.
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Nicole discussing her plan with her
team.
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Base camp.
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Sean cooling down!
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Brian and JB on the way to the island.
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Possibly the socks of the last resident
of the island.
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Team 2, Florence and Chester - working
on their spatial data using GIS.
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6:24 am, China.
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On route to the island, Tolo Channel.
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Rotting timbers - a problem for all
of the houses.
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Brian accurately measuring the beach
profile - side view.
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Happiness on the stack.
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Brian and Irving accurately
measuring the beach profile - front view.
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A shady area makes a good place to
watch the swimmer.
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Outdoor classroom - day 3, data inputting.
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JB gathering cultural heritage data.
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Yum, the food was fantastic, as always.
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Taylor recording her teams data.
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Mr. Brian supervising from the sea.
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Yup, we had lots of rain.
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China University Marine Biology students
out training for coral monitoring.
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Mitchie was multi-tasking.
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Eugene looking healthy and Florence.
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Out on a recce.
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On route to the island - a happy
moment (there were many).
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The mean police dog.
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JB and Adelene interview one of the
few residents.
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Amy undertaking a water quality test.
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Checking out a new berm on the beach.
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Happy!
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Jason contemplating his investigation.
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AFCD - taking care of business.
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JB trying out the Feathercraft kayak.
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Our base camp location.
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Our men in blue watching over us.
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Last evening - bonfire tradition.
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An interesting visit by a mainland
boat - illegally in HK
waters with tourists checking us
out!
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Incoming day trippers, over 240!
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Irving and Taylor going over their
notes
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Adelene interviewing a young visitor.
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Sunset on Tolo Channel
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Measuring wave energy
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Ms Papper helping out students measure
wave action
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Sunrise.
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The crew was motivated to work well
into the evening.
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Taylor, recording...
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Sean and Mitchie taking wind speed
measurements.
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Eugene doing his best to eat all
of the leftovers.
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