Trip Leader - Bhamini Kirpalani: [email protected]
The grade 11 WWW trip to Lombok, is an eye opening experience for ISS students as they realise how fragile our marine environments are. Students not only collect scientific data for the Group 4 Project but are able to make links between this and service to the local community. Seeing them make these connections is the most rewarding part of the trip for myself. |
Michael Dixon: [email protected]
Trigonopterus attenboroughi - A small beetle that roams the forests of Lombok and Bali that was only discovered in 2014. If you inspect the name further you will see that the beetle is named after one of the people who inspired me to pursue environmental sciences and geography - The British Zoologist and Naturalist, David Attenborough. Therefore, during this trip I am looking forward to exploring a place where new species are still being discovered (right next to backpacker trails so students should keep their eyes open)! I am very much interested in the shark surveying aspect of the trip and it should prove a great place for our students to work on their group four sciences project. |
Judith Larue: [email protected]
Our trip to Lombok is full of rewarding and enjoyable learning opportunities. I especially look forward to learning more about sharks and other environmental concerns. Disposal of plastic items continues to be a huge problem worldwide, and we will see some of this problem first-hand. Hopefully, we can learn to do more to solve this problem during our WWW trip this year. |
Wes Whitehead: [email protected]
Week Without Walls is the best way for students to engage in experiential learning. The opportunities for students to connect with other cultures, other ideas, other points of view, other physical environments and each other for sustained periods of time can not be provided in the traditional classroom setting. The grade 11 trip to Lombok will give students a chance to apply their knowledge of concepts in science and humanities to real world issues related to economics, food production, biodiversity, ecology and sustainable development. As an Environmental Systems and Societies teacher I look forward to facilitating the connections students will make with ideas, people and nature while we are in Indonesia. |