At Pavilion #1 students were taught by a professor from the Northern Marianas College about the rhinoceros beetle and the toll this invading insect is taking on the coconut trees on Guam. We learned that the value of a full grown coconut tree is anywhere from 4,000 to 5,000 USD!
At Pavilion #2 students learned about the history of the Carolinian people, and were taught about the Carolinian chief by one of our islands Historians (guy in the orange shirt).
At Pavilion #3 students learned about reef conservation. This session was taught by employees of the Bureau of Environmental Equality. As part of their lecture, students invited "Manny," one of the islands popular fish, to come up on shore. This fish (apologies, I don't remember the name!) is found only in the reefs of this small island.
To wrap things up, students at Pavilion #4 learned about sea turtle conservation. Although the red tape did not allow the presenter to bring a live sea turtle, he did bring several models and lectured on the life of a sea turtle and the dangers that are drastically reducing its population.
After the educational sessions, students ate lunch and then separated by grade levels for games and swimming. As one of the game leaders, I initiated a sand castle building contest, and several games on the beach that bought a crowd of tourists around to watch us. The students had a lot of fun, and the teachers had what slightly resembled a vacation day.
The best part of this day? Getting to enjoy the outdoors with the kids before tropical storm Bavi sent us all indoors for the weekend.
Now THAT looks like a lot of fun ... not school!
ReplyDeleteIt WAS fun!! I was so glad we got to take the kids outside and enjoy a day of running around and learning neat and interesting facts about the island.
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