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Lionfish-zapping robots come to islandWednesday, April 19, 2017
The underwater war being waged on Bermuda’s lionfish took a giant leap forward yesterday morning as a prototype submersible robot caught one of the invasive predators via remote access.
Photos: BZS “Zoom Around The Sound” Event
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
On Saturday, 25th March, the Bermuda Zoological Society held their 25th Annual Zoom Around the Sound event. Funds raised from the walk, run, ride event assist with programmes run by the Bermuda Zoological Society run out of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
BHS students give back Trash-a-Thon
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Florence Graham-Welton, Layla Kurt, and Elena Wright were inspired to clear Pilchards Bay in Somerset, as two of the girls who live in the area observed how much trash had accumulated in the mangroves.
BZS wins the KBB Environmental Partner Award
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
On Wednesday, 22nd February the Bermuda Zoological Society's Education department was awarded the KBB Environmental Partner Award for the 2016 Environmental Youth Conference and the Aqua Explorers Camps at the KBB Awards Presentation and AGM.
Environmentalist’s new role at Bios
Thursday, February 16, 2017
The Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences has hired environmentalist Chris Flook as its new Small Boat and Docks Supervisor.
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Students have been able to participate virtually in a programme teaching them about ocean conservation and how to be confident in the water.
Thanks to sponsorship from AXA XL, part of the Kids on the Reef programme for students attending public middle schools was able to take place online.
The Bermuda Zoological Society programme usually takes place over two days at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo and includes confined water and open water free-diving instruction, and classroom teaching.
During lockdown last spring owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisers created a way to deliver content to students virtually.
Educators used video lessons, Zoom classes and pre-recorded instructional videos when conducting their online spring camp.
Alex Amat, BZS educator and Beth Neale, programme coordinator, used the same tactics to bring part of the programme to eight public school classes from Dellwood, Clearwater and Sandys, which included 120 students.
Dr Amat and Ms Neal used Zoom classes to teach the students breathing techniques, free-diving theory and stretches, and included lectures on ocean conservation to reinforce the students’ school curriculum.
They also produced instructional breathing class videos and video lectures for those unable to attend via Zoom.
Students still needed to complete the confined water and open water free-diving instructional portion of the programme.
In the fall of 2020, the relaxed government restrictions for Covid-19 enabled the programme coordinators to provide the in-water opportunity to 85 students from Dellwood Middle School, many of whom had previously completed the class components virtually.
For those students who had been unable to complete the virtual component in the spring, they were able to complete all segments of the programme on site at BAMZ.
Dr Amat said: “Meeting the students online allowed us to keep in touch with them and make them feel they were part of something larger and more tangible. They knew the in-water component would happen in the future, which was an incentive.
“It would not have happened without the commitment of their science teachers who understood the need to be flexible and approached the programme with an open mind.
“We are really grateful to our sponsor AXA XL for believing in us to create this virtual offering and enabling us to continue sharing our ocean passion.”