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Three Flippered Turtle Released Into The WildFriday, February 07, 2014
After over a year of recuperating at the Bermuda, Aquarium, Museum & Zoo [BAMZ] after losing a flipper, a green sea turtle was released into the wild recently, dropped off about five miles east of Bermuda.
Bermuda TV series gets the green light
Friday, January 31, 2014
A new television series showcasing Bermuda’s precious marine life has been given the green light.
Morning walk about at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere else on the Earth.
Service with a smile gets Peg ‘seal of approval’
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
The best waitresses serve breakfast with a smile, no matter what, or who, they are serving.
Zoological Society receives a boost from the family of a man who worked there for 40 years
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Bermuda Zoological Society have been given a $2,000 boost thanks to the generosity of the family of the late Wakefield and Mildred Trott.
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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.”