SEAFARI Secondary School cruises

Welcome to the wonderful world of SEAFARI.
The SEAFARI secondary school cruise ties the actual cruise and the information of its commentary with other relevant information
We have created a CD that contains information resources and a questionnaire.

The CD enables you to further study the wonders of nature and science related to the Kenmare Bay. As you know Nature in our world very much relates to how well we care for it and support it. Several of these issues will be raised during your SEAFARI cruise. This CD contains several resources as well as links to resource on the net.

You will need these resources to learn enough to enable you to successfully complete the questionnaire and Essay that are also on this CD.
You have the opportunity to compete for best of school student. The best of school student receive s a price and certificate from SEAFARI. Selection for this price will be performed by your local school teachers.

The best of school students entries will then be entered into the best of season national competition. The best of season student entries and essay will be published on the SEAFARI web site. The best of Season student will receive a certificate and a price from SEAFARI. The prize varies from season to season and details are available from SEAFARI.

To enter the competition, study both the resources on the CD and the web sites in the Online Links section on this page. Then, complete the assignment on the Questionnaire page of the CD and hand the results to your teacher. Your local teacher will select the school winner. The school winner enters the best of season competition that will be selected by SEAFARI.
We wish you every success!

SEAFARI web site
Online links (Net connection required)

OCEAN BLUE Introduction
Orkneyjar - The Selkie Folk of Orkney Folklore
SAC Kenmare bay
Science and Environment-Environmental Groups
Sea-River Newsletters (take free subscription)
Seas At Risk
Selkie Stuff & Folklore
Special Areas of Conservation - Kerry
The Connections - History - Kenmare.com
The Discovery Programme, Archaeological Research In Ireland
The Regional Fisheries Boards - Central Fisheries Board
The Village Building Sustainable Community in Ireland
Weather Buoy data
Welcome to Sustainable Ireland
www.swrfb.com
BIM Corporate - For Students
Conservation in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia
EcoServe homepage
Environmental Protection Agency
Fishing in Ireland, a complete guide to angling in Ireland - Central Fisheries Board
Friends of the Earth Europe - Home
Heritage of Ireland
heritage sites of kerry
Kerry County Council - Official Web site of County Kerry
Kerry history - Heritage and historical attractions in Kerry
Marine Institute
Marine Work Group Ireland Home
MarLIN - Marine Life Information Network
National Parks & Wildlife Service - Cork
National Parks & Wildlife Service - Kerry
NOAA Ocean Explorer

These links will bring you exciting information to study further. You will find information that is quite local but also information that places this environment in several (international) contexts.
You will need to spend considerable time studying as each of these are very elaborate resources of information
They will tell you about:

Archeology
Aqua culture
Conservation efforts
Fisheries
Leisure fishing
Environmental concerns
Environmental groups
Heritage in Cork & Kerry
Special area's of conservation
History of the area
Folklore

Questionnaire sample: (for teachers we provide a CD with answers and references included as part of the cruise package)

Please answer the questions below and print when completed. You can copy this page into MS Word or any other word processor to work on it.

The questionnaire is divided in three parts.

A. Easier questions, that you will be able to answer if you paid attention to the commentary during the SEAFARI cruise as will as
by studying the resources on the CD.

B More involved questions that you can answer by studying the internet resources that you will find by following the links on the CD
(Internet connection required)

C. An Essay that you can write when you have studied all available resources and have formed your own opinion based on the study.

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(a) What is the name of the red coloured rock which forms the mountain peninsulas to the north and south of the Kenmare Bay? (b)How was this rock formed?

(a) What is the name of the easily eroded rock which forms the north shore and islands of the inner Kenmare Bay? (b) How was this rock formed?
There are several patches of native forests and woodland on the shores of the inner Kenmare bay. Some of these forests are made up of a slow-growing tree with very hard and strong wood which was a valuable resource for the English settlers of the Kenmare area during the 16^th century. (a) What is the name of this tree? (b) Name two uses to which this wood was put to? (c) What is the name of the famous building in London in which this wood from the Kenmare area was used?

Along the shore, three colours of seaweed grow on different zones. Which colour of seaweed grow on (a) the upper zone? (b) The middle zone? (c) The lower zone?

In the oceans of the world, microscopic plants and animals known generally as plankton swim freely in the water. What are the scientific names for the (a) plant plankton? (b) Animal plankton?

Various birdlife can be seen along the shoreline. How do the following birds catch their food and what specific characteristics or skills enable them to do this? (a) Cormorant. (b) Oystercatcher. (c) Curlew.

Cormorants can sometimes be seen standing on a rock with their wings outstretched. (a) Why do they hold their wings outstretched? (b) What do the Cormorants not have that makes it necessary for them to hold their wings outstretched?

Around the shore of the Kenmare Bay, on spring tides, when the tide is far out and a lot of the sea-shore is exposed, foxes can be seen low on the shore examining the seaweed covered rocks intensely as if they are looking for something. (a) What do you think they are doing or looking for?

Between the 8^th and the 10^th centuries there was a monastery on Dinish Island on the south side of the bay. The Monks were of the Cul-De religious order and they had a vow never to eat meat. (a) Why did they place their monastery on the Island? (b) During the early 10^th century the monastery was destroyed, what happened?

The Vulture picked at the carcass of the dead Lion which had eaten the Hyena which had eaten the Rabbit which had fed on the grass which fed on the nutrients in the ground. How many similar sentences can you form containing at least four of the following types of wildlife? Fox, Lug-worms, Gannet, Shore-algae, Grey-Crow, Pigeon, Mackerel, Black-back seagull, Sprat, Mud, Tern, Mussel, Plankton, Heron, Crab, Otter, Deer, Swan, Rabbit, Sea-trout, Seal, Holly-berries, Mink, Cormorant, Grass, soil-minerals and nutrients, Oyster-catcher, water-borne detritus + minerals.

Tropical weather combined with prevailing winds and the spin of the earth combine to create an ocean current which is known as the North Atlantic Drift. (a)What is the more common name for this ocean current? (b).Where does this ocean current begin and where does it go to? (c) How does this ocean current affect our weather? (d) Which one of the following marine species is carried to our coastal waters by this ocean current? 1. Basking shark or Leatherback Turtle?

The global weather scientists are worried that if global warming continues that the glaciers and ice-caps will melt lowering the oceans salinity or salt content. They fear that this will cause the North Atlantic Drift to stop flowing. If this ocean current stops or even weakens, our future weather will be similar to which of the following places? Australia, Alaska, Mexico, Newfoundland, Egypt, California.

Around the coasts of Ireland we have two types of seals. The bigger of these seals live on the more exposed coastlines and Islands and sometimes travel far out to sea in search of food. These bigger seals have their silver/grey furry pups on offshore Islands and isolated beaches during October and November. The smaller of our seals live in more sheltered bays and harbours and have their cute dark grey/black pups during late June/early July. (a) What is the name of the bigger seal that lives on exposed coastlines? (b) What is the name of the smaller seal that lives in more sheltered waters or bays?

The young seal pups that are born in the sheltered waters of the Kenmare Bay during early July grow very quickly thanks to their mothers feeding them fat rich milk. (a) How long approximately, does the mother suckle the pup for, 3 days? 21 days? Or 64 days? (b) What percentage of fat is in the seal mothers milk (a human mother’s milk has approximately 20% fat), 10%, 25%, 40%, 60% or 80%? (c) The pups grow at their fastest for the first week or so, what is the maximum weight gain per day do you think during this time?

The Cormorants roost overnight on the upper branches of pine trees on the i

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