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?
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(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?
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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 16th 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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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?
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Between the 8th
and the 10th 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 10th
century the monastery was destroyed, what happened?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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?
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The Cormorants
roost overnight on the upper branches of pine trees on the
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