Posts Tagged ‘Education’
WDC picks up prestigious education award
WDC’s outreach and education work has been recognised at this week’s ASCOBANS meeting – a regional agreement by a range of nations regarding the protection of certain species of whale and dolphin. The ASCOBANS Outreach and Education Award was presented to WDC CEO, Chris Butler Stroud, and recognizes the crucial role of education in motivating…
Read MoreBBC schools’ radio programme talks dolphins
At WDC we welcome opportunities to talk to young audiences about whales and dolphins and the work that we do. When I was approached by the BBC to take part in a schools’ radio programme about the Moray Firth bottlenose dolphins in Scotland, I was very pleased to agree. We were joined by three pupils…
Read MoreScrap dolphins’ environmental message
About 18 months ago, we were approached by the coordinator of the Chippenham Children and Young People’s Parliament to ask if we might find a way of working together on a Chippenham-wide project. She had been inspired to make contact after her daughter’s school had received a visit from one of WDC’s volunteer speakers and…
Read MoreCitizens in Science – meet the Dolphin Watchers of Kangaroo Island
This blog post is written by volunteer Charlotte Foster, who has spent the past few months in Australia… G’day! Two and a half months into my travels and it’s strange to think my time in Australia is up. This blog looks back over a particularly fond 6 days with citizen science-based project ‘Dolphin Watch’, the inspirational…
Read MoreDear Mr Branson…
Just a short blog from me as I think these comments from children speak for themselves. In response to a request from us for younger supporters to write to Sir Richard Branson, here are some of the thoughts about captivity that came back… As a colleague of mine recently said to me, children are so articulate……
Read MoreAberdeen goes wild for dolphins
This June will see the public launch of one of WDC’s biggest ever events, Wild Dolphins – a collaboration between ourselves, children’s hospital charity the ARCHIE Foundation and events company Wild in Art. You may well have seen similar Wild in Art events in a city near you: Rhinos in Southampton, Gromits in Bristol, elephants…
Read MoreGoing Wild At The Scottish Dolphin Centre
Since introducing myself in an earlier post just over a week ago I’ve been busy working with Lorna, the Education Officer to spread the word about whales and dolphins to Primary school pupils in the Caithness area of north Scotland. I really enjoyed being able to talk to the pupils about all the cool cetaceans…
Read MoreExploring the world of whales with children 5000 miles away
Mission accomplished…A few days ago we successfully gave our first whale and dolphin presentation to pupils living on another continent. We’ve been experimenting with Skype as a way of connecting with children across the world, many of whom live nowhere near the sea and might never be lucky enough to see a whales or dolphin…
Read MoreHow do children feel about whales and dolphins in captivity?
Not long ago, I wrote a magazine article about the power of environmental education and how studies have shown that parental attitudes and action towards the natural world are directly influenced by engaging children in environmental and conservation issues. To put it another way, children have power over us! They are not just the conservationists…
Read MoreGetting ready for our first virtual presentation
This November, WDC will be trialling its first school’s presentation through Skype video calling as part of a month-long ‘Exploring Oceans’ conference, organised by Skype in the classroom. The conference coincides with Fabien (grandson of Jacques) Cousteau’s Mission 31 expedition when he plans to spend a month in an undersea lab. Skype in the classroom has…
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