9 May 2006 : Vessel Log – Filming the Golden Shadow

This Filming the Golden Shadow video taken during the Farasan Islands Expedition to the Red Sea depicts scientists working at sea aboard an ocean research vessel. About Filming the Golden Shadow Yesterday evening was quite a treat for everybody onboard. …

Science Diary – 8 May 2006

Focus for today: Dugong Target key stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Dual Award, Sc2, 5a: the distribution and relative abundance of organisms in habitats can be explained using ideas of interdependence, adaptation, competition and predation. Key information: Today …

8 May 2006 : Vessel Log – Anchoring

This Anchoring video of the Golden Shadow ocean research vessel was taken during the Farasan Islands Expedition to the Red Sea. About Anchoring Back on the Golden Shadow all the rest of the scientists went out for more diving accompanied …

Science Diary – 7 May 2006

Focus for today: The Farasan Islands Protected Area. Target Key Stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Dual Award, Sc2, 5a: the distribution and relative abundance of organisms in habitats can be explained using ideas of interdependence, adaptation, competition and …

What is Ghost Fishing? – Fact of the Day

This Ghost Fishing Underwater Video was taken during the Scuba Transect Survey of the Farasan Islands Expedition to the Red Sea. About Ghost Fishing As we completed our first Scuba transect survey of the day we noticed a fish trap …

Science Diary – 6 May 2006

Focus for today: Nursery Habitat for Juvenile Coral Reef Fish. Target Key Stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Dual Award, Sc2, 5a: the distribution and relative abundance of organisms in habitats can be explained using ideas of interdependence, adaptation, …

6 May 2006 : Science Diary – The Reef

The Reef Habitat Underwater Video was taken during the Farasan Islands Expedition to the Red Sea. About The Reef It is common for human visitors to a coral reef to assume that the beautiful live coral to be the only …

Science Diary – 5 May 2006

Focus for today: Red Sea coral disease. Target key stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Double Award, Sc2, 4a – Variation arises from genetic causes, environmental causes, and a combination of both. Key information: Over the past 20 years …

5 May 2006 : Fact of the Day – Teamwork

This Teamwork Aboard on Ocean Research Vessel video was taken during the Farasan Islands Expedition to the Red Sea. About Teamwork As you’ll have noted from the 4th May Science Diary, there are a variety of people working together to …

Science Diary – 4 May 2006

Focus for today: Factors affecting data collection Target key stage: Key Stage 4 – Double Award Applied Science: Unit 1, Developing Scientific Skills, Carrying out practical tasks (recording and analysing scientific data). Key information: There are many factors affecting data …