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Red Sea

The Red Sea Mapping Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Reefs The Red Sea Mapping Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Reefs Scroll Subscribe ABOUT THE EXPEDITION Exploring the Red Sea The Red Sea is home to some of the most biologically rich and least disturbed coral reefs in the world. Between...

Science Diary - 24 May 2006

Focus for today: Post-expedition data analysis. Target key stage: Key Stage 4: Double Award Applied Science; Developing Scientific Skills (Carrying our Practical Tasks, Recording and Post-expedition data analysis). Key information: During the 3 weeks of this expedition, a huge amount of data has been gathered by the scientists. Due to time and resource...

Science Diary - 19 May 2006

Focus for today: Reef Creatures. Target key stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Dual Award, Sc2, 4a: variation arises from genetic causes, environmental causes and a combination of both. Key information: The sea not only occupies approximately two thirds of the surface of our planet, but it is also home to a large proportion of the species...

Farasan Islands Benthic Habitat Assessment and Mapping, Farasan Islands Marine Protected Area, May 2006 Preliminary Field Report

Farasan Islands Benthic Habitat Assessment and Mapping – Farasan Islands Marine Protected Area, May 2006 Preliminary Field Report A collaborative expedition between Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) and the Regional Organisation for the Conservation of the Environment...

Science Diary - 23 May 2006

Focus for today: Breeding Gulls in the Farasan Islands. 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: There are about 45 species of Gulls (Laridae)...

Science Diary - 22 May 2006

Focus for today: Phases of daily life for coral reef fishes. 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: A dive on a coral reef during the day presents...

Science Diary - 21 May 2006

Focus for today: Symbiosis on the reef. 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: The word symbiosis comes from the Greeks, meaning ‘together’...

Science Diary - 20 May 2006

Focus for today: Marine Pollution. Target key stage: Key Stage 4: National Science Curriculum, Dual Award, Sc2, 5b; the impact of humans on the environment depends on social and economic factors, including population size, industrial processes and levels of consumption and waste / Sc2, 5c; the importance of sustainable development. Key information: Saudi...

Science Diary - 18 May 2006

Focus for today: Photo transects: A picture is worth a thousand data points! Target Key Stage: Key Stage 4 – Double Award Applied Science: Unit 1, Developing Scientific Skills, Carrying out practical tasks (recording and analysing scientific data) / Unit 3, Science at work, monitoring living organisms. Key information: A picture is worth a thousand...

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