"Teaching people about the world in which we live."
"Teaching people about the world in which we live."
We went on location gathering information on
local flora and fauna, ANZAC day, life in Australia over the last century, and the Great
Barrier reef. This exciting information we provide here for you! There are
also lesson plans available to help
teachers to best utilize this information.
Eric Abraham turned 100
years old on April 20, 1998. This closely coincides with ANZAC's
day which is on April 25th. Find out what WWI was like, as well as the changes in the
Australian Culture over the last century, from a first hand perspective. Our readers asked
him questions. He answered those and elaborated online, live. Check back here for
his autobiography that was written in 1986. It is not available for purchase
anywhere, having been written for just family and close friends. We will be providing this
witty and entertaining account of history in the making, for our readers to view, on
TerraX.org's pages in the near future.
Flora in
BrisbaneWe explored the unique Brisbane Botanic Gardens with one of their leading guides. Have you ever wondered what type of plants grow in Australia? How is it's climate suited for growing various types of plants? Explore the the ways that the changing pattern of the seasons affects the koala's food supply. Just how are plants important to your welfare? Why is it so important to protect endangered plants? These questions and more were asked by our readers and answered by the local guide, or discussed in our provided material.
In Tasmania we went face to face with
a Tasmanian Devil. Have you ever wondered how they got their names, such small
creatures? Just what type of birds reside only in Tasmania? We let our
readers ask the questions, yet again, and the answers they got might surprise you.
There are pictures to help you understand the uniqueness of the birds and marsupials that
are native to Tasmania. Even hear the cry of a Tasmanian Devil as she protects her
territory.
Australia's magnificent Great Barrier Reef is the
ideal location to talk about marine biology. Review our logs of the week long dive
trip. See how the on going research with sharks, nautilus, and other ocean animals
affects you. We provided logs daily from the boat and then a follow-up interview
with one of the researchers. Some of the things we saw may surprise you. They did us! See
pictures of a shark being captured for tagging, of deep sea chambered nautilus', and other
wonders of the sea.
