PowerPoint Presentation Race Rocks Presentation

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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
1. Develop Education and Curriculum Resources
2. Define the Boundaries
10. Make Links to Contiguous Ecosystems
3. Describe Biological Community Structure /
Function and Establish Baseline Data
9. Relate to Cultural and HistoricalConnections
8. Tackle ToughIssues
4. Define, Monitor and Display Physical
Components
7. Develop Partnerships and Funding
5. Use Technology for Communication
6. Establish Energy Self-sufficiency
Garry FletcherEducational director, racerocks.com
http//www.racerocks.com
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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
1. Develop Education and Curriculum Resources
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Internal Link
The Race Rocks Taxonomy
Link on website
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Curriculum Development Target specific
curriculum requirements, with suggested research
projects, labs, and investigations which parallel
the requirements of local and regional
educational curriculum outlines. Learning
objectives and evaluative criteria are useful for
teachers to use directly without a great deal of
extra preparatory work.
Link Education
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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
2. Define the Boundaries Traditional
mapsPanoramio Google Maps
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• Race Rocks without water.
• Black islands are above water.
• Red area is MPA. (to 20 fathom (36.5 m.depth)
• Blue is 100 meter depth.

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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
3.Describe Biological Community
Structure/Function and establish baseline data
with protocol for long term follow-up.
Link
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Marine mammal monitoring.
Elephant seal Link
Marine mammal link
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Link to Log and Gallery Pictures
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Note Grazing on kelp stipes and lamina by sea
urchins
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SUBTIDAL and INTERTIDAL INVERTEBRATES
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Anemone, Soft Coral, Hydroids and Sponges
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Student Ecology Projects
Link
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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
4. Define, Monitor and Display Physical
Components
DAVIS INSTRUMENTS WEATHER STATION
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DECADE COMPARISONS Using The HISTORIC SEA WATER
DATA from RACE ROCKS
Link
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YSI SONDE Measures Sea Water Salinity,
Temperature, Turbidity, ph and O2
Installation--Summer 2009
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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
5. Use Technology for Communication
Link
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6. ESTABLISH ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
EGINTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM AT RACE ROCKS
Link
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ALEX CHAN PC yr 31 checking out the 96 2 volt
batteries of the battery bank.
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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
7. Develop Partnerships for furthering Research
and Funding
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Recognition of First Nations Interests in the Area
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Race Rocks Ecological Reserve/MPA is privately
funded and operates in co-operation with BC
Parks and DFO.

• Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific
• Apple Learning Interchange Akamai
• Apple
• The B.C. Ministry of Mines and Energy

• ENCANA
• CLEAN CURRENT
• Dr.Anita Brinckmann- Voss
• The Hesse Family
• The Young Foundation
• Pearson College Alumni
• and the many people who support Race Rocks
  people like you!

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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
8. Tackle Tough Issues
Link
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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
9. Research and Document Cultural and
HistoricalConnections
Live Link
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ADOPT AN ECOSYSTEM
10. Make Links to Contiguous Ecosystems and
their Conservation Issues eg Metchosin Coastal
Ecosystems
Link