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28 Grade 6 students from Albury/Wodonga schools and 7 mentors from local secondary school and universities attended the 2005 Summer School from December 5th – 8th and were engaged in activities ranging from bird-watching to the commencement of the BioSUB project.
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The group was divided into 5 teams and investigated Bagnall's Range Lagoon to decide how important the riparian vegetation is to the macroinvertebrates and zooplankton that inhabit their site or “section” of this anabranch. Time was taken to visit the “gravel pits” to see the launch of the BioSUB project
( groups.msn.com/TheBioSUBProject ) with local biologist Lloyd Godson.
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 | | The Cook and her cakes!! | |
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For the Thursday Presentations , each group explained what they had discovered about their site, Wonga Wetlands in general and how the Bagnall's Range Lagoon ecosystem fitted together. The quality of the Presentations was great and the Deputy Mayor Kevan Porter, when presenting the certificates, commented an how much Albury City valued Wonga Wetlands and the education programmes carried out here. All participants (including the Mentors who did a terrific job) will receive a DVD of the Summer School’s activities when they return to school next year.
"Click" to enlarge "The Boys" (JPG 681 K) "Click" to enlarge "Zooplankton" (JPG 469 K) "Click" to enlarge "The Cook" (JPG 441 K) "Click" to enlarge "Coke bottle" (JPG 458 K)
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