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GUIDING LIGHTS An example of how a primary school in Australia contibutes to ocean awareness by creating an educational website |
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GUIDING LIGHTS An example of how a primary school in Australia contibutes to ocean awareness by creating an educational website |
We are showing you an example of how the students of a primary school in Australia create a website that may be used by schools in other parts of the world. Beaconsfield Primary School, Fremantle, Western Australia presents the problems faced by navigators, from early European to current visitors to the West Australian coast.
| We encourage schools worldwide to make similar websites as a classroom project, especially on subjects related to oceans, seas and coastal waters seen from their own local perspective or showing something typical for their geographic location. These sites may increase global understanding for unique local issues related to ceans.
The range of subjects can be very broad. Oceans mean more than navigation and ships. There are culture related subjects like local legends related to the sea A website may deal with beach clean-ups or or marine mammals, with traditional fishing or coastal tourism. Important is that when a problem is presented, also a potential solution is provided. In most cases websites made by young people will be understood well by other youngsters of the same age. Young people making an effort to create a website on an ocean related topic help to create awareness for the oceans. Creating awareness is the first step on protection of the oceans. Young people reporting a problem must also do some serious thinking about a solution to encounter the problem. By offering an e-mail address for communication, global contacts and information exchanges between schools and students are encouraged. Last but not least, already at primary school level, young people are learning to use a communication tool that is gaining importance to the point that it may become the dominating medium of the future. |
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