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Turtles show their faces on Church StreetSaturday, October 13, 2018
The Bermuda Post Office has marked the 50th anniversary of the Bermuda Turtle Project with a series of postal panels featuring special stamps.
Mandu can see clearly again after surgery
Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Last month ophthalmic surgeon, Dr. Leonard Teye-Botchway, operated on the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo’s Parma Wallaby, Mandu, removing his luxated lens that was causing fluid build-up and dangerous pressure to form in his eye.
Reid, Dowling, Hill, Godfrey Awarded Scholarships
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The Bermuda Zoological Society has selected the recipients of the Steinhoff/BZS scholarship and, for the first time, the Pye Scholarship, with Amber Reid, Ryan Dowling, Archer Hill and Jessica Godfrey all being awarded scholarships.
Oldest seal at BAMZ dies aged 35
Thursday, August 30, 2018
The oldest harbour seal at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has died at the age of 35.
‘Bermuda Adventure’ continues
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
A pilot programme of community celebration, organised by the group Imagine Bermuda, marked a success at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
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Students have been able to participate virtually in a programme teaching them about ocean conservation and how to be confident in the water.
Thanks to sponsorship from AXA XL, part of the Kids on the Reef programme for students attending public middle schools was able to take place online.
The Bermuda Zoological Society programme usually takes place over two days at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo and includes confined water and open water free-diving instruction, and classroom teaching.
During lockdown last spring owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisers created a way to deliver content to students virtually.
Educators used video lessons, Zoom classes and pre-recorded instructional videos when conducting their online spring camp.
Alex Amat, BZS educator and Beth Neale, programme coordinator, used the same tactics to bring part of the programme to eight public school classes from Dellwood, Clearwater and Sandys, which included 120 students.
Dr Amat and Ms Neal used Zoom classes to teach the students breathing techniques, free-diving theory and stretches, and included lectures on ocean conservation to reinforce the students’ school curriculum.
They also produced instructional breathing class videos and video lectures for those unable to attend via Zoom.
Students still needed to complete the confined water and open water free-diving instructional portion of the programme.
In the fall of 2020, the relaxed government restrictions for Covid-19 enabled the programme coordinators to provide the in-water opportunity to 85 students from Dellwood Middle School, many of whom had previously completed the class components virtually.
For those students who had been unable to complete the virtual component in the spring, they were able to complete all segments of the programme on site at BAMZ.
Dr Amat said: “Meeting the students online allowed us to keep in touch with them and make them feel they were part of something larger and more tangible. They knew the in-water component would happen in the future, which was an incentive.
“It would not have happened without the commitment of their science teachers who understood the need to be flexible and approached the programme with an open mind.
“We are really grateful to our sponsor AXA XL for believing in us to create this virtual offering and enabling us to continue sharing our ocean passion.”