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Geology field trip with Year 7s today. Titahi Bay Geology field trip with Year 7s today. Titahi Bay fossil forest, greywacke bedrock and coastal erosion. #geoeducation #stemeducation #geology
Must say it's great to teach with a good old fashi Must say it's great to teach with a good old fashioned black board like in the old days! Nice to be able to bring some colour into diagrams for teaching primary students today. Whiteboards are great, but easily get ugly
Fantastic Earth science festival today in Lower Hu Fantastic Earth science festival today in Lower Hutt! #earthfest2023
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What better place than New Zealand for teaching ea What better place than New Zealand for teaching earth sciences. Some thoughts on recent days with teachers and education students. Check newsletter link in bio.
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A perfect day on Tongariro today. No one else arou A perfect day on Tongariro today. No one else around - quite a rare experience on this volcanic super highway, even in winter. After crossing Red Crater to Blue Lake, I wandered over North Crater and Tongariro Peak, back to the car park #tongariro #ngauruhoe #ruapehu #newzealand
Lake Rotomahana, site of several GNS expeditions t Lake Rotomahana, site of several GNS expeditions to map the lake floor and understand the changes wrought by the 1886 Tarawera Eruption right through the sites of the famous Pink and White Terraces. Lots of heat still coming up from below... #newzealand #tarawera #rotomahana #geothermal #waimanguvolcanicvalley
Back in the Volcanic Zone, with some more visiting Back in the Volcanic Zone, with some more visiting Chinese youngsters. Waimangu Volcanic Valley being admired again #waimanguvolcanicvalley #geothermal #tarawera #rotomahana #newzealand
Sorting out a school rock collection with the help Sorting out a school rock collection with the help of a couple of students. A nice geology teaching opportunity #geology #geoeducation #rocks
How wonderful. The first time I have ever seen a w How wonderful. The first time I have ever seen a whale in Wellington Harbour. #humpbackwhale #Wellington
Rotorua redwood vs Whirinaki podocarp forests. Div Rotorua redwood vs Whirinaki podocarp forests. Diversity, stratification, light availability, lifecycles, birds, pests,fungi and decomposers, deforestation and conservation. #rotorua #whirinaki #nznative #forest
Mangatepopo Valley lava flows, plant succession, l Mangatepopo Valley lava flows, plant succession, landforms rocks and frost action with visiting Chinese school children and parents. #tongariro #ngauruhoe #mangatepopo #natureeducation #geoeducation
Waimangu Volcanic Valley and Lake Rotomahana with Waimangu Volcanic Valley and Lake Rotomahana with a school group from China. The world's youngest hydrothermal system created after the huge Tarawera Eruption in 1886. #waimanguvolcanicvalley #tarawera #rotorua
Always love the desert road passing Ruapehu, and t Always love the desert road passing Ruapehu, and these burnt tree trunks in a thick layer of pumice that traveled about 40km from the Taupo eruption crater 1800 years ago... #desertroad #tongariro #rangipodesert #taupovolcano #taupo
Paragliding school, Sussex UK. How am I going to k Paragliding school, Sussex UK. How am I going to keep this up living in Wellington? #paragliding
#stonefarmrocks in Sussex, UK. Early Cretaceous sa #stonefarmrocks in Sussex, UK. Early Cretaceous sandstone. Great for bouldering and mini solos
Today on a morning walk I decided to take a close Today on a morning walk I decided to take a close look at a humble dandelion. Thanks to my phone camera, I could really get close up to the detail. I am in awe of how engineering and mechanics are so brilliantly combined to enable the function of seed scattering, whilst also expressing such artistic perfection. Nature is an inventor of perfection, expressing science, art, and perhaps even 'religion' in the simplest sense through the wonder she inspires. How amazing that a simple weed has all this to show us.
A session on earthquakes and rocks at Paremata Sch A session on earthquakes and rocks at Paremata School near Wellington. #sciencecommunication #geocommunication
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