The photos below have been arranged by theme. You can use them in any of the appropriate activities.
Photos by Ross Burrough except the pigs by me!
Photos by Ross Burrough except the pigs by me!
idea #20 photo jig saw
Select some of the photos from below. Print each one out A4 and laminate. Cut into large jig saw puzzle pieces. Distribute the pieces amongst the class. They have to go around and find the pieces from each other to make the picture.
Each piece could have a question on the back. Once the jigsaws are complete you can use ideas #1-5 |
idea #21 photo senses
Distribute photos and ask the students to concentrate on the five senses:
Vision Hearing Smell Taste Touch Use these to ask questions. 'What does the jungle sound like?' 'What noise does an orangutan make?', 'What does the sugar factory smell like?' etc. |
SUGAR PALM TAPPERS and TAPPING
This is Yussef. He has climbed up a sugar palm and is using his knife to slice a thin slice (1mm) off the tree. This will allow the sugar to drip out. This will be collected in a plastic bottle.
Yussef carries the sap back to his work hut. He heats the sap to prevent it from spoiling.
This is a broom made out of the fibers that surround the sugar palm tree, one of the 60 uses of the tree.
This is an experiment to observe the impact of monoculture. When not grown in a mixed forest, the palm trees cut out the light and nothing else grows. The sugar palm has increased productivity per tree when it is grown in a mixed forest.
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This is the sugar palm flower. The flower is cut off and the sap comes from beneath it.
Bamboo ladder.
A tapper climbing a bamboo ladder using his big toe - it's much more difficult than it looks!
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TURTLE CONSERVATION
A nest of freshly laid turtle eggs
Freshly laid turtle eggs are carefully removed from their nest and taken to the rescue center
The eggs are kept safely at the rescue centre. Each stick has a note on it saying the date that the eggs were laid. They will hatch from here and make their way to the sea across the beach aiming for the light of the moon. This area was paid for by ESF students who fund raised in their school.
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A pile of freshly hatched turtle eggs
In the dark, using the moon as a guide, this freshly hatched turtle is on its way to the sea.
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WIld life centre
At the wildlife rescue centre food is hidden by volunteers to try to replicate the process of looking for food as closely as possible.
Volunteers come in all ages, shapes and sizes!!!!
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Here food has been wrapped up in corn leaves. The animals will have to open them up to get to their dinner!
Marmite being hidden in a plastic dog toy
A rescued orangutan enjoying his marmite snack!
Cleaning the bird area. Volunteers have to work very quietly so as not to stress the birds out.
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Sugar palm plantation
Sugar factory
In these three photos you can see how the sugar juice is heated (using geothermal energy) until it becomes sugar. This process is quite labour intensive as the sugar needs to be constantly stirred. The sugar factory smells like toffee and it is very hot.
Education
The Masarang has funded a local university and also offers scholarships for local children to go to school. YOu can read more about this here:
http://www.masarang.nl/en/initiatives/index.jsp?USMID=80 |
The village hub
This is the Village Hub. It can be dismantled and transported in three containers.
The fermentor - this is where the palm sugar goes when it first arrives at the Village Hub.
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The aim is to ensure that the Village Hub produces no waste. These pigs eat algae. The Co2 was fed into the algae pond to stimulate it's growth. The manure from the animals is also fed back into the system. The animals provide meat for local communities.
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THE village
The Masarang have worked along side local villagers to replant areas of mixed forest. This has resulted in more sugar palms to tap. But it has also had a very positive impact on the provision of fresh water. For the first time in generations the local spring is providing water for the local community. This means villagers no longer have to walk miles to collect water. In recent floods the villages with forest were damaged least.
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These are fields of vegetables including lots of carrots!
The entire village, including all the children, went into the village to plant palm trees in the mixed forest. It was a very noisy day with lots and lots of singing. At the there was a feast that included drinks and cakes made out of palm sugar.
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