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Geography Geographical technology

Tracking ocean giants using GIS

This activity shows how modern technology is used to monitor and track whale sharks in the Galapagos Marine reserve.
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Attaching a GPS tracker to a Galapagos giant tortoise
Geography Geographical technology

Science in the field: Using GPS tagging

This activity explains how the Galapagos tortoises have adapted to their environment, how and why tortoises are tracked and the importance of analysing results.
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Galapagos giant tortoise crossing dirt road, Santa Cruz
Geography Geographical technology

Digital technology: Data analysis of tortoise migration

This activity introduces students to digital technology data and how it can be used to answer questions to promote understanding of species and be interpreted to investigate tortoise migration.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
Geography Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goal activities for Galapagos

This activity explores some of the Global Sustainable Development Goals and their importance and relevance to the Galapagos Islands.
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Geography Sustainability

Sustainable tourism

This activity introduces students to the history of tourism in Galapagos, the term 'stakeholder' and the stakeholders of the tourism industry in Galapagos.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
Geography Sustainability

Sustainability principles

Introduce your students to the concept of sustainability and sustainable development, using the Galapagos islands as a focus.
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Pelicans in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Geography Sustainability

Living sustainably

In this activity, students will have the opportunity to investigate how the increasing population of Galapagos inevitably leads to an increased demand for power and the issues arising from this.
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Breakfast time (Blue-footed boobies)
Geography Sustainability

Conservation and sustainability

This activity introduces students to the term’s conservation and biodiversity and consider why the Galapagos is so biodiverse.
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Geography Physical processes

Data analysis: Investigating El Niño and the Galapagos

This activity (suitable for GCSE levels) introduces students to El Niño and its impact in Galapagos. Students will also develop their data analysis skills.
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Sunset over Santa Cruz highlands, Galapagos
Geography Physical processes

The Galapagos climate

This activity introduces students to the climate of Galapagos and how it is influenced by ocean currents. Analyse climate graphs to further explore the seasons.
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Sunset behind Kicker Rock, Galapagos
Geography Physical processes

Rock types

This activity introduces students to the types of rocks on Earth and how they are formed.
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Pahoehoe lava on Santiago island, Galapagos
Geography Physical processes

Plate tectonics

This activity introduces students the theory of plate tectonics, the concept that offers an explanation for the movement of continents across hundreds of millions of years.
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Galapagos storybooks

Our educational storybooks - 'Marti the Hammerhead Shark', 'Tessa the Giant Tortoise' and 'Alberto the Waved Albatross' - bring the conservation of the Galapagos Islands to life for young readers.

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