{"id":6774,"date":"2019-03-19T12:51:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/peps\/?p=6774"},"modified":"2021-06-16T09:37:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T09:37:26","slug":"aloha-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/peps\/2019\/03\/19\/aloha-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Aloha Hawaii!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday 13th<\/sup> of March Port Ellen Primary school met and chatted with 2 marine conservation scientists- streamed live from Hawaii!\u00a0 Port Ellen is currently doing a whole school project on Marine Plastics and primary 4-6 have been designing their own Marine Rescue and Education Centres, and wanted to find out more about them from real life experts. The aim is to make links with lots of islands around the world who are also affected by the impacts of plastics in the seas, so their teacher Kate Brown emailed contacts in Hawaii.\u00a0 Dr Gregg Levine is a veterinarian who works on Oahua with marine animals and lectures at the university, while Cameron Dabney is an education officer on Big Island and works for Dolphin Quest and they both joined up to answer lots of well researched questions from the children about their jobs and the impact of marine plastics on the environment-even though it was midnight in Hawaii!\u00a0 The whole school were so engaged and really enjoyed the opportunity to discuss issues they care about deeply with others who are affected.\u00a0 Thanks to Gregg and Cameron for taking time out to talk with us.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday 13th of March Port Ellen Primary school met and chatted with 2 marine conservation scientists- streamed live from Hawaii!\u00a0 Port Ellen is currently doing a whole school project on Marine Plastics and primary 4-6 have been designing their own Marine Rescue and Education Centres, and wanted to find out more about them from … <\/p>\n

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