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Panda travels!

science centre koreaPatrick the Panda had a great time today at Seoul’s massive science centre. He learned lots about how science had helped people all over the world and how it could help solve problems.

He learned about wind power and how it can be used to make renewable energy. He also met the inventor of an electric kit car. Electric cars can be powered by renewable energy and can help tackle climate change. This is because they don’t produce ‎as many greenhouse gases as cars that are powered by fossil fuels. The inventor hopes his electric kit car will become popular in Korea. He made it himself in the science centre’s make lab.electric car

Patrick went all panda-eyed when he saw this man zipping about in Seoul. H‎e thinks was an in line skate. He’d never seen it before but if people left their cars behind and used this to travel short distances then it could also reduce emissions. Walking would be even better but Patrick is a bit of lazy Panda at times!

Panda Reporter visits Korean schools

uniformPatrick the Panda visited a middle school in Korea today. In Korea children go to middle school from ages 13 to 15. There are also elementary schools for younger children and high schools.

Patrick was delighted to see that many of the posters ‎around the school were all about climate change. The posters were really colourful and were written in English too. climate poster 2 climate poster 3 climate poster

The school were working hard to reduce the energy they were using too. It was another cold day in Seoul but the heating in the school was limited to just 18 degrees Celsius. This is national policy for all schools and government buildings to help tackle climate change.

Patrick also spotted that the school uniforms included a nice tartan design. Tartan seems to be quite popular in Korea – some of the teachers also had tartan ties.

Patrick is also amazed that there are not more traffic jams in Seoul. You would hardly think that 25 million people in the city. Most use the excellent metro system and buses to get around. This is just one of the other ways Korean’s are trying to protect the environment.

A scientist came to Doune!

doune 10A scientific visitor came to nursery. Amy Styles the OPAL scientist came to Doune to support our role of citizen scientists and to meet Lighting the Panda. She talked to the children about different projects the children could get involved with locally. We can choose between water, soil, mini beasts, trees and air. We are going to vote to decide which project we would follow. We are looking forward to her coming back in March.

Bugs at Borestone

borestone bugsThe P7s explored pond life with the help from OPAL Community Scientist and The Conservation Volunteers. They discovered that caddisfly and dragonfly larvae are found in healthy pond water. Snails and worm-like animals indicate that the pond water might be polluted. They also had the opportunity to discuss and create a pond life food chain. In addition the children were introduced to various types of lichens. Next week the children will use their knowledge of lichens to explore air quality.