[Moodle] Turn off the lights

[Terri VZ]

Hi Roland,
Sadly, I think I was the only one in my set of flats (6) with lights  
off..   However, it was a clear night for it and yes there were stars  
to be seen in Sydney!

As it was a Sat, our SRC organised yesterday as the power off day.   
For me coming from the tropics, I loved having no fans.  On a serious  
note, we were very proud of our girls as it was their initiative and  
they worked hard to implement it.  I was lost without my IWB, had to  
scrounge around for a marker, and couldn't drag and drop brain storm  
ideas into sections (I had to rewrite them...).

Cheers, Terri.

On 31/03/2007, at 12:43 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:

>
> Can you see the southern cross?
> An ABC news report indicates that Sydney is turning off the lights  
> for an hour one evening! This means that even in the city, they  
> will be able to see stars and constellations that are normally  
> hidden from view. Other cities should consider doing the same, a  
> question I have shared with my students.
>
> This week we posted our data onto the Internet for the GLOBE at  
> Night project, using Google Earth to work out the exact Latitude  
> and Longitude for their observation then posting the observation  
> details into Moodle. Most students were only able to observe  
> magnitude 4 or 5 stars. We talked about how we could share, collect  
> and analyse all the observational data we had collected.
>
> On a Moodle class discussion forum, many good suggestions were  
> posted by students for reduce our level of external lighting and  
> greenhouse pollution. I will pass them onto our school  
> administration and school council to consider.
>
> In all, it was an ICT rich, year 9 Information Technology lesson  
> with many cool connections to other VELS topics :-)
>
> Regards Roland
>
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
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