The People to People Science Education Delegation, led by Page Keeley, will depart for South Africa on October 12, 2009. Visit our blog to follow our professional and cultural activities!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Face Painting at the African Cafe!
Several of us went out to the African Cafe one night for our "dinner on your own". While waiting for dinner to be served, several of the delegates had their faces painted, African style, by the resident face painter at the restaurant!
Lovely Jacaranda Trees Seen Throughout Johannesburg
Our Fearless Shark Cage Divers!
Baby Seal on the Shark Alley Trip
Learning About the TRAC Program
First Night's Briefing on South Africa
Page with South Africa's Future Scientists and Engineers
Looking Out Over the City of Johannesburg
World Cup Soccer Coming to South Africa in 2010!
Having a Good Day!
Lovely Cape Town!
South African Penguin
Our Guide Linda
Passing Through Wine Country
Page and Stacylynn with the Penguins
A Must for Penguin Lovers!
What It Really Means to Stick Your Neck Out!
Magnificent Cheetah
Student Leader of the Choir
School Hallway with Back Packs- Just Like Home!
Another Student Poster
Student Poster
Student Work from a Lesson on Light
Drummer and Music Director
Another Wonderful Performance by Students
Happy Birthday Rhonda!
Can't Wait to Serve this at My Next Dinner Party!
Perry with Young Admirers from the Gugulethu Township!
House Across the Street from Liziwe's with Curious Children Watching Us Get Off the Buses!
View of the Gugulethu Township Neighborhoog Across from Liziwe's
Tea Time at the LEAP School
Cliff and His LEAP School Student Guide
Page and LEAP Students
LEAP School Students
Page and Our Elegant Server at the African Cafe
Dinner at the African Cafe
Note the ceiling lights are made from recycled soda bottles!
Singing at the African Cafe
King Protea in the Floral Arangement in the hotel Lobby
These grow throughout South Africa and are the largest of the proteas.
Wildebeest- An Animal that Looks Like It Is Made Up of Spare Parts!
A Really Big One of the "Big 5"!
Kudu Snooze
Sure Feels Good to Roll in this Sand!
Another Fabulous Lunch on the Waterfront at Boulders
Wendy and Local Musician
The Ubiquitous Guinea Fowl at Kirstenbosch
Our Guide Linda Explaining Some of the Plants at Kirstenbosch
Penguin Tracks in the Sand
Lizard in Table Mountain National Park
Another Stunning View from the Cape of Good Hope
Perry, Debra, and Carol at the Cape of Good Hope
Driving Under the Rock Overhang Along the Beach Road
Close Up of Rocks-Granite and Lichen
Another View from the Bus
A View from the Bus While Driving Along in Cape Town
Rocky Beach in Cape Town
With My Colorado Friends
Nancy Kellogg and Page on the Cape
Interesting Plants in the Garden Outside the Origins Centre
Fabulous Collection of Crockery on the Wall at the Gramadoelas Restaurant
Resident Astronmer at TRAC Shows Us Their 1928 Observatory
Students Having Lunch During Their SciBono Field Trip
Trac Students with Carol Titterton
People to People Science Education Delegation
Group Photo at Cape Point
Roy and Jan at Kirstenbosch
Charlotte and Sephali in Kirstenbosch
A Mighty Big Piece of Elephant Dung!
Life and Death in the Bush
A kudu skull along the trail
The Aquila Safari Group
Posing in front of our open vehicle and guide
3 Mainers in South Africa!
Carol Titterton (Wayneflete Academy), Carol Duron Taylor (Mast Landing, Freeport), and Page Keeley
Children of South Africa
Smiling faces of poor children in the settlements. Goes to show $$$ does not always buy happiness!
Visit to Aquila
On Safari!
Shark Cage Diving with the Great Whites!
Boulder Beach
Peeking between the boulders at the beautiful ocean!
Penguins!
The South African Penguin
Refilwe- Our Guide
This is Refilwe, one of our guides in Johannesburg. She has such a love for her country despite the suffering of her family during the Apartheid era.
Science Education Delegation
Group Photo at the TRAK Observatory in Johannesburg
Welcome from Trip Leader, Page Keeley
Welcome to our People to People Science Education Delegation Blog. I am Page Keeley, the trip leader, and I am joined by my co-leader, Charlotte Bihm. In my real job I am the Senior Science Program Director at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and the 2008-09 President of the National Science Teachers Association. On behalf of our entire delegation, I invite you to follow our daily activities in South Africa and feel free to leave us messages!
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