PPT-Galápagos

Claire Hudson Charlie Donald Alex Perry Erica Martin Anna Whitford Introduction Located in Pacific Ocean 1000km W of Ecuador coast Cover area of 7880km2 10x less than Scotland 21 islands. Embark on a journey to all seven continents on a range of itineraries from convenient 5day Crystal Getaways to indulgent World Cruise itineraries and a historymaking 32day Northwest Passage Enjoy more overnight stay s in fascinating cities including An expedition in 1970 found only 19 adult tortoises on the archipelagos Pinzon island averaging 70 years old so scientists removed them to start a captive breeding program on Santa Cruz island The program produced juvenile tortoises that were transp By . Raea. Gragg, August . 2014. The following artwork is from my journal in ink and water color, sketched on location in the Galapagos. The Sally Lightfoot crab painting is in oil on canvas and was completed after we returned home. . National Geographic Endeavor . October 17-26 2014. . By Grayson Rigby. Introduction. My name is Grayson Rigby and I am eight years old. I live in Ponte . Vedra. Beach, Florida and I am in the third grade. I am going to share with you about my first expedition to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador on the National Geographic Endeavor. The Galapagos Islands was my favorite trip yet, because of all of the amazing and neat animals that I saw like sea lions, land iguanas, marine iguanas, birds, fish, sea turtles and tortoises.. marine iguana. By . Emma. Where Marine Iguanas live. Marine Iguanas live on the Galapagos islands along with many other species. They were from . S. outh America but they either floated on seaweed or got blown there. The few that did survive bred and made more. . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy. With your learning partners think. about why people wanted to. e. xplore the world. . If we lived in an unexplored world, . w. hat would you want to explore and find?. Islands, Ecuador. By: . S. . Holcomb. What is it?. C. onsists . of 13 major islands. , 5 . of which are . inhabited. The main reason for tourists and nature lovers to visit the Galapagos Islands is the multitude of animals. By . M. . Bywater, . H.Fell. , . H.Salisbury. , . V.Burnell. , . T.Bailey. , . D.Gibson. , . O. Katz, and . P.Bara-Laskowski. . . J. Chapman helped too, I suppose.. Introduction. Situated in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 600 miles off the west coast of Ecuador.. Metapopulation Models. . . Species area curves (islands as case study). Review of Island Biogeography. Extension to subpopulations .  Metapopulation. Classic (. Levins. ). Island-mainland (. Gotelli. A RESOURCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1043470). GALAPAGOSCONSERVATION.ORG.UK. © Simon Pierce. The Changing Face of Science: Meet the Grants. A RESOURCE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST (REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1043470). GALAPAGOSCONSERVATION.ORG.UK. A little history about the Cormorant . Cormorants are a type of seabird that inhabit both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, from the pygmy cormorant of Australia, the cape cormorant of South Africa to the great cormorant we see on UK shores. . He was the son of Robert . Waring. Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood. . Darwin (aged 9) with his sister Catherine. He had three other sisters: Marianne, Caroline and Susan;. as well as a . brother. named Erasmus.. species. of giant tortoise no one had seen for over 100 years!. Fernandina giant tortoises live on the small island of Fernandina. It’s part of the Galapagos . archipelago. . These are 19 islands in the Pacific Ocean which are famous for being the place where Charles Darwin developed his theory of . GALAPAGOSCONSERVATION.ORG.UK. A TASTE OF EVOLUTION. Darwin’s Questions. Welcome to ‘A Taste of Evolution’ day! Today you will discover some of the mysteries of the Galapagos Islands and explore the fascinating animals that live there..