Two teachers pre-travel power point

1. South Africa Study Tour
June 20-July 10, 2012

2. • GET’s mission is to advance environmental
and sustainability education worldwide
through students and educators.

4. Travel to Africa
• Wed, Jun 20, 2012 Leave: 7:15 pm Chicago
Illinois
Thu, Jun 21, 2012 10:50 am Arrives Zurich
Airport
08 hrs 35 mins Miles: 4443

5. Zurich

8. • Thu, Jun 21, 2012 Leave: 10:45 pm
Arrives: Fri, Jun 22, 2012
• Arrive: 9:10 am - O R Tambo International Airport
(JNB) - Johannesburg 10 hrs 25 mins Miles: 5211
• Fri, Jun 22, 2012 Leave: 1:10 pm
• Arrive: 2:50 pm Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ) - Port
Elizabeth Economy | 01 hrs 40 mins | Miles: 563

9. The Garden Route
Addo Elephant Park
Stellenbosch University
De Hoop Nature Preserve
Two Oceans Aquarium
Cape of Good Hope
Table Mountain
University of Cape Town

10. Addo Elephant National Park
• Established in 1931 to save 11 Elephants on the brink
of extinction, and now home to more than 450 of
them
• Plus… 400 Cape Buffalo, 48 black Rhino, a range of
Antelope species, lions and hyenas as well as the rare
flightless dung Beetle

11. De Hoop Nature Preserve
• The reserve has 86 mammal species including the rare
bontebok and Cape mountain zebra, as well as eland, grey
rhebuck, baboon, yellow mongoose, caracal and the
occasional leopard.
• This is were we will meet the South African teachers that will
travel with us.
Eland
Bontebok

12. Caracal
Grey Rhebok
Baboons Yellow Mongoose

13. Africa’s Little Five
Leopard tortoise, Ant-Lion, Rhino-beetle,
Red-billed buffalo weavers, Elephant
shrews

14. Africa’s Big Five
Leopard
Elephant Lion
Cape Buffalo Black Rhinoceros

15. • Dolphins and seals occur in the waters off the
coast and southern right whales calve and
mate in the sheltered bays of De Hoop each
year between May and December.
Right Whale

16. Stellenbosch University
We will meet with
Environmental
Educators at this
university to learn
about Environmental
Education training in
South Africa and to
share our experiences
teaching students
about the
environment.

17. Stellenbosch University
• We will learn about “Antastic!” a program run
by the University that teaches school children
about the ant diversity and their important
role in the ecosystem.

18. Two Oceans Aquarium
One Ocean
Two Oceans
Two Oceans
Aquarium

20. Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Biodiversity - is
the variety of
life including
different plants,
animals and
and the
ecosystems
they live in.
South Africa is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, it touches 2
oceans and although is only about 2% of the world's land area, but is home to nearly
10% of the world's plants. The Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens protects and protects
these plants and teaches people about the importance of this biodiversity.

22. Cape Town

23. Neighborhoods & Townships

24. Department of Water Affairs and
Forestry (DWAF)
• The DWAF works to promote
safe healthy water.
• They are a governmental agency
that is like our Department of
Natural Resources.
• We will do a service project with
them that may include invasive
species removal.

25. Robben Island
• Robben Island is best known as the location of
a prison which held Nelson Mandela a political
prisoner during South Africa’s apartheid
period. Mandela was held there for 27 (1962-
1990) years and eventually became the
president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela in 2008

27. Table Mountain
•This is a flat-topped mountain in
southwestern South Africa, overlooking
Cape Town and Table Bay.
• Its shape results from horizontal layers
of sandstone being exposed by erosion.

28. • The floor of the 65 passenger cablecar rotates 360
degrees on the trip which takes 5-10 minutes to
reach the summit/base travelling at a speed of up to
10m per second on its 704m (2310 feet) climb.

29. Cape of Good Hope

30. Cape of Good Hope