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Virtual field trip for school children showcases

Hundreds of school students joined Te Araroa Trust, the Walking Access Commission and Federated Farmers on a virtual field trip around Bream Head and Whananaki last April.

The commission, Federated Farmers and Te Araroa Trust partnered with LEARNZ, a leading provider of educational services, to create the virtual field By Stephen Daytrip. The field trip teaches about outdoor issues but without the costs associated with having to leave the classroom.

LEARNZ gave expert advice to make sure the students who took part had great learning opportunities. The Northland vir-

Te Araroa The virtual field trip focused on understanding and caring for our tual field trip took place during 8-9 unique biodiversity, working togethApril. It included a Google Earth er to care for our environment; and for Web tour with GIS map- behaving responsibly in the outdoors ping, 3D locations, images, and on private farmland. daily diaries and video. The 59 schools incorporating 1708 trip supported teachers and students enrolled to take part in the students to explore an area of virtual field trip. The trip, includNew Zealand they might ing links to most of the educational not normally get to see in resources and videos, person. is available on the The students met sub- LEARNZ website, ject experts such as Adam so more schools can the conservation ranger choose to engage at Bream Head Te Whara, and with it in the future Greta, whose farm at Whanan- as well. aki includes the 13-kilometre Above: A foot bridge Onekainga Track, which is part on the te Araroa Trail. of Te Araroa. Photo by Phillip Capper

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