Thursday, 6 December 2012

Day 10 - UTAS

Day 10 - UTAS

It was Day 10. We were read the day’s plans last night. Classrooms Observations from 0830-1030 hours, followed by lunch, a tour to University of Tasmania in the afternoon, and joining the middle school assembly session.
WE ARE UNDER THE GREAT SAGE!!!
Darren and the Octo-copter
The classroom observations today were the last of the trip. Unlike our first Classroom Observation, we were now much closer to the Australians.  Lessons were interesting and there was much to take home from them, both memories and lesson styles.
After lunch we visited UTAS Sandy Bay campus, which was next to Hutchins School. We were greeted Rebecca, a year one student in the University. She brought us to a small little room . In the room was full of remote controlled helicopters or planes. Interestingly, the remote controlled vehicles were not toys, they had very powerful cameras attached to them that was capable of taking extreme high resolution aerial photos and piecing them together to form a map.
Darren was the one introducing the gadgets to us. He informed us of the upcoming mission to map an area of the Antarctica.  We were all impressed by the Octo-copter, an 8-propellered helicopter that could tilt itself back in position when facing strong winds. What was inspiring was that Darren told us that his current researches and success all came from a simple passion for these gadgets. It proves that if one follows his heart, he is bound to find success in life and be satisfied.
Giant Organ (Looking at it makes u feel confused enough:P)
Other parts of the tour in UTAS were 1 of the 6 libraries in the campus, an Auditorium with a giant organ, a few pieces of very large ores of minerals that were put on display, and a huge display of a periodic table that had the real elements in the display! We took a group photo in front of a Confucius statue.
 Thereafter we joined the middle school for their assembly session after lunch. It opened with a performance by the Middle School Symphony Orchestra. Ming Xuan went up to give his presentation on Hwa Chong Institution and Singapore. It was meant to persuade the students to come to Singapore next year while we host them. Everyone was listening attentively and apparently someone begged Ryan to take him to Singapore .

Symphony Ochestra

Ming Xuan's great presentation:)




Surprise after dinner! It was 2 nature trails a stone’s throw from Hutchins School. The Lambert trail and Bicentennial trail. It was more of a trip to hear the birds but Trexel saw a hare and some of the others found a Pademelon, a small kangaroo.
Day 10 has ended. With effectively 3 days left in Hobart, what else can we do but to treasure our time here?

Written By:
James Soh Weng Kit





Lambert  Trail

Bicentennial Trail

Evening sky from Lambert Trail

Pedemelon (I wonder why it did not run away)

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