Presentations available for New Providence

Currently on New Providence several presentaions are available to school groups. Below are some of the presentations that are most commonly asked for. The Bahamas National Trust is happy to accomodate the needs of teachers and can present on additional topics once they have been arranged through the Education Department of the Bahamas National Trust on New Providence.

Alternative energy
Time
1.5 hour 
ObjectivesDefine energy; look at how this energy is generated; look at examples of alternative sources of energy that are relevant for the Bahamas. 


Climate Change
Time
1.5 hour 
ObjectivesDefine climate change; look at its change through time; look at causes of climate to change; discuss ways to help reduce the contribution to climate change as well as adaptation measures.


Ecosystems 
Time
1.5 hour 
ObjectivesDefine ecosystems; Identify the different types of ecosystems in the Bahamas; Identify the living and non-living parts of each of these systems; Discuss the different threats that humans pose on ecosystems; Discuss the different ways in which people can help ecosystems of the Bahamas. 


Endangered species
Time: 1.5 hour
Objectives: Define threatened, endangered, and extinct species; Identify the main reasons why species are going extinct; Highlight some Endangered and Extinct Bahamian species; Discuss the different ways in which people can help species from becoming extinct.


Invasive species 
Time: 1.5 hour 
Objectives: Define Invasive species; Identify the main reasons how and why species become invasive; Highlight some Invasive species of the Bahamas; Discuss the different ways in which people can help control invasive species. 


Marine conservation
Time
: 1.5 hour 
Objectives: Define the different marine communities; look at the threats to the marine environment; discuss ways people can help the marine environment.


National Parks 
Time: 1.5 hour 
Objectives: Define a National Park and the role of the BNT. Identify the 27 national parks of the Bahamas and where the Bahamas is to go from here. 


Native Plants and Bush Medicine
Time: 1.5 hour 
Objectives: Look at the history of plants in the Bahamas, from before the Native Indians, through the colonial era to the present. Define Bush medicine and look at examples of the medicinal use of native plants in the Bahamas; Discuss the importance of conservation of plants.


Plant reproduction
Time: 1.5 hour 
Objectives: Look at the reproductive strategies of plants using Bahamian examples.


Pollution
Time: 1.5 hour 
Objectives: Define pollution; look at different sources of pollution and their impacts; discuss ways people can help reduce pollutants in the Bahamas.


Sea Turtles
Time: 1.5 hour
Objectives: Look at where sea turtles have come from and how man has used sea turtles through time. Identify why sea turtles are in need of world-wide conservation efforts and what is being done in the Bahamas to help preserve them for future generations.


Sharks
Time
: 1.5 hour 
Objectives: Look at why sharks are an important part of the Bahamas: ecologically and economically; Highlights the threats posed upon these animals around the world; Understand what the Bahamas has done in the past and present to ensure the survival of these prehistoric creatures.


The Lorax 
Time: 1 hour 
Activities: Presentation, guided tour.
Objectives: Learn the basic concept of conservation and resource management. 


Wecology 
Time: 1 hour 
Objectives: Outline the different problems that human activities have on the environment and ten simple things that everyone in the Bahamas can do to help. 


Wetlands
Time: 1 hour
Objectives: Define what a wetland is and compare the difference between coastal and inland wetlands; Identify the many benefits of wetlands in the Bahamas; Define what a mangrove tree is and identify the different species of mangroves found in the Bahamas; Discuss the threats that wetlands in the Bahamas face; Discuss the different ways that people can help wetlands in the Bahamas.