2004 School Magazine

051

Faculties:Social & Environmental Studies

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between development and conservation Once more, guest speakers from the real world helped the girls to consider the future of Antarctica. Long time member of the Brisbane Girls Grammar School community, Mrs Lin Fairlie. spoke of her experiences of Antarctica and the girls were able to hold telephone and internet conferences with meinb^of the AD^allan Antarctic Division working and living there It has been wonderful to see the girls develop the abilities to reflect on the values of democratic process. social Justice, economic and ecological sustainability and peace, in order to make decisions about issues related to societies and environments

>,. A Native American saying 'We do not inherit the earth from our parents; we borrow it from our children" gives much inspiration to the Year 8 Social and Environmental Studies course. The emphasis on environmental and cultural appreciation and preservation 15 enhanced by real world experiences in every uni o wor The 2004 Year 8 cohort began their year in Social and Environmental Studies as Time Detectives' with their first venture into the real world, visiting the School Archives, Museum and the OUT One Teacher School Museum, run by Mr Graeme Nimmo. The classes then applied their studies of 'Cities

and Suburbs' by taking their learning to the streets of Spring Hill. visiting Fortes cue Street. They were delighted to be able to compare the local area with their own suburbs and have been able to see why Brisbane is widely celebrated as AustraliaS most 11vable city The application of SES to the real world has con Inued~ifF2004VVmTthe 91r s investigating some intriguing archaeological discoveries, and listening to guest speaker Dr Tom Loy from the University of QueenslandS Institute for Molecular Bioscience on his work with the Iceman. This emphasis on cultural appreciation and preservation then transformed into a study of the conflict

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