Emails
 

A selection of email correspondence…

Subject: Your task
Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 11:17

Can you take an image of the Prickly Pear.

Subject: Howdy people !!!!
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 02:41

Hi people ,now you better listen up!!!
Please can we have information on the following:
1) Wild  banana tree
2)Banyan tree
3)Swiss cheese plant
4)Water lettuce
5)yam

find the plants and take one picture per group and take with the digital camara.
Find info on the :
a) economic uses
b) adaptions
c) special features
d) Countries of origin
e) where the name comes from .
Good luck and remember the pictures from 

Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 02:02

Thank you for your e mail.  The picture you sent was
fantastic.  Can you send another picture?

Subject: messages messages
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 04:08


MESSAGE 1 - 9:15-9:30
here are some simple instructions to help you get to your first destination:
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make sure that you complete the activities on your way.

MESSAGE 2 - 9:45
Here is some information from your classmates back at school to help your teacher set the scene:

send us back some pictures so we can see what the desert house looks like thankyou-please

make sure that you complete all of the activities including the description of the desert climate.

MESSAGE 3 - 10:00
You must now collect and record the climatic variables in the desert house. Make sure that you do it as a group.

MESSAGE 4 - 10:30
You now need to go and collect as much information about the way in which the desert plants have adapted to their environment.
Complete the tables.

Each group must take a picture of one of the following using the digital camera. We also want some information from each group about their chosen plant. Economic and other uses, adaptations and country of origin

group1: sisal
group2: aloe vera
group3: Agave
group4: Opuntia cochenillifera
group5: prickly pear

MESSAGE 5 - 11:10
Thats it folks go off and enjoy yourselves, hope youve enjoyed your day, see you all back at school