March 2015
I know I haven't posted in a while, but 2 months?! I guess I felt like since I hadn't been anywhere, nothing much was going on, but in reality my life is very full. To pick up where I left off last time: I did my first outreach program on the story 'Call of the Wild' by Jack London. It was a success; not only were the kids very interested, but the teachers in the back were equally attentive. I think Alaska in general is such a wondrous place and certainly very foreign to a Mediterranean island like Malta. At the end of the talk on the book, I had some pictures of the various animals that live in Alaska and the kids just loved it! They knew almost every one of them. I also showed pictures of life there, like the northern lights, ice fishing, and snow deeper than the rooftops. I swear I could have done a whole presentation with just pictures. I'm still active with Shark Lab and...