Great Barrier Reef Activity Booklet
Raine & Horne Foundation have proudly supported the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to strengthen their research at Raine Island. Raine Island was named after Captain Thomas Raine (pictured above), who was the first European to discover the island in 1815 and whose son Tom Raine co-founded Raine & Horne in 1883. Raine Island is the rookery for the world’s largest remaining population of the vulnerable green turtles, the Chelonia mydas. During the annual breeding season, around 2,000 female turtles will nest ashore each night, totalling 60,000 across the season. Each of the turtles that return for breeding each year were born on the island, at least 50 years before. They are guided back to Raine Island to breed by a natural homing instinct. Many turtles will have travelled from as far as 2,500 kilometres to get there. Great Barrier Reef Raine Island The turtles lay between 75 to 200 eggs in a pit they dig in the sand. The turtles must return to the water before sunrise, as the heat of the day can kill a stranded turtle. Once in the water, the turtles face the risk of waiting tiger sharks. Their shells help to camouflage them, and they can swim about 32 kilometres an hour, which means a healthy turtle can out swim a shark. The eggs will hatch in two to three months at night when the temperature drops. Once the eggs hatch, instinct tells them to head towards the reflective light of the ocean. Their only defence is the darkness and safety in numbers. Some hatchlings will emerge before sunset and become easy pickings for the herons. However the numbers are still on the turtle’s side and many will safely depart from Raine Island and return in decades to come. This partnership means we can help the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s conservation efforts on Raine Island to protect the future of the green turtles.
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Spot the Difference Find the 7 differences in the below two pictures and finish by colouring in.
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Solutions Word Search Turtle Maze Spot the Difference 1. Small fish in the top left corner. 2. Jellyfish on the left. 3. Shell pattern on the bottom left. 4. Star fish missing. 5. Fish missing pattern at the top. 6. Rolled paper inside the bottle. 7. Coral at the back on the right. Chatterbox W P R I S C O R A L JAFAQRREFG H E T R I A S A J C O W L U I N I H B R REEFRYEETD NAECOTNLKN EKGSHELLRA A I S L N O I E A L J E L L Y F I S H S TURTWAVES I 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4a. 4b. 5. 6. 1. First, cut along the dotted lines to create a square. 2(a). Fold along each diagonal and then lay flat. 2(b). Place coloured side down and fold each corner to the centre. 3. Turn over. 4(a)(b). Fold each corner to the centre again. 5. Fold in half to crease, reopen and fold along the other half. 6. Slide your thumbs and forefingers into each square behind the words Great Barrier Reef Foundation. 7. Play with your friends and family to discover some fun facts about the Great Barrier Reef. 7.
11 Boardgame Cut out the below dice and tokens for Turtle Adventures
Turtle Adventures Board Game How to play: First, cut out dice and tokens on page 11. Roll the dice and move your turtle the number of spaces. The winner is the first to get their turtle back to the safety of the coral reefs. Help the turtles get to Raine Island to lay their eggs and depart safely.
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