The marine community celebrates our nation’s priceless reefs this National Day with the Singapore launch of International Year of the Reef!Everyone is invited!
With a slew of activities for all, come find out about Singapore's living shores and how you can make a difference for them.
A shore fun day for the entire family! Kids' games and activities so even the youngest ones (aged 4-8 years) can learn about our marine life and what we can do to help.Be a Star! Adopt a unique Singapore star and learn more about Cyrene Reef, a major Knobbly Nursery.
Our reefs revealed! As volunteers share about our reefs and shores and the work they have been doing. A rare opportunity to meet ALL major marine groups active on our shores and find out how you too can make a difference.
Exciting exhibits! See Singapore’s living shores without getting your feet wet. Find out about the latest marine projects, and threats to and work done for our shores. Come see rarely seen specimens, including a baby dugong by the Toddycats!
Special talks throughout the day! Come find out if there are any reefs left in Singapore and about diving Singapore's wild reefs at Pulau Hantu. Learn more about our Knobbly sea stars; how is Chek Jawa doing after the mass deaths in 2007?; and about our wild and wacky seagrass meadows. Film clips about our amazing marine life will also be shown throughout the day.
Schedule of talks and activities
10.30am: "Life and Death at Chek Jawa" sharing experiences of a study of mass deaths on Chek Jawa following flooding in 2007, a talk by Loh Kok Sheng
11.30am: “Wishing upon a Star” about our Knobbly sea stars, a recent emergence of baby Knobblies and discovery of a large population at Cyrene Reef, a talk by Tan Sijie, Star Trackers
12.30-1pm: MAD for turtles (make a difference for turtles) : Games for kids about threats to turtles and how kids can help, by Cicada Tree Eco-Place and the Raffles Institution with four stations. Suitable for kids aged 4-8 years.- Fishing for help: a 'fishing' game .
- Turtles and jellyfish: a story and animation with a simple computer-based game.
- Turtles and reefs game: a more vigorous activity.
- Pledge card signing.
3pm: “Southern Haunt” about diving at Pulau Hantu, bringing clarity to the usually murky waters with underwater photos and videos, a talk by Debby Ng, Hantu Bloggers
4pm: "Green, Mean, Photosynthesizing Machines!" , learn more about our marvelous marine meadows of seagrasses and the wacky team that monitors their health, a talk by Yang Shufen, TeamSeagrass and NParks Biodiversity Centre
Activities throughout the day
- Be a Star! Adopt a unique star and be a part of our shores by the Star Trackers and the Naked Hermit Crabs
- Celebration Guestbook Speak up for our shores! Leave a comment, draw a drawing on this special art effort by the Naked Hermit Crabs
- Colour our shores colouring station with special cartoons to colour and learn about our shores by the Naked Hermit Crabs
- Our marvellous reefs by the Blue Water Volunteers and the Hantu Bloggers
- Marine litter and the impact on our shores. See specimens including a baby dugong who had a sad death, by Toddycats! volunteers of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
- 100 Stars of Cyrene posters of unique stars found on our uniquely Singapore reef and our other shores by the Star Trackers and the Naked Hermit Crabs
- Singapore’s Seagrasses Fun and wacky facts about our marine meadows by TeamSeagrass: Fun and wacky facts about our seagrass meadows!
- The Coral Nursery find out how our baby corals are doing! by NParks Biodiversity Centre
- The Coral Triangle by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
- International Year of the Reef posters by Underwater World Sentosa
Time: 10am-5pm
Venue: Function Hall, Botany Centre, Singapore Botanic Gardens (above Taman Serasi foodcourt), more about getting there.
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