Exploring Nature

'Here we have Haliotis midae' I announced as I held up a polished perlemoen shell. The group' faces went blank and Amanda burst out laughing. She had frequently been on at me that most of the time I spoke too academically, especially when there were lots of children in the group.   So the challenge was to loosen up on the terminology and improve on the story. Standing in front of a group of kids and their parents at the start of a busy season Moonlight Meander, a gull calling overhead gave...