Kate Leeming's feature film, Diamonds in the Sand is not just about the first-ever complete bicycle journey down Namibia's Skeleton Coast, it is also a journey into the positive, resilient mindset of one of Australia’s most accomplished contemporary explorers.

Cycling a thousand miles is a tough challenge at the best of times, but throw in mammoth sand dunes, ferocious head winds, extreme isolation and lions and it becomes one of the toughest challenges on the planet.

Join Kate on her expedition as she encounters much more than the elements, but rather shares such as poverty, wildlife conservation, innovation, resilience, fearlessness and managing risk.

education

Quality education

poverty

No poverty

health

Good health and well-being

Global Partnerships

Partnerships for the goals

Energy

Affordable and clean energy

Peace justice

Peace, Justice and strong institutions

Major regions and countries Southern Africa: Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia

SOC.5-8.WG.9a.1.d

Namibia

Infrastructure industrialization

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Some characteristics result from an individual s interactions with the environment and cannot be inherited by the next generation (e.g., having scars; riding a bicycle).

SCI.K-4.4.L2.1b

Simple machines include a lever, a pulley, a wheel and axle, and an inclined plane. A complex machine uses a combination of interacting simple machines, e.g., a bicycle.

SCI.5-8.4.P5.2g

use technology to create amortization models to investigate automobile financing and compare buying a vehicle to leasing a vehicle.

MA.9-12.M.3.D

identify the purpose of protective equipment such as a seat belt and a bicycle helmet;

HE.K.2.A

identify and describe safe bicycle skills;

HE.1.2.F

 Fat Tires

Climate change

Climate action

 The Elements

chemical reactions have a variety of essential real-world applications, such as oxidation and various metabolic processes.

SCI.9-12.SC-H-STM-U-7

explore real-life applications of a variety of chemical reactions (e.g., acids and bases, oxidation, rusting, tarnishing) and communicate findings/present evidence in an authentic form (transactive writing, public speaking, multimedia presentations)

SCI.9-12.SC-H-STM-S-14

Chemical reactions (e.g., acids and bases, oxidation, combustion of fuels, rusting, tarnishing) occur all around us and in every cell in our bodies. These reactions may release or absorb energy.

SCI.9-12.SC-HS-1.1.E

An oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction involves the transfer of electrons (e -).

SCI.9-12.C.4.3.2.d

Oxidation numbers (states) can be assigned to atoms and ions. Changes in oxidation numbers indicate that oxidation and reduction have occurred.

SCI.9-12.C.4.3.2.i

differentiate among double replacement reactions, including acid-base reactions and precipitation reactions, and oxidation-reduction reactions such as synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, and combustion reactions;

SCI.10-12.C.8.F

analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from migration within the United States, including western expansion, rural to urban, the Great Migration, and the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt; and

SOC.9.USH.13.A

SOC.9-12.USH.13.A

understand and differentiate among acid-base reactions, precipitation reactions, and oxidation-reduction reactions;

SCI.9-12.5.C.10.H

SOC.9.2.13.A

explore methods for controlling fat oxidation;

HOSP.11-12.15.D

 Corrosion In Cape Frio

Biodiversity

Life on land

Explaining various methods of pond preparation, predator control, and species management

SCI.9-12.AS.8.2

All animals depend on plants. Some animals (predators) eat other animals (prey).

SCI.K-4.4.L6.1b

Relationships between organisms may be negative, neutral, or positive. Some organisms may interact with one another in several ways. They may be in a producer/consumer, predator/prey, or parasite/host relationship; or one organism may cause disease in, scavenge, or decompose another.

SCI.9-12.L.4.6.1.g

compare and contrast predator-prey relationships;

AGRI.9-12.6.E

  Predator Or Prey?

hunger

Zero hunger

Inequality

Reduced inequalities

Cities

Sustainable cities and communities

Water and sanitation

Clean water and sanitation

Economic growth

Decent work and economic growth

explain how various organisms sense (e.g. hunger, fatigue, temperature awareness) and control their internal environments (e.g. fat metabolism, adrenaline release, perspiration) and how this contributes to their survival

SCI.6.SC-6-BC-S-2

Students will identify the available health and safety agencies in a community that provide services: Sanitation

HE.K-3.PL-EP-3.1.5.c

International organizations were formed to promote peace, economic development, and cultural understanding. The United Nations was created to prevent war and to fight hunger, disease, and ignorance.

SOC.5.4.10

SOC.6.4.11

SOC.9-12.8.B.4

Recognizes and communicates the need to use the restroom or when experiencing symptoms of hunger or illness

PK.PDH.7.c

 A Helping Hand

Promote the full involvement and use of team member's individual talents and skills;

WORK.7-12.7.1.3.b

Employ conflict-management skills to facilitate solutions;

WORK.7-12.7.1.3.c

Demonstrate teamwork skills though working cooperatively with co-workers, supervisory staff and others, both in and out of the organization, to achieve particular tasks;

WORK.7-12.7.1.3.d

Demonstrate teamwork processes that provide team building, consensus, continuous improvement, respect for the opinions of others, cooperation, adaptability and conflict resolution;

WORK.7-12.7.1.3.e

Develop plans to improve team performance;

WORK.7-12.7.1.3.f

Take responsibility for shared group and individual work tasks;

WORK.7-12.7.1.3.h

 Sandwich Harbour

Explain the role of the moon and the sun in the formation of tides and tide patterns.

SCI.9-12.SO4.b

Earth-moon interactions (relationship between lunar phase and tide, tidal bulge and rate of lunar revolution, tides and Earth-moon distance, sidereal and synodic lunar months)

SCI.9-12.2.2.2.c

Evaluate and communicate findings from informational text or other media to describe how animals change and respond to rapid or slow changes in their environment (fire, pollution, changes in tide, availability of food/water).

SCI.L.2.3A.1

In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will analyze data from simple tide tables to determine a pattern of high and low tides (4.6 c)

SCI.4.4.6.EKP.4

In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will analyze simple tide tables and the phases of the moon over time to explain the relationship between the tides and the phases of the moon (4.6 c)

SCI.4.4.6.EKP.5

collect and analyze data from simple tide tables to determine a pattern of high and low tides.

SCI.3.3.8.6

collect, record, and compare information using tools, including computers, hand lenses, rulers, plastic beakers, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and safety goggles or chemical splash goggles, as appropriate; timing devices; weather instruments such as thermometers, wind vanes, and rain gauges; and materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums; and

SCI.2.4.A

measure and compare organisms and objects.

SCI.2.4.B

Eduard Bohlen Shipwreck

human creativity, inventiveness and ingenuity have brought new risks as well as improvements to human existence. People control technology and are ultimately responsible for its effects.

SCI.9-12.SC-H-I-U-5

Describe the impact innovation and human ingenuity had on the development of the United States from European Exploration to the Thirteen Colonies.

SOC.4.H.CH.2

MKED.11-12.26.B

 Meob Bay

Consider responsible and respectful practices when using other artists' work for inspiration, and when sharing artistic work via technology.