I am eagerly anticipating joining my fellow teachers for the Coral Reef Study in the Bahamas in February. It is a great honor to be the happy recipient of the Wells Fargo Bank's generous sponsorship and I 'm committed to give my all to this important assignment. The "Live from the Field" aspect, which virtually connects our students to the project, is a wonderful opportunity for all to share and learn what we can do to protect the world's coral reefs for future generations to explore and enjoy.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Teleconferencing with Park School



What a thrill it was to see the boys and girls from Park School on my laptop screen. It was almost as good as you being here with me. Your questions were excellent! I also loved seeing all the blue shirts (I'm wearing blue today, too!)
We spent this morning in the lab, doing chemical tests on the water samples that we collected from the different dive sites (testing for such things as boron, iodine, calcium, magnesium, silicate, and oxygen (yes, corals do need oxygen, which they get from the carbon dioxide that the algae releases; just like our own symbiotic relationship with plants.)
We are just getting ready to head for the reef now, so I'll have to end here and continue as soon as there is an opening for the one ethernet cable that all seven of us teachers are continually vying for.
Thank you again, boys and girls, for your great questions and interest!!!

posted by Denise Deghi @ 9:38 AM

1 Comments:

At February 28, 2008 10:30 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Greetings! The kindergarteners and I have enjoyed reading your entries. We have a few more from our second grade class that include- What colors do you see under water? Do the colors change the deeper down you go?
What kind of fish are there in the ocean where you are? How do the creatures make coral? Why does coral have to stay in water? How do you know when coral is sick? These Colorado kids are learning alot about reefs- many of them have never even been to the ocean. We were in the computer lab as we read your entries about the lionfish so we were able to immediately do some research. We read many articles about these fish being spotted in Florida and the concern of the scientists. We even found a rubber lionfish that we have in our classroom. The children are now teaching their parents. We hope to be able to either talk to you live/webcam, etc. Let us know!
Brenda and the kindergarteners at Midland International Colorado Springs, CO

 

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