Helping the Coral Grow
I am so sorry that I got cut off from you during our video conference. The internet here does not work very well. I hope you were able to learn a little bit more about the coral yesterday. You had some great questions. I will try my best to answer them.
Yesterday, it was too windy to do our research on the coral. When it is windy, the water gets choppy and we bounce around a lot when we swim. It makes it hard to write down any information we gather about the coral. By the way, do you know what scientists call the information they collect? It is called data. We are doing “data collection” on the coral here.
Yesterday, instead of collecting data, we did an activity to help grow new coral. Our head scientist, John Rollino, says that life in the water needs structure to survive. Do you remember the shipwreck in Finding Nemo where the sharks lived? That’s an example of structure. When I say structure, I mean that there is something hard for the coral to cling to. Fish also like structure because it gives them a place to hide from bigger fish that might eat them.
We tried to create more structure for the reef. We are pouring concrete into a mold we made out of sand and recycled materials. After a few hours, the concrete dried and we checked out our creations. The finished product looks like the bottom of a table. We are going to flip it upside down and put it near the coral reefs. It will look like an underwater concrete tree. Can you picture it in your head? In a few months, we are hoping some coral grows on it. We will have to write letters to John Rollino and see how the structures are doing in April or May!
For your comment today, I want you to do some predictions about the people on this island. How do you think their community is different than yours? Do you think they have the same kind of houses as you do? What kind of important places do you think you might find here? The next time you hear from me, I will tell you about the people on San Salvador Island.
I love you and miss you!
Love,
Ms. Diemer
posted by Ms. Diemer @ 5:43 PM
1 Comments:
Karizma says, "It's warmer there. We have a lot more land here because they live on an island. They have to make their own houses because wood is hard to get on an island."
Stephon asks, "How did they make the coral grow."
Jayla asks, "What are you doinig now?"
Thailand says, "The houses look like tents."
Taylor says, "Their weather is different, they have hurricanes."
Kaitlyn asks, "Are you praying for us?"
Myles asks, "Is there going to be a sandstorm there?"
Anthony asks, "Did you see any jellyfish or sharks?"
Quincy asks, "Did you see little fish or big fish?"
Jayla asks, "Did you see a stingray?"
Karizma asks, "When you were under the water, did you see a whale?"
Jayla says, "They have underwater places."
Karizma says, "They have sandy soil and we have muddy soil."
Thailand says, "We both have beaches."
Jordan says, "They have tree too."
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