Thursday, Dec.11, 2008

I can't believe you guys have SNOW there!!!!! How cool is that! It's warm (54 degrees) and really humid here! But it's a good thing because we were able to do a lot of work today. My team (myself and 3 other teachers) identified, measured and recorded the location of all the trees in 13 ten by ten meters sections. So that's 1300 square meters! And there were a LOT of trees there. Woo Hoo! And the entire time it was drizzling and dripping on us. (The wet forest really smelled wonderful to me!) But I am learning SO much that it is really fun! You guys are asking great questions and I will answer some on Friday when we have our web cast the others when I return. No questions for today, but some videos! They are short, and if Mrs. Scott and Mr. Rigney think you don't time for them, we will watch them ALL next week. The first was near the large fallen tree you saw in yesterdays posting (the one I was sitting on). The video shows one of the scientists here explaining to us how the bottom of the fallen tree creates it's own special ecosystem. The other two don't need much explanation! (They will take a moment to 'buffer' before playing!)