Holy Mackeral
- Saturday February 21st. After arriving at noon and recieving lunch and our room assignments, we took a trip into "town". The town here is about two blocks long and one block wide. There are houses spread out along a road that basically circles the island. The total population of this island is about one thousand people. How many people live in East Aurora?
-The day was very atypical for the island. It was very cloudy, very windy, about 700 and it rained in what is the dry season for the caribbean. But we still ahd to learn how to snorkel!!! It was warmer in the water than it was on land. My first attempt at snorkling was a complete failure!! As soon as I put my face under the water I started to hyperventilate!! I was taking huge deep breaths and I couldn't seem to relax. I needed to get back to shallow water where I could put my feet down. The lead scientist John Rollino came to my assistance. "Mr. G" he said, (every body calls me Mr. G) "put your face under water and take six relaxed breaths." I did and it worked. I would not be denied. Soon I was out of shallow water and over my first coral reef. I had done it. I saw my first live coral reef.
Tomorrow is Sunday and while all of you will be trying to get your school things in order after a week off, I will be learning how to dive with snorkel gear. I'll keep you posted.
Into your Journal
Record the temperature in East Aurora and San Salvador. Mr. Shelley and Mr. Evans have the weather station in their rooms for EA's temperature. Google Temperature and San Salvador. I'll remind you everyday to record this. You will need Monday thru Friday. We will be constructing a graph when I return.
Your first bonus question. Feel free to talk with a buddy to figure it out.
San Salvador has no large trees. Why? Hint- Very similar but not exactly the same reason why a grassland or chaperaal has no large trees. (Look in the chapter explaing Biomes).
Sunday 2/22/09
The problem with learning how to snorkle is you have to swallow alot of salt water. So what does this do to the cells in your nose and throat? (put it in your journal). However, today was very cool. We have been practicing snorkling and for not even swimming in the last several years all of the teachers here are doing very well. While we were in the water today we saw several interesting fish. At one point I was being shadowed by a BARRACUDA!!!! It was only about 3 feet long so I wasn't worried about getting eaten, but to see him within 5 feet of me was really cool. Apparently, they are very curious and they like to see if small fish are chased out by our presence.
For the journal- The effect of salt water on human cells.
For the blog- Tomorrow we go out and finally collect data. What science skills do you think I'll use to collect scientific data. Go and Comment.
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Monday 2/23/09
We went to work this morning. Wow. This is work. I am exhausted and we have to go back out this afternoon. We swam to a reef about 100 yards from shore and proceeded to count the different hard and soft corals, sponges, rock, sand, and algae. Try this while fighting the current and then try to sneak in some sightseeing! We did see some very cool fish again today. We swam with many Queen Trigger fish, Parrotfish, Blue Tangs, Wrasses and the coolest of all.....a large Ray. It was hiding under the sand but moved as we approached. It was about 3.5 feet wide and at least 5 feet long. Very cool.
We are trying to fight through communictiion problems. But I am sure we'll be able to talk to you later this week.
Keep Blogging and stay on top of your journal.
QuOD(Question of the Day)- Think of a valid question to ask when we teleconference. Write it down in your journal and bring your journal with you when we do speak.
I have not had a chance to address your comments in a couple days. Don't worry. The comments will stay in the blog until I check them and I will also know what date and time you posted the comment.
Happy Blogging from the Reef
Mr. Grisanti
posted by Mr. Griz @ 1:31 PM
8 Comments:
Hi Mr. G.! Glad to hear you're enjoying your time in the Bahamas!
To your question...You may need to use your observational skills relying on your five senses (sight, touch, smell, sound, and taste - for all that salt water...haha). You may also want to record your findings using a digital camera to 'capture the moment,' or use a journal to jot down the data you have collected.
Looking forward to the teleconference this week.
~Josh 3
Hey Mr. G.
Some science skills you will need are mainly your observation skills. These are sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch. You will probably collect info based on these five senses. Also, with your observations you will probably make some infreneces about the reefs.
Ride some big waves
leWis 3
To collect scientific data, you have to be observant and use your five senses. You should also keep track of what you see in a journal so that you can analyze it later.
MR.G some science skills you will need are your observation skills and your skills using tools such as the snorkel and maybe thermometers to measure temperature and other things. The snorkeling sounds awesome I have snorkeled in puerto rico before and it was very fun.
Sam-3
Some of the science skills you will need are the five senses; sight, touch, smell, taste and sound. You may also record any data you find in a notebook in the form of a datatable of some kind. This will help you so when you look back at the data you collected, it will be neat and organized.
Faith3
Science skills you will need are observation skills in order to understand the places you are in.
~Amelia2
To collect data you will use your five senses. These will be touch, hearing, and sight. Probably not so much of smelling and tasting.
you should use your 5 senses to collect scientific data about the coral reefs. the most likely senses would be Sight, taste, sound, and touch. Not so much smell cuz im sure you wouldnt want to breath in water. Also you should write everything you see in a journal so you can go back and read what you saw on a certain day.
Get some good pictures of sharks if you see any!!!
Allie.3
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