Today, the Hawken Marine Science class kicked off a beautiful, nice 80-degree May day by listening to various presentations about different animals within the Caribbean. These included, but were not limited to, sea turtles, sea urchins, and dolphins-- shout out to Erica for a wonderfully knit turtle!
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| Knitted turtule! |
Afterward, the class spent time preparing for the upcoming debate about the benefits and harms of fish farms compared to wild-caught fish.
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| Kennedy Cull uses break to show off her balance! |
Then, after lunch, the class went on an adventure down to Hawken's very own creek- off the teacher's parking lot. Everyone's experience was made a lot more enjoyable due to the fact that they had water shoes! The purpose of the expedition was to gather various specimens and organisms to analyze underneath a microscope later in the day. The class brought various types of equipment, including nets(along with a very stern lecture not to break any of them from Dr. Chick) but many students simply relied on their bare hands.
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| Jack Bruening, Kennedy Cull, and Jessica Eden scour the banks of the creek for newts(and maybe a snake!) |
It is completely fair to say that the expedition was a smashing success! Many different animals of different types were caught ranging from crawfish to insects, to even a live fish(aptly named Earl).
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| Daniel Van Heckeren, Edward Huang, and Cody Yang analyze a salamander while Jack Spiegle poses for a picture |
The group above was particularly successful in finding various types of species ranging all across the spectrum.
Regardless, the class enjoyed a nice, refreshing walk through the creek during the scorching day and even journeyed through the tunnel under Mayfield to a small, idyllic pond(only one person slipped!).
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Live look at the gang heading into uncharted land! |
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| Group bonding! |
After spending a little time relaxing in the sun, the class returned to analyze their bounty.
But first, during a day full of hands-on learning, the 22 marine
biologists chilled off in the air-conditioning while learning about the factors
that affect the dispersion of marine organisms. The class looked into how the
surroundings would lead to random dispersion, uniformed dispersion, and clumped dispersion.
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| Learning about dispersion! |
The class placed all of the animals in small containers in order to analyze them better. Surprisingly, only 1 animal died during the transportation of animals to the school. Finally, the class placed the animals underneath the microscope.
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| Earl the Fish |
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| Newt the Newt |
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Cassidy Feng stares intently into the microscope
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| Sasha Strauss analyzes a CrawDaddy |
After spending a significant amount of time looking at the animals with astonishing clarity, the class finally moved on to their habitat drawings to close out the day. Special shoutout to Jack Bruening's artistic abilities!
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Jack Spiegle with Skylar Powley, Cody Yang,
and Jack Bruening working on their respected art projects. |
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