First dive!

The first ocean dive of the trip was a 45 minute long, 58 foot deep dive around reefs and shelves. Entering the water, we were initially at about 20 feet, and at that depth there were a few small fish. The deeper we descended, the larger and more diverse the organisms became. We saw three lobsters, some arrow crabs,...

First Blog-will cormier

Today is a pretty good day to be in the marine biology class. We kicked off our second week of class with two student led article discussions. One was about climate change and the other was about whaling. They were both pretty good and pretty informative. I learned that climate change directly affects small organisms such as krill. When...

Arbour

In this class we learned about global warming and its negative effects on marine species population and migration We also learned about the different species in the bvis such as angle fish and damsel fish We also discussed the plate of the earth and how there movement can creat damaging volcanos and earthquakes

class time fun (help) with Tanner Davis…and Matt Mills

Marine biology. That is the name of the class that excites me. Many many friends I have in this class. These people know a lot, but others need lots of assistance understanding this complex material, like this kid named Matt Mills (see figure below). I, being as knowledgable as I already am, must assist this helpless child. I teach...

Day Five in Virgin Gorda

Although we didn't scuba dive today, it was just as fun and exciting. We began our day with a fulfilling morning of service in which we painted a wall and planted palm trees. It was hard work, and it was hot outside, but seeing the fully painted wall and newly planted trees was extremely satisfying and personally rewarding....

Day One in Virgin Gorda

It is a good feeling to wake up in the BVI. After only 5 hours of sleep, I was woken up by the harmonious songs of roosters. Although exhausted, I eagerly got out of bed to see the island in the daylight, and to face the challenges of the day. Everywhere you look you are surrounded by beauty. Our...

Kilpatrick-6/27/12

In class we went over 4 different articles; group c, d , e, and f's From group C's article I learned that ecotourism is an extremely effective method of bettering knowledge and attitudes towards endangered species. I assumed that because they increased a particpants awareness of the issue it did not necessarily motivate them to fix it. From group D's article...

Day 1 Virgin Gorda

Today we woke up and had a class session with lunch and breakfast at an air conditioned portion of a nearby hotel, the room was set up for their prom tonight so although it had a capacity of about 30 people max, it was pretty fancy. After lunch we went to Valley Trunk and did our first dive. We...

Day 1 at BVI

Today I woke up at 6:30 because the roosters were crowing. Then I got dressed and took the taxi to breakfast in the hotel conference room. Then after breakfast we met everyone from dive BVI and then we learned some stuff about the program. Then we learned about coral planting and ate lunch by the pool at the...