Hector Maldonado '13

Day 7 is out of the picture and only 3 more days await until our class sessions come to an end. Many things occurred today. For the beginning of class we discussed two articles. The first was about parrot fish and their effect on coral, which in my opinion I thought that the results were insignificant mainly because they...

Day 6, great success. Today we started focusing in depth on organisms of the ocean. In particular, invertebrates such as echinoderms, sponges, mollusks, cnidarians, and worms. After we went and dissected a starfish and a squid, which I found to be both interesting and enjoyable. Out of the many things I learned today there were three main facts that stuck...

Today concluded our first week, it is very strange how fast this week has gone by. Today we focused on two main topics: the different zones of the ocean and plankton. To begin with the ocean is a complex system consisting of many zones with different properties. The first are the Benthic zones which are the bottom most zones...

Day 4 out of the picture and tomorrow concludes the last day of our first week. So what I learned today was about tides, composition of ocean water, currents, and waves. There are two tides that occur each day high tide and low tide, each occur 2 times a day with with a total time of 12 hours and...

Time is ticking by and today, the third class, marked the half of the week! What was taught today was more of a background on the earth. We learned about the origin of life( how it is said life could of originated in water), layers of the earth, techtonic plates and their effects, and much more about earths structure!...

Day two... Check! As the second class ended, everyone in the room had gained knowledge. So far, although it may be laborous, I am enjoying the class. On this blog post I will breif you on three interesting pieces of knowledge I learned today. To begin with I learned that even the slightest temperature change can cause fish to shift...

Today marked the beginning of the long awaited marine biology summer course! I have been looking forward to this class because of the trip to the British Virgin Islands ( which I will refer to as BVI) and to use this sweet ipad.. I hope to gain a deeper understanding of the internal body systems different organisms hold. I also...