2011

Today we all walked into class obviously eagar to learn, but this time our mental readiness came in better handy as we got through all of what we expected to do, with a little left over for tomorrow. However unexpectedly, the day began with sheets in front of all of us asking us to break down our knowledge of...

Today's article discussion was over two very interesting articles, one over unique marine adaptations and another over the effect of ecotourism on Great White Sharks. The first article was interesting because it showed that evolution plays a key in the survival of organisms. The second was also interesting because it addressed a controversial topic. Many people argue that ecotourism...

Today was my turn to present an article. My article was over unusual adaptations regarding the mimic octopus and and a certain species of oysters. The mimic octopus has adapted to mimic other fish species such as a flounder, sea snake, crab, and a lion fish. The octopus uses these tactics to ward off possible predators. For example it...

Today was probably my favorite day of class so far. We started out class discussing and filling outa worksheet about the two articles we read last night. The first discussion was led by Rob and Nick Dell. This article was about the mimic octopus and a species of oyster that has a very strong adhesion technique. It was very...

Today marks the eighth day of the Marine Biology ourse here at Jesuit. Nick and Rob's article discussed the evolution of the mimic octopus. This species has the unique ability to change color and mimic the shape and movement of fellow sea creatures ranging from crabs to sea snakes. This brought up a point about Darwin's natural selection...

Today in class we began by discussing today's articles. The first article detailed the unique adaptations of the mimic octopus and the oyster. Nick and Rob described how the octopus could change color from dark brown/black to white and dark brown/black stripes. They also told us how they could change their shape, whether that be from an octopus to...

Today included discussion over two more articles as well as dissections of a perch and a dogfish shark! We started out the class though with a little bit of a twist. To test if we read the articles or not, we were given a sheet to fill out asking us to provide overviews of the articles as well as...

As you can tell by my elaborate title, I have started the puzzle. "What's that you say?", "It's name?", "oh sure, the name of the puzzle is... Marine Biology." In my new class I have found all of the corner pieces, now it's time to make a puzzles brahhs, bring it. When I say that I found the corner...

Today we were surprised with an assignment that asked us why the articles we read were important and how they helped the big picture. After we finished that assignment, my partner Nick Dell and I went on and talked to the group about our article. Our article was about the mimic octopus and an oyster that had an adhesive...