2011

As another day of class bites the dust, I leave with a bigger sense of knowledge about connecting differnent sciences on with the subject of marine biology. It is like kind of proud feeling because now with each day mybcompetence of what really goes on in this subject expands and that makes me more relaxed with the notes and...

Day 4 is complete and what a day it was. Today we learned about tides, currents, and waves. These concepts relate to marine biology because many marine life animals are affected by currents and the change in temperature currents bring to them. In addition, tides affect marine life because some marine organisms are more vulnerable during low tides than...

Today in class Doc. Gruninger and Mr. Kirby enlightened us with a lesson focusing on waves, currents, and tides in the oceans. The lesson was very worthwhile, and I feel like I learned a lot today. This lesson really fit in well with the overall aim toward learning more about Marine Biology. The waves, tides, and currents all influence...

Today in class we learned about global warming and tides. Global warming is when the earth releases energy and greenhouse gases in our atmosphere insulate this energy, thus warming the earth. Global cooling is where the earth absorbes more energy than it releases. This cools the earth because there is less energy for the greenhouse gases to capture. This...

Day 3 had ended just as soon as it had begun, I had finally started to feel comfortable in my new class. "ring ring" my alarm clock goes off, it is 10:30, I had created a routine, and provided some order in this new chaotic world. After getting dressed I go downstairs have an English muffin; yum, that was...

For those who intently follow me, sorry for the late post, work held me up and well unfortunately kept me from being able to spout my knowledge into the interwebs. As you have probably figured out from the other fine 19 gentlemen joining me in this course, today we talked about tectonics. And as was the case with me,...

Class today involved a lot of discussion because we talked about the origin of life and the topic of evolution. We also talked about plate tectonics and the layers of the earth. The innermost layer is the inner core which is a solid layer that rotates at a different speed than the rest of the world. ...

Today's discussion wasn't about the ocean, but rather what lies beneath it. Down the the very core of our earth, the makeup of the earth is key to the formation of our oceans. Our inner core is about as hot as the surface of the sun, but remains a solid because of the extreme pressure that it's under. It's...

Day 3 6/22/11-Wednesday Subduction Disorder Today was our third day of class, we all had random facts about marine biology in our young and innocent minds, but we still lacked the ability to connect the dots. Although not everything isn't clear to me yet, I know that my loving teachers will help light the path to a clearer mind. Today we discussed...