2011

What another exciting day in marine biology! Today we learned about Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. These interesting concepts show us how how mountain ranges were formed, but also why the continents are where they are today. About 255 million years ago there was a huge land mass called Pangea. All the continents were mashed together until they were...

Today was a very interesting day. We went overe the origin of life and plate techtonics and how these two subjects are related to marine biology. The origin of life was an interesting topic to observe today. We had a nice class discussion about it. We went over stuff like where life might have come from, how life formed,...

Today, June 22, would mark the third day of the Marine Biology program. We discussed the articles regarding evolution and the origin of species in order to get a better understand as to why we study biology. The commonly held belief that life on Earth began in the oceans compels me to study underwater life. And to study...

Today we reviewed the readings we had read the prior night regarding the origin of life. The two readings touched on the scientific and somewhat theological theories regarding the beginning of life. Prior to these readings I hadn't really given this topic much thought. After reading the article I was assigned, my entire perception on the origin of life...

Today was an interesting day. We learned about the origins of life and plate tectonics. Basically, we went through the history of our planet very quickly and how life played a role. The origin of life and plate tectonics are important to marine biology for many reasons. Many believe that life originated in the oceans, so studying underwater life...

Today learned about the origin of life and the layers of the Earth. We also learned about plate tectonics and the Continental Drift Theory. The origin of life relates to marine biology because one theory is that life began in the ocean. We also studied the formation of the Earth's crust and continents shifting because it formed the oceans...

Today we learned about the layers of the Earth and how they relate toplate tectonics. The inner core is as hot as the sun, the outer core is flowing metal, and the mantle holds up the crust. Plate tectonics is the theory that pangea split into 7 continents due to the movement of pates. This relates to marine...

After a very tough intro day yesterday, we started off the class in a much more relaxed manner. We just went over the two readings we read last night. They were some of the hardest articles I have ever read. We started learning about learning about the different types of scientists that make up the field of a marine...

Today was the second day of class and we discussed different areas of marine biology and research techniques. I found the marine mammalogists to be interesting as the study things such as why certain mammals moved back to the water. I also enjoyed the articles we discussed on how climate affects the movement of fish. The ability of biotechnologists...