2011

One of the places we will be visiting upon our arrival on Virgin Gorda is the Baths. According to TripAdvisor.com, this is the #1 attraction in the area. Massive granite rocks have created tidal pools of crystal clear water. We will spending several hours here to get acclimated to the environment. Check back on July...

Today marked the half way point of the second week, and boy was today fun. So to begin the class we discussed these two very interesting articles. The first was about the mimic octopus and the second was about ecotourism and its effects on great whites. The mimic octopus is a magnificent creature which has evolved itself and adapted over...

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...

Today started out with a wonderful presentation by Andrew and Colin. They talked about the parrotfish and their affect on the massive porites in the great barrier reef. After that very interesting performance, we listened to a presentation on possible ways of eliminating lion fish. After this, each table fought against each other to provide the best possible way...

  I really can't believe you're all gone!  This island is WAY TOO QUIET! When you all first arrived (in the rain and lightening) I was unsure what to expect, but I can tell you what I got - 20 of the most wonderful smiles I've ever seen and 20 of the sweetest and most polite young men I've ever met....

Today two groups presented their articles and as a class we discussed the importance of these articles. Today we based all our focus on learning about strategies to conserve coral reefs. One of the strategies we talked about was the use of of the grouper fish in order to control the invasion of lion fish. In addition, we broke...

Two things I want to learn in this class are about how to identify different fish and to learn how fish differ biologically from other organisms. My favorite marine organism is the Whale Shark. An interesting thing that happened while i was diving was that a Perch bit another divers ear

Today we discussed two articles that at first made us think...how is this of any importance to humanity? And we did discuss that although, this quite specific rewearch may not seem to have a big picture idea driving it, it is a stepping stone for greater ideas of research. Which then drived our discussion towards a group project in...

Today didn't start out all that fun because we had a service project. We helped out VISAR (Virgin Islands Search And Rescue). We painted their shed and cleaned out their boat and even learned CPR. After that we came back to Guavaberry and went to the beach to eat lunch. After that, Matt and I went to the hang...