2011

Walking into the classroom today with the knowledge I had just learned about the mechanics of marine study, I wondered in the vast possibilities of what I would be leaning today, not knowing what would actually be presented my way. I learned we would talking about the whole subject of plate techtonics and the layers of the earth and...

Today began at 8:30, waiting for the taxi. We rode in the taxi to the marina where we had a delicious breakfast. After that we boarded the boats and set up our diving gear. We traveled about 20 minutes to the wreck of the Rhone for our first dive. We briefed the dive and then jumped in. We had...

I want to learn about the coral reefs and how humans interact with them. I also want to learn about the organisms besides Humans that have an impact on the reefs. My favorite marine organism is the whale shark. I am excited to go diving in the British Virgin Islands because I have heard how beautiful it is. Alec Sims

Today we learned about the different layers of the ocean. I found this interesting firstly because it just begins to show the gargantuan size of the ocean; the uppermost layer spanning 2,000 m (6, 561 ft). While Mr. Kirby explained this to us, I was thinking about the organisms that inhabited/hunted in these areas, specifically the whales. I know...

Hi, my name is Hayden Tompkins and today I am beginning a 3-week, Marine Biology course at Jesuit. To me, this signifies the beginning of a major journey in my life because this is a field of science that I have loved my whole life. Even though this may only be 3 weeks, it is a first-time course for...

Today began as usual, with a delicious breakfast at Olde Yard Village. After, we held two classroom discussions, one was over the importance of Coral Reefs and their role in our ocean's ecosystems and our lives. The other was over fish identification, where we looked at pictures and characteristics of common fish in the BVI and discussed how we...

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...

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 was a short lived dive day, 50 minutes total. It all started at 8:20 when Mr. Kirby woke my cabin up during a rainstorm. My sheets were soaked (due to the rain) and our cabin was very wet. We shut the blinds to avoid more rain, amd skurried down to the main road to make our 8:30 taxi...