2014 Week 2

A government official from Tortola came with us today to help us with tagging sea turtles. Joelle explained that we would be pulled behind the boat on snorkel by a rope and when we saw a turtle we should hold up our hand and release while keeping our eyes on the turtle. Then we would have a person...

After a long day of traveling yesterday and landing at night made waking up and seeing the island for the first time that much better. The day started with a 7 am wake up call and a ride to class. In class we started with learning more about each other and what kind of shark we were. After, we...

Michael Bowen I want to scuba dive in a new environment.

A rise around 8:00 in the morning was a gift and we all needed it. We then headed to breakfast at the teachers cabin where we had homemade bread and other snacks. After, we went to the marina and met Joel, the turtle man, who explained to us the how the tagging of turtles worked. Some of the key...

We began the day by going to the classroom and eating breakfast. After that, Casey began teaching us about the importance of Marine Biology, especially how it can affect the economy. She gave us multiple scenarios to test our sympathy for marine life. For example, Joseph and Hank engaged in a debate on whether Sea-world was morally correct or...

Today was a great day! It started off with breakfast at the marina then we went straight to the dive boat. During the briefing for the first dive Jessica and Jeremy taught us the proper way to harvest coral for replanting. First off they explained that it was necessary to wear gloves because the oils from human hands break...

Today, we get to sleep in and wake up around 9:00 which was awesome. We all met for breakfast at the teacher,s cabin where there was an assortment of breakfast foods including huge donuts, fresh fruit, yogurt, and granola bars. Once we finished eating our pleasant breakfast, we went down to the entrance of the resort to wait for...

I want to take this course to learn more about the marine wildlife, how they interact with their surroundings, and how we are affecting the environment and what we can do to help it.

Today I woke up and got ready for the day. We ae breakfast at the same place we had two times before. I had the hot oats and a side of scrambled eggs. Then we got on the boat and on the way to Jesuit Reef, Casey briefed us on what we are going to do. What we did...