On May 18th, 2010, 24 students and 3 teachers from the Sound School will board a plane bound for Bermuda for a 6-day stay at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). During our stay at BIOS, students will study and work with scientists, naturalists, and educators based at the station along with Sound School staff. We will work in the field, in the water, and at local institutions to learn about the native and indigenous flora and fauna of Bermuda. This year, we will work with BIOS staff on a habitat restoration project as well.
Each night, students will participate in a lecture and quizzes to review what they learned each day. Throughout their stay, students will work in small groups to research an area of particular interest to them, create and present a PowerPoint to their peers.
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Today is Tuesday May 18th 2010,Day 1 in Bermuda. Our first journal entry is about the sights and sounds during our first day at Whalebone. Well before I start the journal entry, I would like to say that being here in Bermuda is like a whole other world, it's amazing. Lets see, where do I begin?
ReplyDeleteI'll start with the sights. It was a short trip, about a 1 mile walk to Whalebone. Everything is totally different. When we were walking the trail and you can see the ocean view, you can see how the variations of blue contrast together like a big splattered painting. We also had a view of the nature side of Bermuda. The plant life has a major variety. A few plants that I saw on the walk were the Prickly pear, The Wandering Jew and Dill. I'm proud of myself because I recognized The Wandering Jew from working in the Pardee Greenhouse. While in the water, a few of the underwater inhabitants that my group saw were juvenile parrot fish, a barracuda, a hog fish and tons of sea cucumbers. It was an amazing sight especially for me because it was my first time in Bermuda and my first time actually taking the time to gaze upon these interesting creatures I would never think of swimming with. Another interesting sight was seeing what fire coral looked like because I Didn't know how to identify it if I ever came upon it when snorkeling, but now I do. It appears to have either a yellow brown coloring or a brown orange coloring. I think that's enough about the sights. Now for the sounds. You can hear the joy and excitement from the students while walking to Whalebone. You could hear the wind lightly rustling here and there. You could also hear the motion of water as we got closer to to it. When we were in the water beginning our adventure you could hear yourself breathing and the sound of your partner saying look at that.There are many more things to describe, but we will save that for the days to come.