On Saturday the students took an underwater coral quiz where they looked at different corals marked by buoyes and wrote down their scientific names on slates. (We use slates with pencils underwater for writing on, and they work really well!) Everyone is really starting to get the names down which is exciting to see! The rest of Saturday was free time (yay!) to explore the island.
Sunday we spent relaxing and soaking up the sun at the local beach resort, we even spent some time lounging by the pool! It was a great day to rebuild our strength for the week!
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| An iguana at the resort! These guys live all over the island and just wander about on the road and resorts soaking up the sun. They are too cool! |
Today we woke up bright, early, and rested. The wind has really picked up today (and its supposed to be blustery all week) so we went to the south side of the island, away from the wind, to go diving today. We took Banana Wind (the big boat) and went to a reef called grundy's garden and took transect measurements with the quadrats the students built earlier this week. They are getting better with them already!
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| Photo credit: Jen Riling Student (Jen) taking a quadrat selfie! |
After the dive we had a nice big lunch and a short break. The students then spent the rest of the afternoon until dinner working through the images from their quadrats today. It was great practice for remembering the coral names!
After dinner we decided to watch Finding Nemo! It was a nice way to relax and even call out coral names and diving tips as the movie went on. I guess thats what happens when you watch with a bunch of marine scientists!
Was a lovely weekend overall and Im looking forward to tomorrow.
- J
I love the iguana!! And your weekend sounds like a perfect scuba time. Finding Nemo (keep on swimming, keep on swimming), what a great pick for your weekend fun.
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