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How can scientists most effectively reduce the anthropogenic effects dealt to the ocean?

Monday, March 4, 2013

Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLRs


  1. I think I have excelled the most in the "Effective Learner" ESLR.
  2. One of the subsets for "Effective Learner" is "expresses personal creativity". At the aquarium I volunteer at, I'm always trying to find out different ways to help the aquarium, or introduce something new. A while ago, I conducted a plankton-tow for science fair, and I found a mysterious hydromedusa in my water. The aquarists hadn't seen anything like it before and told me that I could possibly raise it. I like to explore the beach on my own to see if I can find anything interesting, and in the past week, Elijah and I have managed to save the aquariums wolf eel population. We were collecting crabs for the octopus, and I was being curious and discovered a colony of pregnant ghost shrimp, ideal food for the wolf eel eggs. The aquarium was very thankful for what we had done, and I felt proud of myself for saving the wolf eels.
  3. This is a picture of a sea hare that I found while exploring the tide pools.