Today's topic was another crowd pleaser - "Shark Day". It's not really the same as Shark Week, because the goal of the day was to learn something, not just sit there staring at a screen saying "Oh Wow!" Heh heh.
Anyway, we had class sessions after breakfast and again after lunch. We spent about 90 mins in the morning going over a variety of topics regarding shark biology, anatomy, and evolution. Then in the afternoon we took a more detailed look at about half a dozen shark species including White Sharks, Basking Sharks, Whale Sharks, Tiger Sharks, Bull Sharks, and Salmon Sharks.
Meanwhile, outside, it rained and rained and rained. Well, it's Oregon :-)
And when we weren't having class, each member of the group continued working on research and photos for slide shows. Only a few people went anywhere today - Jessica and Bailey collected plankton samples, and Dallas went with Blake while Blake took some photos. Elysa, Mackenzie, Tony, and Daniel did more background research on the embryonic development of the sea slugs they are working with, and they found that one of the species they thought hadn't been done before actually had. But it was published in a fairly small journal, so the paper that had that information is not available on-line. They are now waiting for a copy of the paper to arrive via email through U of O interlibrary loan. That paper should be here tomorrow or the next day.
Everyone is working hard learning a ton, in and out of class.
Sorry, there aren't any photos to show today...too much work, too much rain, and too little time.
Things are going fantastically well. More next time.
Stay tuned.
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