This week I will be going to Santa Rosa Island with the high school students. They will be participating in National park vegetation survey and sandy beach survey. Similar to the one they did at Carpinteria State Beach back in February. I will be staying for 3 days out there. This is a great opportunity … Continue reading Trip to Santa Rosa Island →
Last week I gave the students my final survey and now comes the hard part. Sorting through my surveys and figuring out how to analyze it. For now I will be putting what I have on Excel to just have it all in one place. That is all for now.
This week students presented their research from the Carpinteria State Beach field trip. Students were given research questions that they had to answer after the field trip. Some of the students were unable to collect data for their question so they had to use historical data. Students did a great job on their presentations and … Continue reading Student presentations and kayaking →
This week we had a field trip to Carpinteria State Beach, the students had many activities one was to look a Harbor seals. The students really enjoyed looking at then and for most students this was the first time they saw a Harbor Seal. The second activity was a presentation from a park ranger about … Continue reading Carpinteria State Beach Field Trip →
This week the students had a guest speaker from LiMPETS to talk to them about long-term monitoring and why they do it for the sandy beach and rocky intertidal. Students then played a game of jenga that is representing an ecosystem. Students were to pick up a card and read it out loud to their … Continue reading What we did this week →
I started unit 3 on Friday and it was a great start. The studens got a lecture about long-term monitoring and why it’s important. It was also the first time I was able to get some data for my capstone. I gave the survey to the students and for the whole unit I will be … Continue reading Starting Unit 3 →
My partner and I have been working hard getting our lesson plans done and the research packets the students will be working on. I have also been working on the survey I will be giving the students for my data collection for my capstone. Starting February 5, 2016 I will be going to the middle … Continue reading starting up again →
There has been so much going on this past week and a half. I met with Chris, one of my capstone mentors and he told me and my partner what we will be doing for unit 3 of the program. Unit three is about student research of sandy beach and rocky intertidal zones of a … Continue reading Huge update! →
This week I will be going to Santa Rosa Island for a week to work on the cirriculum we will be using for our students in April. I am not really sure what we will be doing but I will also be working on my methods for data collection, which will consists of surveys throughout … Continue reading Santa Rosa Island
This week all I have done for my capstone is work on my introduction. I will not be back in the classroom until February, that makes me sad. Winter break is almost here but this is when I will get a lot of work done.
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