This week was spent working on the results section of my paper. Last week I found that the data has shown a slight decrease in the SRI population. While this has likely been happening for some time it is interesting to see the change in the short period the population is being monitored. This past … Continue reading Research Update 2/28/16 →
Had a great time on Saturday working with Ventura Surfrider and Ventura Audubon to clean up the nesting area for the threatened Snowy Plover at Ormond beach. This is my second season working with the local nest monitor for the Western Snowy Plover and…
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This weekend I worked with kids from Robert J. Frank Middle School in the NOAA B-WET Program at the CI Boating Center. The kids worked on their scientific presentations and got a chance to kayak around the beautiful Channel Islands Harbor. Its great to see…
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A fun conference Our AARR Team was graciously invited to be a part of this year’s annual conference for the Gold Coast Science Network. This professional society for K-12 educators across our region of southern California draws their members from a area roughly bounded by San Luis Obispo County in the north, Orange County in […]
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Anyone around this Saturday in Oxnard should consider swinging by the Gold Coast Science Network Conference at Oxnard College. Several of our AARR group members and I will be on hand to discuss our current robotics efforts. I will be presenting the keynote address cover an overview of our recent work to engage students with […]
I am in my fifth week of my final semester of undergrad. In my capstone class, I am making progress on my thesis. So far, I have rough drafts for my introduction, methods, and am currently writing my results. This week in class we had to present our project to the class. Overall, there is … Continue reading Week 5 Update →
Last weekend I went to my five sites to collect water quality data. I took 5-10 readings from each site just to get variety. I will then take the averages of those readings to compare data between each site. I will also collect data again in a few weeks to see if there are any … Continue reading FInished Water Quality Data Collection
This weekend I was lucky enough to go to Santa Cruz Island and survey 3 beaches on the West end of the island for marine debris. I have never been to this side of the island before so it was an amazing experience! Robyn, Dorothy, & I got to the island on Friday and left … [Read more…]
Well this week has been truly busy, we had a Steve Whitiker come in and talk about sandy beach monitoring to the high school students that was Wednesday 2/17. Then on Thursday 2/18 the two high school classes went out to Carpinteria State Beach to finally do the research that we have been training them … Continue reading Carpinteria State Beach →
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