May Term Class: Marine Biology

Your friendly Marine Bio TA has caught the blog up with the schedule, so enjoy two posts today instead of one! Sharing thoughts on the day’s adventures, here’s first year computer science and environmental science major Christian Gehman. Today was summarized quite nicely when someone remarked that exciting things only happen when we have no … Keep reading »

Tuesday’s activities out here on Long Key are summarized by Molly Zook, a senior biology and ASL double major. Today brought a whole new challenge to what many feel is May term play-term.  For us hard working marine biologists, we are in the middle of our “semester.” This means that a full research project and … Keep reading »

  Today’s blog post is from first year Delphin Monga, a molecular biology/biochemistry major. 5/8/17 Dolphins for Delphin! Today was an amazing day, maybe even the best day yet! We began with an interesting and fun lecture presented by Professor Jody Saylor. The lecture was about positive interactions. In this lecture we learned more about … Keep reading »

Our post from this past weekend features the writing of Jose Chiquito, a first year double major in sociology and sustainability. Saturday came as a slow-paced day, which was quite needed. Our lecture did not begin until 10:30 AM so it was perfect to take our time with breakfast or get a run in to … Keep reading »

Today’s blog post is from Corrie Osborne, a first-year biology major with minors in Spanish and sociology. It’s hard to imagine that each day can continue to be equally as interesting, but Florida has done it again!  Today we started off the morning strongly with a lecture from Jody and a fun activity and discussion … Keep reading »

Today’s blog post comes from Naomi Peters, a junior molecular biology and music performance double major. Today was a beautiful day! We began our morning with lecture, then hopped straight into the boats to head towards an area referred to as the Triton Flats, a shallow coastal area in the Florida Bay. We were lucky … Keep reading »

Welcome to the blog for the May Term Marine Biology class here in the beautiful Florida Keys! This is the 51st year that students from Goshen College have been snorkeling and studying in the warm waters surrounding Long Key. This year is particularly special as 6 students from the college’s Communication Department and FiveCore Media, … Keep reading »

May 13th The 2016 Marine Biology Mayterm class represents the completion of 50 years of marine biology education in the Florida Keys! This year included some additional highlights. We installed a 5000 gallon rainwater harvesting system to save  money and reduce our ecological footprint. We also benefited from a visit by Professor Kyle Hufford from … Keep reading »

Thurs. May 12th Today students presented the fruits of their hard work in the form of their final research projects.  We had a wonderful array of studies… read on to learn more. Correlation between color, size, habitat, and durability on the regeneration rates of Porifera in the Florida Bay – Megan Baumgartner, Alma Claire Frederick, … Keep reading »

May 9th Coming off a great weekend spent visiting Key West (including the southernmost point in the USA!), erecting a large rain tank, playing beach volleyball, and some very animated group games, it was back to business. We started our morning off with a discussion on pollution, centered on microplastics that end up in the … Keep reading »