Tag: trip diary
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Where Are My Tube Feet!? 2024 Marine Biology Trip Diary (Day 7-9)
The trip has come to a close already! Here’s what we did… In this Update: Day 7: Oh Where are My Tube Feet? After the last lecture of the course, the students did a dissection lab. This lab is well known to anyone who has been to the Nature Center at Fort Wilderness and done…
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Reef Day! 2024 Marine Biology Trip Diary (Day 4-6)
The adventure continues! The middle of the week has some of the biggest excursions of the trip: the coral reef and educational aquarium. Read all about it: In this Update: Day 4: Landlubbers at the Coral Reef! With weather looking great we set out for our dive and snorkel activity at the Coral Reef. We…
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It’s Alive! Aaaah! 2024 Marine Biology Trip Diary (Day 1-3)
What a start to our adventure! The Marine Biology Trip is in full swing. Here is what we have been up to from Day 1 to Day 3… In this Update: Day 1: Close Encounters of the Marine Kind Strong winds on the gulf and Atlantic meant we had to stick to safer areas for…
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2024 Marine Biology Trip Diary: Welcome to the Florida Keys!
March 28, 7:20 PM After some technical difficulties, delayed flights, traffic, and construction, every staff member and student made it safely down to the hotel with some time to unpack and relax before the evening schedule. Our first dinner was straight from Wisconsin: brats! Followed by orientation and the first lecture of the course. The…