10.6.2008 classroom reflection
Post your reflections from tonight's class here. There should be done as soon as possible and are due the Sunday night following class.
Describe major "aha's" from our discussion, outline ways in which your prior assumptions changed as a result of our talk, summarize the main points of our lesson, etc.
Four things to remember for next period:
-tonight's reflection is due before midnight on sunday, october 12th
-blog post connected to chapter 11 of Enchanted Braid
-read pp. 223-229 & chapter 11 (coincidence!) in Marine Biology text (Castro)
-quiz in two parts: 1. fish ID 2. general oceanography, waves & weather
Describe major "aha's" from our discussion, outline ways in which your prior assumptions changed as a result of our talk, summarize the main points of our lesson, etc.
Four things to remember for next period:
-tonight's reflection is due before midnight on sunday, october 12th
-blog post connected to chapter 11 of Enchanted Braid
-read pp. 223-229 & chapter 11 (coincidence!) in Marine Biology text (Castro)
-quiz in two parts: 1. fish ID 2. general oceanography, waves & weather
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Permalink Reply by Taylor Braby on -
It was interesting talking about the different tropical storms and their characteristics but something that I understand now that I haven't before was the Seismic Sea wave. I never really cared enough to learn about the different kind of waves and I just classified everything as a tidal wave. Also what was confusing when I first heard it was that there is a main tide that is actually 1/2 of the circumference of the world (ocean). When I first heard that I didn't know what Mr. Nash meant but after a little explaining it all made sense. It was defiantly a refresher learning about the crests, troughs, wavelengths, etc. but I remembered most of it from previous years.
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Permalink Reply by Torin McKinley on -
I always look forward to marine biology. last week was no different. the way Mr. Nash teaches really helps me get it and it sticks. i think the use of all the visiual stuff helps me alot. It also blew my mind to think that there is a constent wave that is half the size of earth. lol. the test was pretty easy apart from the fish i.d secton even though i thought i did pretty good i still need to study them fish. I cant wait for next week i really want to ace the fish quiz...but that little peanut slug lookin thing was not a very fair one!
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Permalink Reply by Terra Younger on -
So I officially suck at fish identification! I need to study a lot more. Now that tennis is over I’ll have more time to concentrate on the fishes. Learning about all the different kinds of tropical storms was interesting. I agree with Nash; standing in a hurricane or experiencing an earthquake would be pretty exciting, without flying objects and stuff falling of course. Going over the wavelengths and stuff was review for me from PCP. Although, I had no idea about the “tidal waves” (seismic sea waves) besides hearing about the 2004 tsunami.
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Permalink Reply by Joe Smith on -
Ok I know I said last time that I will be a beast at fish ID by the time class came around again but this time I mean it I'm gonna set aside at least half an hour at the end of each day and devote it to gettin' this stuff down!
Anyway learning about the waves was very interesting. Especially the fact that waves are actually spinning, so i guess that's why the tide rolls in haha. Also looking at the hurricane habits in the past I decided that Florida is not a good place to try to spend a lot of time. I guess that's why when we lived there it was only a few months to a year at a time. Good news by the way, hell week is almost over and I'll be freed up a gobb of time.
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Permalink Reply by Korby Trautman on -
no comprende fish-e i.d-e! I did terrible, i need to focus on the fish, because the trip will be harder for me. Ill will be to busy trying to figure out what fish im looking at, then trying to get many fish in on one dive.
I really liked learning about how different tropical storms start. Once again, being isolated in a large land mass blocks out the learning experiences because you are not honed in with the oceans. It sucks being in a marine biology class, and not living near the ocean. But in a way...its a benefit, because we have to learn more and cram in that week of information and use it more wisely than a seaside dweller would.
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Permalink Reply by Nick Straton on -
A lot of the wavelength stuff was review for me but I didn't realize how many tropical storms we have each year. There are so many tropical storms and hurricanes that you really don't hear about here because we don't live near the ocean. I finally learned that a tsunami is a sesimic sea wave not an enormous "tidal wave" that crashes into land. I didn't realize how they tracked enormous waves and hurricanes either. Putting huge buoys in the ocean and waiting for them to rise simultaneously was something I never expected or thought of for projecting the formation of a tsunami.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Westfall on -
Ah, the wonderful procrastination and realization that I never did this reflection. I realize it is late, but I just wanted to throw it out that last class period gave me a major "a-ha!" moment. However, it wasn't about marine biology. I realized I suck pretty bad at being responsible and doing things that are most important/top priorities. Hopefully this class will not only expand my knowledge in the field of biology, but also help me develop good study habits and whatnot!
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