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andrew nordbye's blog post was featuredTrip of a Lifetime
Day #1 4/2/10Woke up at 3:45am to meet the crew behind Dillard’s parking lot. Mom and I drove to the Kansas City Airport. We arrived and checked in luggage. Our flight left at 7:05am. There was a 3 hour flight to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I talked to a passenger beside me about alligators and what Florida was like.Arrived in Florida and took a charter bus about 3 hours south to Marathon Key. We ate at Golden Corral Buffet on the way. At Marathon Key, we waited a few hours for the boat, “Vivid”, to…See More
andrew nordbye posted a blog postTrip of a Lifetime
Day #1 4/2/10Woke up at 3:45am to meet the crew behind Dillard’s parking lot. Mom and I drove to the Kansas City Airport. We arrived and checked in luggage. Our flight left at 7:05am. There was a 3 hour flight to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. I talked to a passenger beside me about alligators and what Florida was like.Arrived in Florida and took a charter bus about 3 hours south to Marathon Key. We ate at Golden Corral Buffet on the way. At Marathon Key, we waited a few hours for the boat, “Vivid”, to…See More
andrew nordbye commented on Sean Nash's group Geology of the Florida Keys"hey i was researching history i found this for your group!
http://www.florida-keys.fl.us/geology.htm"
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Geology of the Florida Keys
This is a collaborative group of three students working to create a set of content documents and teaching "conversations" for a ~15 minute on-boat lesson during the week long field study in the Florida Keys.
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Coral Reef Formation"Last Monday's class cleared up how the atolls sank, the coral is not the major cause of their sinking, it is the weight of the magma that comes out of the volcano. I was confused about how the coral weighed this much, but this cleared it up for…"
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Coral Reef Formation"Last class did clear up a lot of information about the atolls relating to the book The Enchanted Braid, and when the coral reef causes the volcano to sink, where does it sink to? Isn't it already at the bottom next to the tectonic plates? That…"
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Coral Reef Formation"I did not know there were different types of coral either until last mondays class. It was cool to find out information about how the coral reef can only grow in certain temperatures, being mostly warm temps. around the equator. Nice job Paula!"
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Coral Reef Formation"I thought last weeks discussion was very interesting. The thing that amazed me were the atolls and how they were formed. I realized that these atolls were old volcanoes that were islands, but the coral grew around the volcano, causing it to sink…"
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Zones & Trophic levels"Great job explaining the Ocean Zones! I think it is crazy how they just told the people to get off the island so they could blow it up. That was their home!? All it did was test a bomb and hurt the enviornment. Although Mr. Nash did talk about the…"
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Zones & Trophic levels"It is crazy to me how we could eat at a lower trophic level and have 10 times as much food as we would have the next trophic level up. It doesn't make sense to me when everyone is eating at high trophic levels. Eating at lower trophic levels is…"
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Zones & Trophic levels"We can reflect on the night, or research about a topic and post here."
andrew nordbye replied to Sean Nash's discussion Zones & Trophic levels"Last monday nights class was very interesting. I was unaware of how the trophic levels affected us as humans. It is obvious to me that we need to get our resources and food from the lowest trophic level possible. I thought it was very interesting…"
andrew nordbye left a comment for Haley Mann"yea i do!, wow thats great u were top 9!!!! thats amazing, yea marine bio is fun so far, im glad your doing good! well let me know how college is. maybe we can play tennis sometime if you or i have a chance :)"
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- High School:
- central
- My favorite subject during the regular school day is:
- weightlifting
- Extracurricular activities I am involved in at school:
- swimming and tennis
- My interests (other than school) are:
- fishing, hunting, sports
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Trip of a Lifetime
Day #1 4/2/10
Woke up at 3:45am to meet the crew behind Dillard’s parking lot. Mom and I drove to the Kansas City Airport. We arrived and checked in luggage. Our flight left at 7:05am. There was a 3 hour flight to…
ContinuePosted on May 9, 2010 at 9:30pm
The Intriguing Coral Reef
The first four chapters of The Enchanted Braid have led me very interested in the coral reef. I think that it is amazing how things so small and so big live in the habitat. I think that it is really amazing how Osha Gray Davidson, author of The Enchanted Braid, has been to the coral reef in the florida keys. im wondering if we are going to the same spot he did? that would be cool. I also think its cool how in chapter 4, pg 45, he said, "In practice, each of us gnawed away ineffectually at the… Continue
Posted on July 28, 2009 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments
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- At 12:29pm on August 8, 2009,
Haley Mann said… - Hey! i know the summer has gone by super fast. i cant wait to head off to college though. im going to st. louis college of pharmacy! just gonna hit a few tennis balls for fun. my skills arnt quite like they used to be. and not quite as in shape. but graduated number 9 which was what i was focusing on all year being in the top 10 so i made it. getting ready to pack in the next week or so. you love marine bio and nash! : ) Good luck this year
- At 4:39pm on July 28, 2009, Haley Mann said…
- Andrew! Marine Biology. Yay! i knew you would follow in my foot steps. tennis and this : ) haha you will love it im sure i know i did, so much i went twice. off to college now though shortly. no more central. Hope you have a good rest of your summer! talk soon : )
- At 12:08pm on July 28, 2009,
Jeremy Tyler Rae Larsen Barber said… - hey andrew, whats up? dude you need to get your blog post up about the Enchanted Braid, chapter 1-3,
- At 11:01am on June 2, 2009,
Lauren King said… - Nice fish. I bet we don't see any of those in the FLORIDA KEYS!!!!
- At 4:51pm on May 31, 2009,
Erin Nash said… - Andrew,
Welcome to the course and the site!
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Loving the Bahamas!
I have known that I wanted to this program for a long time now. My brother did it back in 2003. I saw how much fun he was having learning the fish and then going out on the sail boats and seeing them in person. I saw what he brought back from the trip and it all sounded like so much fun i just had to try and go. So here I am! I took the class and went on the trip.Day 1 I couldn't sleep, I had to be up at 4:30 in the morning so we could meet at the library and and be at the air port around 6:20…See More
Time of my life!
Plane ride to Andros My group got here 2nd and right once we got to Forefar we ate lunch and then got in the water. I was ready to get right in and I saw so many fish. Shelby Mills and I went snorkeling together. The first fish we saw was a Beaugregory Juvenile. Then we saw a sea slug. It had orange and blue stripes going down its back. Then we also saw an adult Beaugregory. The next fish was a cocoa Damselfish. This fish has a blue color on top ends and a dark spot on the upper…See More
MacKinzie Lillian Conard posted a blog postAye, Mon! (a.k.a. My Bahamian Experience/Greatest Week of 2013)
Where do I even begin? Or better rephrased, how do I start telling the tale of the most intriguing adventure I've ever gone on in my short 17 years of life? The most obvious answer would be to start with Day 1, which is only logical, but once you've started reading my account, I think you'll understand why I didn't know where to begin. Day 1- Friday, March 21st, Saint Joseph to Ft. Lauderdale Boy, I definitely wished I was a morning person that day. We met at a parking lot at East Hill's mall…See More
Shelby Glenn posted a blog postThe Bahamian Experience
Everything about the Bahamas was pretty much perfect. The weather, the people, the lifestyle, the water, the air, the night sky, and the people. Did I say people twice? Heck yes I did because the people truly were some of the coolest people ever.They were some of the most down to earth and friendly people I have ever met. There was even a statue of a pair of hands shaking to really reinforce the fact that they were very friendly people.The first day that we spent on the island I played some…See More
Shelby Mills posted a discussionUnder the Sun-2013
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013Yesterday we arrived at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to begin our adventure miles from home. Around 12:30 PM, 7 of us loaded a small plane with a pilot named Eddie (I got to be co-pilot!) and we set flight over the ocean. The ocean is simply breathtaking and magnificent. Looking the 5,000 feet down to the shades of blue wasn't full of much to look at but I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I was looking for something to strike my eye, to jump out of the water...SOMETHING!…See More
Rylee Hanlan replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Outer Strands"Although this chapter wasn't my favorite that I've read so far, I did learn some new and interesting things.. Like what Christmas tree worms are! And just how important sea grass is to the ocean. The reflection strategy that I used for…"
Jaycen LeeAnn Wilson replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Outer Strands"I made my key note about how everything is part of one. It's kind of like the lion king to me. Everything has to do with something. Or it's some disney movie like that. I loved this chapter, I think it was my favorite so far. I love how he…"
MacKinzie Lillian Conard replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Outer Strands"This book never fails to amaze me! I have always thought of a coral reef as being its own "island" because it is so diverse and strong by itself. However, Davidson very quickly points out that coral reefs are a small strand in a large…"
Rylee Hanlan replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Outer Strands"I thought the same thing when I was reading, and came across the term " Christmas tree worms" I google imaged it and thought they were pretty neat as well!"
Shelby Mills replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Outer Strands"Yet again, the seas continue to amaze me in their ability to support each other even when they get no appreciation. One thing in particular that I thought was simply spectacular about this chapter were the Thalassia and their development of mature…"
"Everything you write about in these discussion's are so creative and I really enjoy reading them. They are usually the first thing I read because it opens my mind about what I want to base mine off of. Great job! Also your Sci-poe last time was…"
"Okay, mine might seem boring because it is only talking about one thing. The Thalassia Testudinum a sea grass, but i found this story or part of this chapter really interesting. I thought it was beautiful how the 'parent' "bathes the…"
McCabe Davis replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Rise of Corals & The Heart of Lightness"I think Shelby did a great job on his sypo. It explains how important the tropics are and how much the sun affects the life of diversity there."
McCabe Davis replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Outer Strands"Mangroves, sea grass, and coral reefs. I never would have thought that these things would be interconnected so deeply. A braid within a braid. This chapter talks about how these three components are all connected and what roles they play.
The only…"
Megan Makena Zimbelman commented on Kelly Drinnen's photo
Coral Patchwork
"I truly enjoy the intricacy of this shot. I love how when one looks closely many colors can be found within this single image. One of my all time favorite quotes is "Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint you…"
Megan Makena Zimbelman replied to Sean Nash's discussion The Outer Strands"'The Outer Strands' http://www.haikudeck.com/p/XzKNNCzUTA
My haiku deck is trying to represent how the ecosystems of a coral reef can be like a color wheel. Both are filled with diversity meaning that the types of colors and…"
Social thoughts from an ecologist
In the past, I would have categorized myself pretty much as a hard-core-Darwin-loving-Greenpeace ecologist...let's save the environment by creating marine reserves, no-take zones, and sanctuaries. We'll limit fishing in most areas and give the living marine resources a chance to recover even if it takes decades. Why can't people see what they are doing to the environment and do something to stop it? A lot of my views have gotten a rude awakening recently...I think it's hard for many of us to…See More
Coral Reef Formation
Use the space below to reflect on our latest class session... and introduction to the ins & outs of coral reef formation.The slide set we used to facilitate our chat can be viewed here: (soon)In the space below, tell what connections you made to the information discussed on 11/23/2009. What new learning connected with you especially well? What "Aha!" moments did you have where something became clear?.See More
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