I’m so close to being done with the semester. I have one last exam. It’s for a great class, but the final exam is killing me. It’s a take home exam, which means it’s far harder than what we would be subjected to in an in class exam. Well, except maybe the Marine Reaction and [...]
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Also tagged book review, books, CO2, echinodermata, ecology, environment, history, inverts, menhaden, ocean acidification
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Sunday, September 24, 2006
Bath time is generally a fun time around here, and given that much of my current education is focused on the physics of water and that Johann always wants to know what I have learned…well, bath time often ends up as science time as well. Our poor bathtub is now the scene of many experiments.
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Also tagged bathroom+science, density, Education, expirements, Family, physics, salinity, Science, seawater, Shanti-School, UCONN
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This winter has been the season for learning about Antarctica.
Early this winter Johann’s great-grandfather went on a cruise around South America. At home we tracked the voyage on our big wall map and talked about some of the sights, cultures and especially animals we would encounter if we went to those locations. While his girlfriend [...]
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Also tagged Antarctica, Education, Family, Johann, krill, Misc, ocean, penguin, plankton, salps, school, Science, Shanti-School, UCONN, WHOI
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Well Hello!Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
On my way to register for my classes I got distracted when I saw this Great Egret in one of the nearby inlets that come off the estuary. After parking nearby and coming back to a suitable place to take the picture, he was gone. A minute later I heard [...]
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Also tagged Ardea+alba, bird, Casmerodius+albus, estuary, great-egret, inlet, Mystic, nature, photo, river, Wildlife
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How much wood…Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Yesterday Johann and I took a few hours in the afternoon to see some wildlife and visit Enders Island, or as Johann has dubbed it “Wonder Island”. We started with a few errands in town then headed out to Quambaug. Quambaug is a small hamlet just outside of Mystic [...]
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Also tagged beach, crab, Enders-Island, flickr, groundhog, hermit-crab, Johann, Marmota-monax, Mystic, osprey, oystercatcher, photo, Quambaug, salt-marsh, seashore, sowy-egret, Stonington, Wildlife, woodchuck
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So that’s how they float?Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Our five year old has always been intensely interested in animals. Now his interest has expanded to examining their entire habitat. This was on one of our walks down to the Ft. Rachel Marina. Along the way is a small public boat launch area where he spotted [...]
