Saturday, July 23, 2016

CTY Whales Trip 1 | Session 2| Day 5 : A Deep Sea investigation

What an amazing morning with the sun and wind at our favor. After breakfast we took advantage of the weather and with our Educators we started doing science. We started doing water quality checks. Chemistry in a boat what more can you ask !. It was a fun experience to see how people can determine under different chemicals and instruments the water quality. As our research day kept going we visited one of the most important oceanic research places in the world . Woods Hole Oceanography Institute. There we took a guided tour around Woods Hole. It was so awesome that our R.A. couldn't stop taking photos . We met the Atlantis and Alvin. The Atlantis is a huge and espectacular oceanic research boat (not as cool as the Lady Maryland) that carries different research gadgets and most importantly "Alvin" the "little" submersible . Thanks to Alvin we have pictures and models of the hydrothermal vents in the darkest places of the sea and the shipwreck of the Titanic. After a accelerating  day of wonders of research ,we visited the aquarium in woods hole to view the different species of under water creatures that they had. We learned the importance of respecting their habitats. Finally we ended our day viewing how the staff at the aquarium fed the Cute Harbor Seals that they had there. They looked like really athletic water dogs. The harbor seals gave us a cool show jumping by hoops and clapping. Definitely it was a day full of knowledge and a hole lot of fun. Can wait to tomorrow. 

Working science in the boat;doing water quality test. 
Getting ready for Woods Hole guided tour
A photo with the famous scrap man called "Neptune"
Behind the great oceanographic research ship called "Atlantis" and with him, "Alvin" the oldest and most important research submersible in the world. 
Alvin's old capsule . This capsule is made to fit 3 scientists 
A look to Martha's Vineyard 
Life scale model of Alvins capsule
Visit to the famous Woods Hole Aquarium 

At the end of the day we saw how the staff of the aquarium fed the Harbor Seals. Also the Harbor Seals gave us an amazing show. 

1 comment:

Naghma (Maaz's mom) said...

Awesome!!!. Can not wait to hear stories and see pictures of the next groups of kids coming today.