Friday, June 1, 2007
Friday in the forest...
Today, we ventured into the rainforest one last time as an Earthwatch team. We continued to measure trees. I was working with an Australian woman, and a college professor from Albany, NY. Our task was to once again use the clinometer to determine the height of the largest hardwood trees in the forest. While I stayed on task and managed to record measurements for almost 50 trees, we occasionally got distracted by forest creatures, like this stick bug below. There is something unique about the stick bugs here... I think they like me because I keep finding them on me. After we hiked back to the research station, some of us went for a swim in the river. One last night to exchange stories, then we are heading out tomorrow.
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What a great place to embrace the beauty in nature! It's pure poetry! Thank you for sharing this experience with our students.
~Ms. Wallace
Wow!
That river picture looks really cool! We miss you here in Sudbury and we hope you come back safely from Puerto Rico.
:-)
~Megan D.
Dear Mr. LaFond,
Thank you for all the work you did to provide this expereience for your students. Both the students and teachers have enjoyed reading your blog and watching your web casts, which were way cool! I know you're probably having a good time, too. I look forward to seeing you on June 4. Let's talk about the "so what" of your experience as it will extend to teaching and learning here at ECMS. Thanks again for all you do! Have a safe trip home.
Sincerely,
Kathy Codianne
Hi Mr. Lafond! How long does it take to get measurements all of those trees? Hours?
love the pictures! c u on monday!
Emu Jr.
Hi Maddy,
Each tree takes about five minutes to measure, but the difficult part is moving off-trail through the forest for a good spot to see the top of tree. As you might imagine, being able to see the tops of the trees from inside the forest isn't always easy. It took us five hours to hike into the forest, measure 50 +/- trees and hike out. See you soon!
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